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RFDS WA launches Pilbara Telehealth Consultations
More detailsFlight Nurse reunited with baby born onboard aircraft
It was a reunion four years in the making. After giving birth to a little boy in the back of an RFDS aircraft in 2017, Lucy Westcott and her family were reunited with their Flight Nurse Timna Wright.
Prioritising health in rural Queensland
For 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.
One Click Life partners with RFDS in Western Australia
Yet to do your tax? Australian financial services company One Click Life have partnered with the RFDS to give back to communities.
Coral Bay shark bite victim in safe hands of the RFDS
New 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.
WA Flying Doctor logistican set to retire after 33 years of service
Celebrating 33 years of service to regional and remote Western Australia is RFDS logistician Robin Emmett.
A flying start for a new baby
"It had been a wild few days. We were off the grid on our babymoon in WA’s South West when little Laiken decided he wanted to meet the world a few weeks early,” Scott Crowdy recalled.
Your impact this Flying Doctor Day
Your support on Flying Doctor Day helps us prepare our frontline crews for whatever situation they may face.
Boosting our capability for the next century
In an Australian first for the Flying Doctor, two helicopters will join our fleet at the end of 2021.
Gregory QCWA help keep the Flying Doctor flying
For 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.
Flight Nurse celebrates 10 years with the Service
From 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.
Celebrating one year of RFDS Mount Gambier PTF
The RFDS joined SA's South-East community in July to mark the official launch and first anniversary of its first regional undercover Patient Transfer Facility.
More than emergency healthcare — RFDS Field Days
Royal 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.
RFDS Flight Nurse delivers own baby
When 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!
RFDS calls for help to assist cardiac patients
Cardiac 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.
The accidental psychologist
For 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.
