The Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service was kept busy yesterday afternoon attending incidents at Tenterfield and Bingara.
Around 12:15pm, a Chopper was tasked by NSW Ambulance to a motorcycle accident southwest of Bingara.
A man in his 40s sustained injuries in the accident with the patient treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics and the helicopter’s critical care medical team before being airlifted to Tamworth Rural Referral Hospital.
Then around 1:30pm, a chopper was called to a property west of Tenterfield to attend to a man in his 30s who had sustained shoulder injuries after slipping in a creek bed.
Due to the isolated location, the patient was accessed by 4wd and treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics and the helicopter’s critical care medical team before being airlifted to Lismore Base Hospital.
