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More detailsPrimary care access vital for better health outcomes in remote Australia
The second annual Royal Flying Doctor Service ‘Best for the Bush, Rural and remote Health Base Line’ report was released today.
Saturday night snakebite
For long-haul truck driver Lee, Saturday nights are usually spent behind the wheel on lonely stretches of highway, but one such night in March took a turn, when he had to be flown from to Perth by the Flying Doctor.
#83 Tom collapsed onto his steering wheel and stopped breathing
Have we become too complacent about snakes? Tom had been parked on the side of a rural road when he stepped out to greet his wife. He felt a small sting or bite on his foot, and bent down to see a small snake disappearing under his car.
Ella's outback dash
Ella Reindler is one of very few pregnant women who can say they drove themself to hospital behind the wheel of a prime mover.
National Close the Gap Day
At the RFDS we are committed to contributing to the “Close the Gap” campaign to improve both health outcomes and access to culturally appropriate health services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
RAP Year in Review 2023
Reporting and reflecting on another year of progress and strong momentum on our Reconciliation Action Plan and looking to the tasks ahead to continue on this journey.
Clinical Leader of the Year
RFDS WA Head of Nursing Paul Ingram has been named Clinical Leader of the Year at the WA Rural Health Awards.
The Flying Nurse
Lisa Killian is an RFDS Primary Health Care Nurse based in Broome. She has lived in the Kimberley and central Australia for the past 14 years, working in a variety of nursing roles.
#82 Melissa's muscles melted and she was unable to walk, talk or move
Melissa Domiati went to hospital to have her wisdom teeth removed and was not particularly concerned or worried, but the routine procedure went terribly wrong when she had an allergic reaction to the anaesthetic. She woke up two days later, in Perth, in ICU and unable to move.
Outback mums
RFDS and Motherland giveaway competition winner Laura shares how the Flying Doctor has been a saving grace for rural mums.
Meet Dan Byles
Dan Byles has been the Organisational Resilience Lead for the RFDS WA since 2021.
$19m means a lot of life saving
For more than 24-years the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) (Queensland Section) has worked alongside Ergon Energy Retail and its customers, to raise over $19 million.
#81 Dan Hamood was opal fossicking when he fell into a mineshaft
Dan, an opal miner, shares his passion for opal mining and the unique gemstones that captivated him. His hobby turned into a life-threatening situation when he fell down a 22-meter deep mine shaft in Coober Pedy.
Trains, planes and the RFDS
Doctor Jig is accustomed to working inside the tight space of an RFDS aircraft, but one retrieval saw him treating an unwell passenger within the confines of the iconic Indian Pacific train.
Meet the Flying Doctor's female pilots
To mark Women in Aviation Worldwide Week, we reached out to our female pilots to ask them what their job means to them. Here’s what they said...
