The Mount Isa-based LifeFlight aeromedical team today airlifted an 18-year-old man to hospital after he was bitten by a snake.
The LifeFlight helicopter was tasked at 9.56am by Retrieval Services Queensland and landed on a private property in the Shire of Burketown, 300km north of Mount Isa on the edge of the Gulf of Carpentaria.
The man’s family had driven him to a Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) clinic after a snake bit his lower leg.
He had visible signs of a snake bite and was treated by an RFDS doctor before LifeFlight arrived.
The patient was airlifted to LifeFlight’s Mount Isa base and road transported by QAS paramedics to Mount Isa Hospital.
