BY IAN CROUCH
The Ambulance Service is praising the efforts of off-duty special forces soldiers who saved the life of woman trapped in a crash near Bulahdelah.
The woman in her 50's suffered a significant arm injury when her campervan rolled on the Pacific Highway at Nerong on Monday morning.
Initially, the woman was inaccessible, but soldiers carrying a professional first aid kit managed to squeeze through a gap in the wreckage to apply a tourniquet which helped stem significant blood loss.
Fire crews arrived and cut the roof off the campervan and the woman was flown to the John Hunter Hospital in a stable condition by the Westpac Rescue Helicopter.
A spokesperson for NSW Ambulance says the efforts of the soldiers most likely saved the woman's life.
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| The Hunter's Westpac Rescue Helicopter at the crash scene on Monday. Picture Westpac Rescue Helicopter |
