OVERDOSE AND DISLOCATED KNEE KEEP RESCUE CREW ON THEIR TOES
March 20, 2023
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OVERDOSE AND DISLOCATED KNEE KEEP RESCUE CREW ON THEIR TOES
It’s been another busy weekend for RACQ CQ Rescue, airlifting a man from Sarina after a drug overdose on Saturday and a woman from Cockermouth Island with a dislocated knee yesterday.
The Mackay-based helicopter has completed five missions since Friday.
Early Saturday morning, Queensland Health tasked the service to transport a patient from Bowen to hospital in Mackay. Later the same day, RACQ CQ Rescue was tasked again by Queensland Health to fly 30km south to land near the showgrounds at Sarina to airlift a critically ill patient.
A 27-year-old North Mackay man who suffered a drug overdose and was initially taken to Sarina Hospital, required emergency treated by paramedics and the flight doctor before being flown to Mackay Base Hospital in a serious condition about 6pm.
Later Saturday night, a patient from Collinsville hospital was transported by helicopter to Mackay after suffering pelvic and spinal injuries after rolling a ute.
On Sunday morning, the Mackay-based helicopter was tasked to Cockermouth Island, about 50km north-east of Mackay. A woman on board a tourist vessel visiting the island was paddleboarding in the lagoon when she seriously dislocated her knee.
RACQ CQ Rescue was tasked by Queensland Health about 11.30am and the helicopter landed on the island’s beach so the medical team, including a doctor and Critical Care Paramedic, could treat the woman and deliver pain relief. She was then airlifted for further treatment at Mackay Base Hospital.
It was an early start for the crew again this morning after being tasked at 3am by Queensland Health to transfer a hospital patient from Clermont to Mackay in a four-hour mission.
RACQ CQ Rescue has already completed 141 missions so far this year.
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A woman who dislocated her knee while paddleboarding at Cockermouth Island yesterday was airlifted to Mackay Base Hospital.
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Please note: Full title of rescue service is RACQ CQ Rescue.
For further information please contact:
Naomi Noy
RACQ CQ Rescue
Ph: 0417 578 182