Medical evacuation of elderly woman off Volendam of Queensland Coast

[Australian family]

AN ELDERLY Sydney woman has been winched from a cruise ship off the coast of Rainbow Beach by a rescue helicopter crew on Monday morning.

 

An RACQ CareFlight Rescue spokeswoman said it was reported the woman, aged in her eighties, suffered a medical condition after boarding the Dutch ship Volendam with her daughter in Sydney on Saturday.

 

She said the woman was treated by the ship's doctor but when her condition worsened last night, the Sunshine Coast based RACQ CareFlight Rescue helicopter was tasked to the northwards-bound ship to leave at first light this morning.

 

Before 6am, the crew spotted the ship 60 nautical miles north east of their Sunshine Coast base and prepared for a winch rescue.

 

A Queensland Ambulance Service flight intensive care paramedic was winched down onto the front of the moving vessel about 40 nautical miles east of Rainbow Beach.

 

The CareFlight spokeswoman said the patient was treated, secured in a stretcher and winched aboard the helicopter.

 

She was flown in a stable condition to Nambour General Hospital where a Brisbane-based relative was said to have met her.

 

Watch video here:

 

http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au...beach/2462498/

[GUT2407]

I said on a similar thread please consider a donation to your local careflight or rescue helicopter service, they don't even charge they rely on donations and contracts and do such a wonderful job.

[Australian family]

Yes it is wonderful how we have these rescue helicopter services and the Royal Flying Doctor Service. We have donated to these services. You never know when you will need them.

[Guest012]

I said on a similar thread please consider a donation to your local careflight or rescue helicopter service, they don't even charge they rely on donations and contracts and do such a wonderful job.

 

 

Sea Princess medivacced a passenger from just off Ballina to the Gold Coast hospital on the weekend... great photos on FB Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter - Northern region ... great job all :)

[GUT2407]

Sea Princess medivacced a passenger from just off Ballina to the Gold Coast hospital on the weekend... great photos on FB Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter - Northern region ... great job all :)

 

 

My local is Westpac Hunter Region and when I semi-retire plan on joining their speakers team, who go around to groups and school talking about their services to raise awareness and donations.

[MicCanberra]

They do a wonderful job, hope the patient is doing better.:D

[dizzy1948]

They do a wonderful job, hope the patient is doing better.:D

 

Kudos to these wonderful services - and all the service personnel that are there for us - providing a service we all hope, we will never need, and those that do need - we wish you well.

[MMDown Under]

I wonder what would be the odds of two medivac rescues being carried out off the East Coast in such a short period?

 

Great work by both teams.

[MicCanberra]

I would think the odds are getting shorter every year.:(