RACQ CQ Rescue is a community-funded rescue helicopter service based in Mackay, our world-class aeromedical and emergency service is a lifeline to anyone, anywhere at any time. Saving lives since 1996, our service can be the difference between life and death to the sick and injured in our region. Without CQ Rescue, many lives would be lost of changed forever. Often a patient’s only lifeline, they tell us, when the sound of the rescue helicopter draws near, there is a collective sigh of relief to know that help has arrived.