"Devastating": Paramedic shares details as thousands of dollars raised for magpie fatality
Queensland paramedics have shared harrowing details of the moment they were called to help baby Mia.
On Sunday, Brisbane mother Simone was out with her five-month-old daughter, when she tripped trying to avoid getting swooped by a magpie in a park.
Queensland Ambulance Service Clinical Support Officer Tom Holland was among those who responded to the accident to help.
“When we first got to the scene, obviously it was a really heightened and emotive scene,” he told reporters.
“The little one was given the best pre-hospital care and was transported really quickly to the Queensland Children’s Hospital.”
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It is believed Mia has been in a baby carrier at the time of the incident and suffered a "serious head injury".
Despite the best efforts of the critical care team, the infant later died in hospital.
“The parents and bystanders did a really fantastic job ... they allowed the little one to have the best possible chance,” Holland added.
A fundraising page for Mia's parents, set up by Mia's aunts, has already raised more than $69,000.
“Mia’s arrival made (her parents) Jacob and Simone’s lives complete, they constantly doted over her, showered her with love, and shared her for all their loved ones to adore,” the organisers wrote.
“No words can begin to describe the torture Jacob and Simone are going through... A life cut so short, much sooner than any one of us expected."
Brisbane City Standards Chair Kim Marx stated that an investigation has been launched into the devastating incident.
She said, “This is an extremely tragic accident and our hearts go out to the family involved.”
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