A woman in her 70s has been airlifted to hospital in a critical condition after a medical emergency at sea.
The Sunshine Coast-based LifeFlight aeromedical crew responded to a cruise ship about 10 nautical miles offshore from K’gari on Sunday night.
The LifeFlight helicopter was tasked by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority at 5.36pm, with support from Retrieval Service Queensland.
A LifeFlight critical care doctor and Queensland Ambulance Service flight paramedic were winched down to the vessel.
The medical team treated the woman aboard the ship before she was safely winched into the helicopter with them.
The woman was flown to Sunshine Coast University Hospital in a critical condition for further treatment.
