Pegunny Station workers’ quick-thinking actions save life of stockman Riley Tomlin

Riley Tomlin lay bleeding, dying in a central Queensland field without reception, kilometres away from the nearest town.

Pegunny Station manager Pat McKenna was just days into his job when he used his hands to put pressure on his workmate’s gaping wound and prayed he would live.

He was helped by a young colleague who pressed a button on a pager-like device clipped to the injured man’s leather belt. It summoned a helicopter rescue crew who…