Three younger women have been airlifted to a hospital in Queensland after affected by what are believed to be jellyfish stings.
At about 11am on Tuesday, a Queensland LifeFlight rescue helicopter attended to a main college aged lady believed to have been stung by a tiny, however very dangerous jellyfish.
It is believed the lady had been taking part in in a well-liked creek on Okay’gari (Fraser Island) when she was stung by an irukandji – a miniature jellyfish whose sting is taken into account “ten out of ten” on the ache scale.
The plane pilot was capable of land on a sandbar near the place the kid was stung, and he or she was flown to Hervey Bay Hospital in a steady situation along with her father.
Later that afternoon, native Queensland Ambulance Service paramedics handled two younger siblings who had been taking part in within the water at a well known creek in the identical location.
The two women, aged 5 and 9, suffered suspected higher physique stings from irukandji.
In some instances, the irukandji could cause demise by cardiac arrest.
After being handled by paramedics, the women had been transported to a helipad at Orchid Beach the place they had been then airlifted to Hervey Bay Hospital by the RACQ LifeFlight helicopter.
They had been reportedly in a steady situation in hospital alongside their mom, who travelled with them within the rescue plane.
