The Toowoomba-based LifeFlight aeromedical crew today airlifted a male to hospital after being injured in a farming incident in the Toowoomba region.
The LifeFlight helicopter was tasked by Retrieval Services Queensland at 8:40am and landed in a nearby paddock.
It’s believed the man had fallen from a stack of hay bales after reportedly being struck by a falling bale while working.
A LifeFlight critical care doctor and a Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) flight paramedic worked with local QAS paramedics to stabilise the patient, who had suffered chest injuries.
The patient aged in his 40s was airlifted to the Toowoomba Hospital in a potentially life- threatening condition
