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LifeFlight airlifts man after boat runs aground

The Sunshine Coast-based LifeFlight aeromedical crew airlifted a man to hospital after his boat ran aground near Double Island Point on Monday 1 September.

The LifeFlight helicopter was tasked at 7.25am by Retrieval Services Queensland and landed on the beach to drop off a rescue crew officer and critical care Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) flight paramedic.

Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) paramedics extricated a man in his 70s from the boat and took him to the helicopter, which landed at a clearing near Double Island Point Lighthouse.

The critical care LifeFlight doctor and QAS flight paramedic worked with local paramedics to treat the patient for head and hip injuries.

He was flown in a stable condition to Sunshine Coast University Hospital for further treatment.

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