Woman pulled from water at Main Beach after near-drowning, left in critical condition

A woman has been rushed to hospital after a near-drowning incident on the Gold Coast this afternoon.

A WOMAN has been rushed to hospital in a critical condition after being pulled from the water in Main Beach this afternoon.

The woman, estimated to be in her early to mid-30s, may have been submerged as long as 10 minutes.

She was found face down in waist-deep water, with bystanders reporting they thought she was snorkelling before pulling her from the water and calling emergency services.

Ambulance teams were called to the beach off Main Beach Pde and Ferny Ave at 3.14pm.

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Queensland Ambulance Services Operations Manager Jayney Shearman said members of the public had performed CPR on the woman before help arrived.

“They commenced CPR for about 3-4 minutes before the surf lifesaving club members came down to assist,” she said.

“Shortly after that Queensland Ambulance arrived with a rapid response with high acuity care officers and a critical care paramedic, along with an advanced care paramedic crew.”

The woman was treated at the scene before being taken to Gold Coast University Hospital in a critical condition with Critical Care Paramedic and High Acuity Response Unit on board.