LifeFlight airlifts woman after fall from horse

The Sunshine Coast-based LifeFlight aeromedical crew today airlifted a woman to hospital after she fell from a horse in Widgee, west of Gympie.

The LifeFlight helicopter was tasked by Retrieval Services Queensland at 9:15am and landed on scene.

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

The patient, aged in her 60s, was airlifted to Sunshine Coast University Hospital in a stable condition for further treatment.

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