A 66 year-old woman was airlifted by Westpac Rescue Helicopter to John Hunter Hospital on Sunday night after she was trampled by a horse at Victoria Park at Muswellbrook.
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Paramedics were called to Kayuga Road at around 7.30pm on Sunday, where they attended the woman who had suffered lacerations and a possible fracture to her leg, and a head injury.
She was treated by paramedics and the helicopter’s medical team before being flown to John Hunter Hospital in a stable condition.
Since December 1975 the Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service has undertaken more than 30,000 missions helping to save thousands of lives.
The service works as part of the State’s emergency care chain and has four helicopters that operate 24 hours a day every day of the year.
The team includes experienced pilots, crew, doctors and paramedics who are well supported on the ground by skilled engineers, administration and marketing professionals.
Simon McCarthy
Simon McCarthy is a journalist working at the Newcastle Herald in NSW. He writes news and features, and produces video and multimedia, for the Herald and Herald Weekender magazine. He contributes regularly to the Newcastle Herald’s daily Topics column, and is the co-creator and producer of the Toohey’s News podcast. McCarthy has worked as a journalist in regional NSW since 2013. He joined the newsroom of the Newcastle Herald in 2017 from the Northern Daily Leader in Tamworth where he worked from 2015 to 2016.
Simon McCarthy is a journalist working at the Newcastle Herald in NSW. He writes news and features, and produces video and multimedia, for the Herald and Herald Weekender magazine. He contributes regularly to the Newcastle Herald’s daily Topics column, and is the co-creator and producer of the Toohey’s News podcast. McCarthy has worked as a journalist in regional NSW since 2013. He joined the newsroom of the Newcastle Herald in 2017 from the Northern Daily Leader in Tamworth where he worked from 2015 to 2016.
