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Subscriber only A man was flown from Byron Bay to the Gold Coast University Hospital in a critical condition this morning. Just after 10.45am, paramedics responded to reports a man had fallen off his bicycle on Ewingsdale Rd. Bystanders and council workers were praised by NSW Ambulance for assisting the man before paramedics arrived. Four ambulance crews and the Westpac Rescue Helicopter were dispatched to the scene NSW AMbulance Paramedics and the Helicopter Critical Care Medical Team assisted in treatment and stabilising the 83-year-old male. CPR was performed by paramedics until the patient had a return of circulation.
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The Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter has flown a man to a Queensland hospital in a serious condition after a fall.
The helicopter service was tasked by NSW Ambulance to reports of a fall in a home in Upper Eden Creek, north of Kyogle, shortly after 6am.
“NSW Ambulance Paramedics arrived and due to the location walked into the property as it wasn’t accessible by vehicle,” the helicopter service said in a statement.
“The Helicopter Critical Care Medical Team followed shortly after and assisted in the treatment of a male in his 30s who had fallen three to four meters from an attic onto a concrete floor.
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