The Sunshine Coast-based LifeFlight aeromedical crew yesterday attended back-to-back motorcycle crashes in the Sunshine Coast region.
The LifeFlight helicopter was tasked by Retrieval Services Queensland at 11:33am to a single motorcycle crash near Conondale and landed on the road, which was closed by the Queensland Police Service (QPS).
The critical care LifeFlight doctor and Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) flight paramedic worked with local QAS paramedics to treat the female pillion passenger for lower leg injuries.
The patient, in her 50s, was airlifted to Sunshine Coast University Hospital in a potentially life-threatening condition while the male rider was road transported by QAS.
In the second mission, the helicopter was tasked at 1:54pm to the Glass House Mountains after a motorcycle collided with a car.
The helicopter landed at a school oval where it met local QAS paramedics.
The male patient, in his 20s, was treated for chest and abdominal injuries by the LifeFlight doctor and QAS flight paramedic with local QAS paramedics and road transported to Sunshine Coast University Hospital in a potentially life-threatening condition.
