Snake bite, jelly fish sting and highway crash keep paramedics busy
A woman has been flown out after a remote snake bite, two have been injured after a car plummeted down an embankment, and a person has been hospitalised after a marine stinger incident.
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A woman has been flown to hospital after a remote snake bite, two people have been injured after a car plummeted down an embankment, and a person hurt by marine stingers have kept Far North paramedics busy.
On Tuesday afternoon Queensland Ambulance Service paramedics were called to a private address at Mount Molloy after a reported snake bite.
A woman was bitten on the foot shortly before 1.05pm.
#MountMolloy - One stable patient is being assessed after a reported snake bite to the foot at a private address at 1.05pm. A rescue helicopter has been tasked to assist. pic.twitter.com/mGfujocf9N
— Queensland Ambulance (@QldAmbulance) February 20, 2024
The Rescue 510 helicopter was called to assist and flew 50kms to Mount Molloy from Cairns to collect the patient.
The woman, who was showing signs of being impacted by snake venom, was flown to Cairns Hospital in a stable condition.
Later, at 2pm, paramedics were called to the Marlin Marina to treat a man injured by a marine stinger off Pier Point Rd.
The man was also taken to Cairns Hospital in a stable condition.
In a third recent incident Queensland Ambulance Service paramedics headed north after receiving an triple-0 call reporting a single vehicle crash on the Captain Cook Highway.
An ambulance spokesman said a car had lost control and careened 3m down an embankment
2km north of Ellis Beach.
“We have two units on scene in what was reported as a single vehicle crash,” he said.
Two patients of unknown age and gender were treated at the scene for chest injuries.
It was expected that both patients would be taken to Cairns Hospital by road.
Queensland Traffic advised that the crash had meant one lane of the highway was blocked.
Originally published as Snake bite, jelly fish sting and highway crash keep paramedics busy
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