
15/08/2025
BMA CQ Rescue WINCHES CARDIAC PATIENT FROM DAYDREAM ISLAND What started as a glorious day on a tropical island took a serious turn for BMA CQ Rescue’s patient today.
The patient experienced cardiac distress while on Daydream Island, and the helicopter was called to provide the urgent medical care that the patient needed.
Normally quite a routine landing occurs on the helipad at Daydream Island, but this time the BMA CQ Rescue team winched down to the patient. Once the patient was
stabilised, the medical team and the patient were winched back up to the helicopter.
With everyone on back on board, the chopper headed back to Mackay, where further medical care waited.
The winching operation was required to retrieve the patient as the helipad is currently under repair. When asked about the helipad, BMA CQ Rescue’s CEO Tim Healee said,
“The Daydream Island helipad is currently closed for repair. BMA CQ Rescue and Daydream Island are actively working together to build a new helipad that is purpose- built for the AW139 helicopters. We thank Daydream Island for their proactive approach to ensuring we can offer critical care to their island guests and staff and for their commitment to the new helipad”.
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