LifeFlight airlifts injured man from K’gari

The Sunshine Coast-based LifeFlight aeromedical crew has airlifted a man from K’gari after a water incident.

The LifeFlight helicopter was tasked yesterday at 1.45pm and landed at a helipad on the island.

The LifeFlight critical care doctor and Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) flight paramedic worked with local QAS paramedics to treat the patient for a lower limb fracture.

A man in his 20s was airlifted to Sunshine Coast University Hospital in a stable condition.

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