Man with head injury airlifted to LifeFlight

The Toowoomba-based LifeFlight aeromedical crew today transported a man to hospital after he suffered a head injury.

The man in his 40s fell from a ladder while building a carport at a private residence in Gatton.

Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) paramedics were first on scene and provided initial treatment for a head injury.

The man was taken to a site at the local showgrounds where the LifeFlight helicopter had landed after it was tasked at 7.25am.

The patient was treated by the LifeFlight critical care doctor and flight paramedic and airlifted to Princess Alexandra Hospital in a stable condition.

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