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Graphic: Ella with her baby on the RFDS Flight
#88 Ella was 35 weeks pregnant & driving an outback truck when her waters broke!
Ella and Dave, transport company owners, embarked on a final trip from Perth to Kimberley before their baby's arrival. Unexpectedly, at 35 weeks pregnant, Ella's waters broke in the remote outback, far from medical help. They faced an urgent journey to reach the nearest hospital
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Prioritising health in rural Queensland
31 Aug 2021For 18 years, Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) (RFDS) Nurse Manager Jo Mahony has been a driving force in supporting rural communities through every high and low.
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One Click Life partners with RFDS in Western Australia
30 Aug 2021Yet to do your tax? Australian financial services company One Click Life have partnered with the RFDS to give back to communities.
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Coral Bay shark bite victim in safe hands of the RFDS
26 Aug 2021New South Wales boy Jackson Bartlett, 10, was snorkeling off Coral Bay in WA’s North West with his dad in June when he noticed a large shadow moving fast towards him.
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WA Flying Doctor logistican set to retire after 33 years of service
26 Aug 2021Celebrating 33 years of service to regional and remote Western Australia is RFDS logistician Robin Emmett.
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Gregory QCWA help keep the Flying Doctor flying
24 Aug 2021For everyone in the region around Gregory, the RFDS is their general practitioner, their emergency response and their mental health support. So, when we needed an upgraded clinic, the local women stepped in to help.
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Flight Nurse celebrates 10 years with the Service
20 Aug 2021From providing care at 20,000 ft to delivering babies in remote hospitals, Flight Nurse Haidee Kerr shares why working for the Royal Flying Doctor Service is her dream job.
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More than emergency healthcare — RFDS Field Days
16 Aug 2021Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) Field Days are just one of the many ways people in rural and remote areas can access the Flying Doctor’s life-saving treatment.
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RFDS Flight Nurse delivers own baby
16 Aug 2021When Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) (RFDS) Flight Nurse Hayden Wilson completed his midwifery studies in July 2019, little did he know he’d be putting those skills to use two years later to deliver his own child!
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RFDS calls for help to assist cardiac patients
15 Aug 2021Cardiac emergencies account for almost 25 per cent of all patients transported by the Flying Doctor. And keeping so many critically-ill patients safe in the air requires constant access to a vast and costly range of cardiac monitoring medical equipment and supplies.
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The accidental psychologist
13 Aug 2021For some, working in healthcare is a lifelong dream. For Dr Tim Driscoll it was a happy accident, stumbling upon the profession while working abroad. Now Tim helps hundreds of Queenslanders improve their mental health each year.
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Narrogin woman Ann McLeish steps up again for her Flying Doctor
12 Aug 2021The one and only Ann McLeish is back, walking 185km between Field Days from Dongara to Newdegate to raise vital funds and awareness of the Royal Flying Doctor Service in Western Australia.
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RFDS lands on Channel 7
12 Aug 2021Five years in the making, the new TV drama, RFDS, finally airs across Australia.
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Real RFDS soars to new heights
12 Aug 2021The latest annual patient and aviation statistics reveal a total of 12,319 patients were flown to emergency or specialist care by the Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) in the 2020/21 financial year.
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Give Them Wings scholarship 2021 winners announced
11 Aug 2021This year, RFDS Victoria awarded six Give Them Wings scholarships to very deserving rural health care students from across the state.
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Flight nurse on the Ball
11 Aug 2021Aeromedical retrievals aren’t for the faint hearted. Just ask RFDS Flight Nurse Michelle Ball. Michelle reflects on her role with the Service, including the time she was tasked with attending a helicopter crash, via helicopter.
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