A major school-aged woman has turn out to be the fifth little one airlifted to hospital from Fraser Island with suspected Irukandji jellyfish stings prior to now fortnight.
The woman was swimming within the ocean close to a well-liked creek at Ok’gari when she was stung on her decrease again and leg.
Her dad and mom used vinegar and water on the stings earlier than the RACQ LifeFlight Rescue helicopter landed on a seashore on the western aspect of the island about 6.30pm on Saturday.
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The Bundaberg-based chopper flew the woman in a steady situation to Hervey Bay Hospital for remedy.
She is the fifth little one the chopper has airlifted from Ok’gari with suspected Irukandji jellyfish stings these faculty holidays, with three younger women additionally hospitalized on December 27.
The trio included two sisters, aged 5 and 9, who had been taking part in in a creek on the western aspect of the island once they had been stung.
They had been airlifted to Hervey Bay Hospital in a steady situation, as was the third woman who was stung on the chest by an Irukandji jellyfish in the identical creek simply an hour earlier than.
The following day, a boy was stung on the leg – additionally whereas swimming within the creek.
The LifeFlight rescue chopper once more landed on the seashore the place the boy was along with his household and different vacationers.
He was flown to Hervey Bay Hospital in a steady situation.
The Irukandji jellyfish is a small, extraordinarily venomous species of field jellyfish about two centimeters in diameter, making it troublesome to note within the water.
Signs of being stung embody capturing pains within the muscle tissue, chest and stomach; nausea; vomiting and respiratory difficulties.
One other 4 individuals had been taken to the hospital from Ok’gari on Sunday, one through rescue chopper, after a automobile rollover about 7.45am close to Dilli Village.
