Man falls from roof

A man was critically injured when he fell from a roof while working on a house at Umina on Monday, July 23.

Police, ambulance and the CareFlight helicopter combined to assist the unconscious man following a call to 000 just before 12.30pm.

The CareFlight trauma team was met by police on landing at Umina Beach park and driven to the Albion St scene to team with ambulance paramedics.

The CareFlight doctor said the 36-year-old man, from Warnervale, suffered a fractured skull and was given a general anaesthetic and placed on a ventilator to control his breathing.

The man was flown by helicopter under intensive care monitoring to Royal North Shore Hospital where he remained in a critical condition on arrival.

Media Release, 23 Jul 2012

Ian Badham, Careflight