The LifeFlight Surat Gas Aeromedical Service (SGAS) helicopter crew and other emergency services responded to a car crash after the driver’s smart phone sensed the incident and auto-dialled Triple Zero.
The rescue chopper was called to the scene on a remote stretch of highway in the Maranoa region around 5.15am. (Sun 10th March)
When the LifeFlight SGAS pilot landed the aircraft on the closed road, other emergency services were at the incident, after responding within minutes to the smart phone’s distress call and calling in the rescue chopper.
It is believed the ute had left the road and crashed into a ditch.
The driver, who was the sole occupant of the vehicle, was treated at the scene by a Queensland Ambulance Service Paramedic, a nurse from a nearby hospital and the LifeFlight SGAS medical crew.
The patient, aged in his twenties, suffered a head injury and was airlifted to Roma and transferred to Roma Hospital.
Tasked by Queensland Health, the LifeFlight SGAS helicopter and crew performed this mission as part of the SGAS partners’ commitment to providing community aeromedical coverage.
