Parents of children playing in the street after the attack were told to send them inside owing to the distressing nature of the man’s injuries. The man was resuscitated before being placed in an induced coma, CareFlight said. He was also given a blood transfusion before he was taken by road to Westmead Hospital where he remains in a critical condition. Inspector Templeman said all three patients required "a lot of clinical intervention" at the scene before they could be taken to hospital. Paramedics resuscitated the man and gave him a blood transfusion, before he was taken to hospital in a critical condition. Credit:TNV The victims included a 10-year-old girl who suffered a large bite to her back, he said.

"Her mother also sustained injuries to the arm while she was trying to defend the child from the dogs," he said. The girl and her mother, 30, were taken to The Children's Hospital at Westmead and Westmead Hospital respectively in stable conditions. The dogs, believed to be cross-bred Staffordshire bull terriers, were kept inside the house until they were tranquillised by the RSPCA and taken to a vet by Blacktown council, a spokeswoman for the RSPCA said. The dogs remain in the custody of the vet as police carry out their investigation. "We can confirm we have had no previous jobs at the address of the incident," the spokeswoman said.

Blacktown council and NSW Police have been in discussion with the owner of the dogs. It is believed the dogs will be put down on Friday afternoon. Neighbour Jackie Lee said the trio were visiting the property and did not live there. She said she had met the male victim as well as the owner of the dogs but did not know them well. "The guy who owns [the dogs], he wouldn't even go out in the back garden for the dogs because he was so afraid of them himself," she said. "I can’t understand why he would keep animals like that."

Ms Lee said the victim was a "gentleman", who had recently helped her partner fix their car. Inspector Templeman praised the efforts of emergency services, who were on the scene "within minutes" of the first triple zero call, as well as the efforts of bystanders. "There were two to three other adults on scene with blood on their clothing," he said. A man is fighting for life and two others are injured after a dog attack. Credit:TNV "Everybody who was on scene, and such a horrific and distressing scene, should be commended for their efforts to try and bring these animals under control and potentially saved the lives of these victims."