Child seriously injured in 'incident involving family pet' in County Kerry, Ireland

Child seriously injured in 'incident involving family pet' in County Kerry, Ireland The coastguard helicopter was called out to the incident and the child rushed to hospital A child was rushed to hospital after suffering a serious injury following an incident involving a family pet which has been described as a 'freak accident'. The child's parents were forced provide first aid on the youngster before emergency services arrived on scene and treated and bandaged them before taking them to hospital. A Coast Guard helicopter was redirected from a training exercise to respond to the emergency in South Kerry, Ireland to attend the incident on Wednesday. Police also attended the scene, and the casualty was taken to hospital by ambulance. The child suffered a serious, but thankfully non-life-threatening injury during the incident involving the family pet. A spokesperson for Iveragh Coast Guard told CorkBeo the injury was "a freak incident", and both the child and the pet are now in good health. The crew expressed their gratitude for helicopter support. They also praised the childs' parents for applying first aid after their child was injured. A crew spokesperson shared on social media: "Iveragh Coast Guard were called this evening to an incident involving a child who suffered a serious but thankfully non-life-threatening injury involving the family pet. "A huge thanks to the Rescue 115 crew, who were just beginning a training mission when the call came in and quickly diverted to assist us. "Most importantly, well done to the parents who, despite an extremely frightening situation, kept calm, provided the basic first aid correctly and made the all-important call for help. "We hope the young casualty makes a full and speedy recovery. For the privacy of the child and family, we won't go into further details."