On Sunday afternoon on 3 March the Mounties Care CareFlight Helicopter was tasked to two separate near drowning incidents at Manly Beach and Coogee Beach.
Around 4pm, the Mounties Care CareFlight Helicopter was tasked by NSW Ambulance to a near drowning at Manly Beach after a woman in her 20s was pulled from the water by Lifeguards.
The patient was treated at the scene by CareFlight’s specialist doctor and NSW Ambulance paramedics and transported to Royal North Shore hospital by road ambulance.
Upon return to base the Mounties Care CareFlight Helicopter was re-tasked at around 5:30pm by NSW Ambulance to an incident at Coogee Beach.
A woman in her teens, was treated at the scene by CareFlight’s specialist doctor and NSW Ambulance paramedics and transported to St. Vincents hospital by road ambulance.