INJURED
Imagine your vehicle rolling violently across the desert track, trapping you inside with serious spinal injuries.
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RFDS SA/NT emergency retrieval
This June 30,
This June 30,
every dollar
saves twice.
Help rescue people like Stefan, who survived a car rollover in one
of the most isolated places in Australia.
15 hours away from emergency care. The Flying Doctor became his only chance.
Donate now
Tax deadline — 30 June
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Every 10 minutes the RFDS helps someone across SA/NT.
Distance
900
km
Drive Time
15
hours
ISOLATED
Imagine being trapped in your car, 15-hours from emergency care.
RESPONSE-READY
An RFDS crew launched from Alice Springs, stabilised Stefan’s spine, and flew him to safety in just 90 minutes. Your donation helps make that possible.
"You were one
millimetre off dead."
Stefan had spent decades exploring remote Australia.
But deep in the Gibson Desert, everything changed instantly.
His vehicle rolled violently across the track — trapping him inside with serious spinal injuries.
In places like this, isolation becomes life-threatening fast. Without the Flying Doctor, Stefan faced a dangerous 15-hour journey over rough outback roads.
Instead, an RFDS crew flew to him.
Within minutes of arrival, flight nurses stabilised his neck and spine, managed his pain, and prepared him for emergency air retrieval.
A journey that would have taken most of a day by road took just 90 minutes by air.
Today, Stefan is alive because the Flying Doctor was ready.
How you power the frontline
Flip
$50
Flying intensive care unit
Specialist doctors, flight nurses, and critical care equipment onboard every mission.
$50 can help provide a trauma pack carrying life-saving medication.
Flip
$100
$100 can help purchase an i-STAT machine that can provide blood test results in minutes.
Flip
$200
Ready for the next call
New aircraft helping deliver faster, safer emergency retrievals across vast distances.
$200 can help purchase a state-of-the-art defibrillator to be used on our flights.
Donate before 30 June
Help keep the
Flying Doctor flying.
Every emergency retrieval depends on aircraft, fuel, medical equipment, and highly trained crews standing ready at a moment's notice.
Your tax-deductible donation today helps keep the Flying Doctor flying across South Australia and the Northern Territory.
100% tax deductible
DGR registered charity
Secure donation
Every donation helps save lives across remote Australia.
Supporting healthier, happier Australians, no matter where they live, work or play.
