Three new sponsors have jumped on board to help RACQ CQ Rescue deliver life-saving aeromedical and emergency helicopter rescue services to people across the region.

RACQ CQ Rescue has winched a seriously ill Filipino sailor off a bulk carrier 18km north of Abbot Point this afternoon.

About 2pm, the Mackay-based rescue helicopter, with a doctor and Critical Care Paramedic on board, was tasked to fly 220km north-west of Mackay to where the 292-metre long vessel True Endurance was anchored.

RACQ CQ Rescue has located a lone fisherman sitting on his upturned boat in the dark after he activated his EPIRB very early this morning.

The Mackay-based rescue helicopter was tasked by the Australia Maritime Safety Authority to conduct a search for a distress beacon which had been activated about 13km east of Mackay about 1.30am.

At 5.30pm on Friday afternoon, the RACQ CQ Rescue helicopter was tasked to retrieve an injured fisherman from a location near Kindemar Reef, approximately 120 killometres off the coast of Mackay.

The RACQ CQ Rescue crew has responded to a call to retrieve a 7-year-old boy after a suspected snake bite to his leg.

Anita Camilleri knows how life can change in a split second.

The 31-year-old Mirani mum realises how precious life is after she and her two-year-old daughter Aylah were seriously injured in a horrific head-on smash on the Mackay-Eungella Road on October 5 last year.

Anita had just dropped her son Seth off to school at Marian and was on her way to meet her mother-in-law at Walkerston before work when the accident occurred.