The Sunshine Coast-based LifeFlight aeromedical crew airlifted a woman to hospital on Thursday, following a horse-riding incident in the hinterland.
The LifeFlight helicopter was tasked by Retrieval Services Queensland (RSQ) at 9.45am to a rural property at Verrierdale, landing near the scene to provide urgent medical assistance.
It is believed the woman was trail riding when the horse in front of her reared, causing her to fall before she was subsequently trampled.
Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) paramedics attended the scene and transported the patient to the waiting helicopter, where she was assessed and treated.
The woman, aged in her 50s, was treated for abdominal and pelvic injuries by the LifeFlight critical care doctor and QAS flight paramedic, working alongside local paramedics.
She was airlifted to Sunshine Coast University Hospital in a stable condition for further treatment.
