LifeFlight airlifts woman after horse kick

The Toowoomba-based LifeFlight aeromedical crew today airlifted a woman to hospital after she was kicked by a horse.

The LifeFlight helicopter was tasked by Retrieval Services Queensland at 8.10am to a property near Harlin and landed in a paddock close to the incident.

The critical care LifeFlight doctor and Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) flight paramedic worked with local QAS paramedics to stabilise the patient who had been kicked in the stomach.

The woman, aged in her 40s, was airlifted to Mater Hospital and then driven by ambulance to Princess Alexandra Hospital.

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