LifeFlight airlifts woman after scuba diving incident

The Sunshine Coast-based LifeFlight aeromedical team today airlifted a woman to hospital after she became unwell while scuba diving at Inskip near Rainbow Beach.

The LifeFlight helicopter was tasked at 1.35pm by Retrieval Services Queensland and landed on an airstrip.

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

The woman, in her 40s, was airlifted to Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital in a stable condition for further treatment.

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