A FARMER has been airlifted to hospital after suffering serious injuries when he was crushed by cattle. The Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) was called to Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria, at 8am today, where a 71-year-old man had been trapped against a wall. He had sustained head, facial, chest and abdomen injuries and was assessed and treated by the GNAAS doctor-led trauma team. The patient was then flown to James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough within 16 minutes where he arrived in a serious but stable condition..
A FARMER has been airlifted to hospital after suffering serious injuries when he was crushed by cattle.
The Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) was called to Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria, at 8am today, where a 71-year-old man had been trapped against a wall.
He had sustained head, facial, chest and abdomen injuries and was assessed and treated by the GNAAS doctor-led trauma team.
The patient was then flown to James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough within 16 minutes where he arrived in a serious but stable condition.
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