The Bundaberg RACQ LifeFlight Rescue helicopter crew has airlifted a young boy from K’gari (Fraser Island) this afternoon, making him the fourth suspected irukandji sting patient to be flown from the island in the past two days.
The boy was reportedly swimming in the same popular creek on the western side of the island, as the children who were airlifted yesterday.
He was stung on the upper leg.
The rescue helicopter was called into action just after 2.30pm this afternoon (Weds 28th Dec).
The pilot managed to land the aircraft on the beach, close to where the primary school-aged child was with his family and other tourists.
The patient, accompanied by his mother, was flown to Hervey Bay Hospital in a stable condition.
The flight follows two back-to-back missions to K’gari yesterday to airlift three girls to hospital following reactions to stings they received while playing or swimming in the water.
The chopper crew was first tasked around 11am yesterday, to aid one young holidaymaker who was suffering from envenomation symptoms.
Just over an hour after transferring her into the care of medical staff at Hervey Bay Hospital, the crew returned to the island when two sisters, aged 5 and 9 years old, were both stung across their upper chest area.
They were also flown to Hervey Bay Hospital in a stable condition, accompanied by their mother.
