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Coverty resident Wayne Charity has publicly thanked the paramedics and Kingaroy Hospital staff for saving his life after a wasp sting on New Year’s Eve almost brought it to an abrupt end<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

January 9, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

Coverty resident Wayne Charity had a brush with death on New Year’s Eve … and owes his life to his quick-thinking wife and the region’s emergency services.<\/p>\n

Wayne was mowing his property to get it ready for 2019, and after he finished at about 3:00pm, decided to check his letterbox for any mail that had come in over the festive season.<\/p>\n

He found wasps had built a nest underneath it when one flew out and stung him.<\/p>\n

“I’ve been stung a lot of times in my life and never had any reaction before,” Wayne said.<\/p>\n

“But there must be something in our bodies that just gives up at some point, because this time I went into anaphylactic shock.”<\/p>\n

He managed to get back to his house but then collapsed and stopped breathing.<\/strong><\/p>\n

His wife called Triple Zero immediately, then began to apply CPR under instruction from the 000 operator while arrangements were made to get medical assistance.<\/p>\n

Proston’s ambulance crew was on a call at another job, so QAS teams were despatched from Murgon and Kingaroy.<\/p>\n

A RACQ LifeFlight helicopter also flew in from the Sunshine Coast.<\/p>\n

It touched down on the couple’s property about 40 minutes later at roughly the same time the Murgon and Kingaroy QAS crews arrived.<\/p>\n

“We had about 11 ambos on our property all up at that point, and they decided the best thing was to fly me to Kingaroy Hospital,” Wayne said.<\/p>\n

“The hospital kept me in overnight for observation – just to be sure I didn’t have a relapse – but I was back home on New Year’s Day.”<\/p>\n

Wayne said he felt extremely grateful to be able tell his story, and praised everyone who helped get him through the crisis.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“I really do want to say a huge thank you to all those wonderful ambos and paramedics who looked after me, including my darling wife,” he said.<\/p>\n

“I also want to thank the team at Kingaroy Hospital, who were really great.<\/p>\n

“We are so lucky to have such a wonderful service in a small country town.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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