LifeFlight airlifts man after three-metre fall

The Bundaberg-based LifeFlight aeromedical crew today airlifted a man to hospital after he fell three metres off scaffolding.

The rescue chopper was tasked by Retrieval Services Queensland to a private property in the Gladstone region at 12pm and landed near the incident.

The LifeFlight critical care doctor and Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) flight paramedic treated the man for head injuries.

The patient, aged in his 70s, was airlifted to Bundaberg Hospital in a stable condition.

The Bundaberg-based LifeFlight helicopter and crew service the Wide Bay-Burnett region and beyond.

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