The Royal Flying Doctor Service Of Australia National Office
Health Care in Sydney

The royal flying doctor service of australia is a not-for-profit charitable service providing aeromedical emergency and primary health care services together with communication and education assistance to people who live, work and travel in regional and remote australia. The rfds has an important role to play in addressing the poor health status of indigenous australians. - indigenous health: it has long been recognised that the health of aboriginal and torres strait islander people is of a standard considerably lower than that of non-indigenous australians. - female gp clinics: a government funded program, with the rfds as the facilitating body that coordinates the delivery of female general practitioners to identified rural and remote locations. - inter hospital transfers: patients are transferred between small rural and remote area hospitals and larger metropolitan hospitals. - medical chests: approximately 3000 rfds medical chests containing an extensive range of numbered drugs and medical supplies are located at remote locations across australia, out-stations, indigenous communities, such as isolated pastoral properties, remote mining sites and lighthouses. With the advent of the telephone to the outback this role is declining. - communication: the provision of radio communication through certain rfds bases. - telehealth (radio, telephone consultations): consultation by doctors using the radio, telephone with people at remote locations. Services include but are not limited to routine health checks and advice, dental, child health care, immunization, eye and ear clinics. The services provided by the rfds are as follows: - 24 hours emergency service: - primary healthcare clinics at remote sites: regular clinics at isolated sites conducted by rfds doctors, flight nurses and other specialised health professionals and in some cases state health practitioners. - health promotion.

The Royal Flying Doctor Service is one of the largest and maximum comprehensive aeromedical organizations in the world, providing extensive primary health concern and 24hour emergency service to people over an area of 7.3 million square kilometers. Delivered by a dedicated team of professionals, using the latest in aviation, medical and communications technology, and supported by a great number of volunteers and supporters, the RFD is vital for those that live, work and travel in rural and isolated Australia. Our people are dedicated and passionate about bringing first class health and emergency services to people in the bush. We are very much part of the communities we service. The challenges of health access outside Australia’s cities make the Flying Doctor’s services vital to those who live, labor and travel in rural and isolated Australia. The RFD was alerted, and Kyle was soon in the air and on his way to Adelaide in the care of an RFD aeromedical crew. Even my family love them for what they've done for me and they don't even live remote. Staff A Flight Nurse is usually on every flight and in cases where the tolerant is seriously ill, a Doctor is also present. Cockpit The standard aircraft installation allows for 2 pilot staff, however most operators, including the RFD typically operate the aircraft in single pilot configuration. They were introduced for transporting our Primary Health Protection staff to rural and isolated communities of the Cape York region, allowing us to deliver a greater diversity of Primary Health Protection services to these communities. Learn about our RFD bases and our dedicated pilots. Our Bases Flying for the RFD is both exciting and rewarding Flying for the Flying Doctor. We operate a network of primary health clinics where patients can access community health nurses, dentists, mental health and allied health professionals. RFD Victoria operates numerous key services with mobile tolerant protection road vehicles, from a number of bases located across the state. Services provided from this Bottom include isolated medical consultations, aeromedical retrievals and primary health protection clinics incorporating general practice, child and family health, Indigenous health, mental health, women's health and health promotion. Services provided from this bottom include medical chests, distant medical consultations, aeromedical retrievals and primary health protection clinics incorporating general practice, child and family health, health promotion and field days. The services provided include secluded medical consultations, aeromedical retrievals and primary health protection clinics incorporating general practice, child and family health, Indigenous health, mental health and health promotion. RFD Victoria operates considerable key services with moveable tolerant concern road vehicles, from a number of bases located across the state.Traralgon is one of these bases. The Broken Hill Bottom is unique because it is one of the scanty active RFD bases, located at an airport, open to the public daily.