Wollongbar burns victim, Newton Boyd horse fall flown to hospital

A woman sustained serious hand injuries and a man suffered multiple fractures in a horse fall during a busy week for the rescue chopper. Watch as one patient is flown to hospital.

A woman has been hospitalised after a bottle exploded in her hands at a property north-west of Casino earlier this week.

The Westpac Rescue Helicopter was called to Koreelah on Tuesday night when a 62-year-old woman suffered serious hand injuries after the bottle she was holding exploded.

Paramedics and the Helicopter Critical Care team stabilised the woman before flying her to Lismore Base Hospital where she was treated and was in a stable condition.

It came days after the helicopter responded to a serious burns incident at Wollongbar.

The Westpac Rescue Helicopter lands in Goonellabah

It is understood a 33-year-old man had thrown accelerant onto a barbecue which resulted in burns to his legs, body and arm.

He was flown to the Gold Coast University Hospital in a stable condition for specialist medical treatment.

Earlier last weekend, the chopper was called by NSW Ambulance around 4pm on Saturday to reports a man had fallen from his horse at Newton Boyd, 80km southwest of Grafton.

A man fell from a horse at Newton Boyd at the weekend.

He was treated for multiple leg fractures before being flown to Lismore Hospital for further treatment.

The man was reported to be in a stable condition.

Meanwhile, on Saturday, the helicopter was called to help two children who had fallen ten metres down a cliff at the southern breakwall at the Coffs Harbour Jetty.

A 10-year-old was flown to John Hunter Hospital in a serious condition with head and multiple other injuries.

On Sunday, the helicopter was called to Bogangar where a 44-year-old man crashed a paraglider into rocks.

He was taken to Gold Coast University Hospital with serious leg fractures.