Two flights to injured South Highlands boys (Moss Vale, Bowral)
A boy who suffered neck injuries in a rugby union tackle during a schoolboy game at the Southern Highlands was flown to hospital by NRMA CareFlight today.
Ambulance officers called the rapid-response trauma team to the boy’s injury at 10.45 am.
The team landed on the Tudor House school rugby field to work with ambulance paramedics in assessing the boy’s injury.
The NRMA CareFlight doctor said the 11-year-old boy, a border at the school, was left with tingling to his arms and legs following a tackle during the game at the school oval.
As a precaution the boy was flown to the Westmead Children’s Hospital for further examination where he was in a stable condition on arrival.
It was NRMA CareFlight’s second flight inside 24 hours to the Southern Highlands for an injured child.
Ambulance officers alerted the trauma team just after 4.30 pm yesterday (Fri) to a boy who suffered an initial loss of consciousness when he fell from a window at his home in Burradoo near Bowral.
The helicopter landed in the nearby pony club field to allow the crew doctor to treat the boy at the home off Burradoo Road.
The NRMA CareFlight doctor said while the boy had quickly regained consciousness it was decided to fly him as a precaution to the Westmead Children’s Hospital for further examination where he was in a stable condition on arrival.
The evening flight to hospital in overcast weather was assisted by the flight crew using CareFlight’s new Night Vision Goggles.
For further information please call NRMA CareFlight director Ian Badham on 0418 245 748.
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