The Mount Isa based RACQ LifeFlight Rescue helicopter yesterday completed a long-range cross-border airlift of a Northern Territory man who was thrown over a fence by a rogue bull.
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The aeromedical crew was tasked at 4.45pm Saturday and flew to a property near Lake Nash over the Northern Territory border after an emergency call following the incident with the man in his 60s and the bull.
The rescue helicopter flew over 200 km from its Mount Isa base and landed at the remote property.
The injured man had been working in a section of the property when the bull came up behind him and flipped him over a fence, injuring his back and causing suspected spinal injuries.
The rescue helicopter's Queensland Ambulance Service Intensive care paramedic stabilised and administered pain relief to the patient before loading him into the chopper.
The crew then flew through the darkness for another 200km and returned the patient in a stable condition to the Mount Isa Hospital for further treatment.
The incident was the 35th mission in Queensland this year that LifeFlight crews have attended, where a patient has been injured by an animal - involving mostly cattle or horses but also including snake bites and marine stings.
