The Flying Doctor
By Royal Flying Doctor Service
Sometimes, when people live, work or travel in rural and remote Australia, they can run into trouble. There are accidents and injuries. There are bites, stings or illness. Australia is a large, remote, and unforgiving land, with a relatively small population. In this podcast, we talk to real patients of the Royal Flying Doctor Service and the role that the Royal Flying Doctor Service plays in serving rural and remote communities. THIS is the Flying Doctor podcast!
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Latest episode
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#126 A Beautiful Life. Sophie Smith's Legacy to her Lost Boys
Sophie Smith is the proud mother of five boys. But three of her sons spent just a short, beautiful time in their mother's arms. Because triplets Henry, Jasper and Evan were born way too soon. Today, Sophie runs marathons with other mums across Aus… -
#125 How baby Indi's early arrival became 'airborne'!
The day before baby Indi's spectacular arrival aboard an RFDS retrieval flight had been a busy one for the Pawson household. Joelene's son, Jack, had celebrated his fifth birthday with friends and family and the young mum, at 31 weeks pregnant, wa… -
#124 Hugo Rockstar's remarkable family.
When Louise Taheny's fifth child was born, she immediately knew something was 'different'. It would take three days before baby Hugo was officially diagnosed with Down Syndrome - a syndrome caused by a random error in cell division that results in… -
#123 A toddler's tonic-clonic seizure caused the 'Darcy Effect'
When a frantic Kate Mitchell ran towards a remote police patrol, with her seemingly lifeless toddler in her arms, she'd already spent over thirty minutes performing CPR and battling poor mobile reception to emergency services. Along with her other… -
#122 Dawn's 20,000km journey of the heart
Australia's 'Queen of Hearts' was born on the day when Dawn Beaumont brought her mother back to life. Even as her extensive, professional First Aid training kicked in - as Dawn calmly performed CPR on her mum in the middle of a crowded theatre foy… -
#121 It takes guts to be Veronica...
When Veronica suffered a life-threatening bowel obstruction, she was told she had just hours to reach the specialist care she needed to save her life. From the outside, Veronica Croser appears to be a fit and active young Mum with a passion for ad… -
#120 Flying dentist Dr Vai is changing the face of outback oral health
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#119 How a baby brown snake flew Eddie from Uluru to Alice!
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#118 A Postmaster's pocketknife & a Doctor's outback dash to save Jimmy Darcy!
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#117 - Ryan nursed himself back from his own heart attack!