The Bundaberg-based LifeFlight aeromedical crew yesterday winched an injured man from a bulk carrier.
The LifeFlight helicopter, including a specialist aeromedical team, was tasked at 12.49pm by Retrieval Services Queensland to the carrier 10km off the coast of Gladstone.
The critical care LifeFlight doctor and Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) flight paramedic as well as a LifeFlight rescue crew officer were winched down to the bulk carrier.
The patient was treated for a hand injury before being winched back into the aircraft.
The man, aged in his 20s, was airlifted to the LifeFlight Bundaberg base and road transported by QAS paramedics to Bundaberg Hospital in a stable condition.
The Bundaberg-based LifeFlight helicopter and crew service the Wide Bay-Burnett region and beyond.
