Killarney Heights: Rescue chopper called after tradie slashes arm at Boyne Pl building site

A tiler slashed his arm on the roof of a northern beaches’ building site, prompting fears he had severed an artery and would bleed to death.

A CareFlight emergency response helicopter landed on Killarney Heights Oval so its doctor could help treat a tiler who had a severely lacerate arm at a nearby building site. Picture: CareFlight

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A tradie was bleeding so badly from a cut to his arm while working on a house on the northern beaches that the emergency CareFlight emergency medical chopper was called in.

There were fears the roof tiler had severed an artery near in his wrist and could bleed to death at a building site at Killarney Heights on Tuesday.

The man, 27, was working on the roof of home in Boyne Pl about 11am when he noticed blood spilling from a cut on his arm.

He made his way down a ladder and alerted his workmates who called triple zero.

NSW Ambulance, who sent four crews to the scene based on descriptions of the wound, alerted the CareFlight emergency response helicopter.

Four ambulance crews were sent to Boyne Pl, Killarney Heights, after initial reports the tiler may have severed an artery in his arm. File picture: News Corp

The chopper landed on Killarney Heights Oval before its emergency trauma doctor examined the cut along with specialist paramedics.

An ambulance spokesman said while the man had sustained a significant laceration to a wrist, an artery was not affected.

“A decision was made that the man did not need to be transported to hospital on the helicopter,” the spokesman said.

“He was taken by ambulance, in a serious condition, to Royal North Shore Hospital.”