The Flying Doctor

Alysia Cawthorn was illegally driving with her sister and friend in the car when they crashed and rolled. Her parents were told there was a 1% chance of survival.  In this podcast Alysia reflects on how her life was saved, the trauma journey over the last 12 years, her recovery and lessons learned. +++ Thanks so much for listening to the Flying Doctor Podcast. It is lovely to have you along on the...

Richard Crowe and his brother Stephen were in a  high-speed Tasmanian rally in 2013 when their steering locked, the car rammed the barrier, flipped up and into a tree and then tossed back, before the car plunged down a 30 metre embankment, landing on its side at the bottom. +++ Thanks so much for listening to the Flying Doctor Podcast. It is lovely to have you along on the journey with us. There h...

We often say that someone is 'lucky to be alive'. That goes times three for Tourist Operator and Station owner Richard Kinnon. Hear about his three incredible survival stories and his lessons learned.  +++ Thanks so much for listening to the Flying Doctor Podcast. It is lovely to have you along on the journey with us. There has been some wonderful feedback from listeners and those we have intervie...

Jesse Cullen was with a group of likeminded hikers, exploring a remote gorge in the Kimberley region when a misstep resulted in a 4 metre fall and a leg being impaled on a tree.  +++ Thanks so much for listening to the Flying Doctor Podcast. It is lovely to have you along on the journey with us. There has been some wonderful feedback from listeners and those we have interviewed. Word of mouth is a...

Rachel and Blake Bartlett were many months into a wonderful journey of travelling around Australia with their three kids in a caravan. While snorkelling on the coast at Coral Bay, everything changed when their 10 year old son Jackson was bitten by a shark... +++ Thanks so much for listening to the Flying Doctor Podcast. It is lovely to have you along on the journey with us. There has been some won...

Phil Eley has thousands of hours of motorbike touring under his belt, in the USA, Europe, South America and Australia -- but a stretch of the Birdsville Track in remote South Australia sent him cartwheeling and the man who is normally in control of his life, found himself having to rely totally on others. +++ Thanks so much for listening to the Flying Doctor Podcast. It is lovely to have you along...

Earlier this year Chris and Betty Katsogiannis received a call from their son Nicholas, who was in remote NT and had a post-operative bleed that he was unable to quell. This started a desperate dash to Tennant Creek hospital, many hours away. +++ Thanks so much for listening to the Flying Doctor Podcast. It is lovely to have you along on the journey with us. There has been some wonderful feedback...

Dr Sally Edmonds talks of the RFDS response to the severe boat accident that occurred in May 2022 in the remote location of Horizontal Falls - where there was no access by road and some 26 patients had to be transported to hospital. +++ Thanks so much for listening to the Flying Doctor Podcast. It is lovely to have you along on the journey with us. There has been some wonderful feedback from liste...

This podcast episode is a follow-up interview with Danielle Horton after our first interview Young mother, dialysis, and the search for a kidney. Organ transplant is not for the faint-of-heart and this second interview follows on from the much awaited phone call that a kidney that was desperately needed, had become available.... +++ Thanks so much for listening to the Flying Doctor Podcast. It is...

Desert sand hills and red stony downs of South Australia. A vast remote cattle station in one of the harshest parts of Australia. Peter Nunn is involved in an horrific accident that it is amazing anyone walked away from... +++ Thanks so much for listening to the Flying Doctor Podcast. It is lovely to have you along on the journey with us. There has been some wonderful feedback from listeners and t...

Brenda Purvis tells of the harrowing day when her youngest child collapsed and then started vomiting blood after being bitten by an Eastern Brown Snake. Fast and correct medical procedures saved Jack's life, and there is much to learn and remember based on this story. +++ Thanks so much for listening to the Flying Doctor Podcast. It is lovely to have you along on the journey with us. There has bee...

Vanessa Latham and Lesley Harvey from the RFDS Broken Hill Wellness Place talk about supporting locals through challenges of drought, loss, trauma -- and how their use of play therapy is helping kids who really need it. +++ Thanks so much for listening to the Flying Doctor Podcast. It is lovely to have you along on the journey with us. There has been some wonderful feedback from listeners and thos...

Coby Foster, at 25 weeks pregnant travelled from Brisbane to Melbourne for a friend's social event, but it all went awry when she went into premature labour and Jenson arrived four months too early. +++ Thanks so much for listening to the Flying Doctor Podcast. It is lovely to have you along on the journey with us. There has been some wonderful feedback from listeners and those we have interviewed...

On arriving on his remote island property, Peter Woolford became acutely unwell and collapsed with a stroke,  paralysed on the kitchen floor and unable to reach the landline to call for help. +++ Thanks so much for listening to the Flying Doctor Podcast. It is lovely to have you along on the journey with us. There has been some wonderful feedback from listeners and those we have interviewed. Word...

Walk in the shoes of Brendan who has seen and experienced the good, bad and ugly while on the job. +++ Thanks so much for listening to the Flying Doctor Podcast. It is lovely to have you along on the journey with us. There has been some wonderful feedback from listeners and those we have interviewed. Word of mouth is always the best promotion for a podcast – so if you enjoy this podcast, or a spec...

RFDS Broken Hill pilot Dave gives insight into his day to day work and answers your questions. +++ Thanks so much for listening to the Flying Doctor Podcast. It is lovely to have you along on the journey with us. There has been some wonderful feedback from listeners and those we have interviewed. Word of mouth is always the best promotion for a podcast – so if you enjoy this podcast, or a specific...

Karina Sheehan and her husband came across the flipped and crushed ute, with her son and his girlfriend thrown from the vehicle... +++ Thanks so much for listening to the Flying Doctor Podcast. It is lovely to have you along on the journey with us. There has been some wonderful feedback from listeners and those we have interviewed. Word of mouth is always the best promotion for a podcast – so if y...

Paul Fiddes was tearing down the fire trail and feeling lucky until everything changed... +++ Thanks so much for listening to the Flying Doctor Podcast. It is lovely to have you along on the journey with us. There has been some wonderful feedback from listeners and those we have interviewed. Word of mouth is always the best promotion for a podcast – so if you enjoy this podcast, or a specific stor...

As a remote area nurse Lesley De Landelles tells the stories of the dash to save her daughter's life, and earlier, of her father. +++ Thanks so much for listening to the Flying Doctor Podcast. It is lovely to have you along on the journey with us. There has been some wonderful feedback from listeners and those we have interviewed. Word of mouth is always the best promotion for a podcast – so if yo...

Ann Nunn lives on a remote cattle station and discovers at 15 weeks pregnant that she has cancer... +++ Thanks so much for listening to the Flying Doctor Podcast. It is lovely to have you along on the journey with us. There has been some wonderful feedback from listeners and those we have interviewed. Word of mouth is always the best promotion for a podcast – so if you enjoy this podcast, or a spe...

Lyn French is no stranger to accidents and injuries on her remote North Queensland property and in this episode we walk in her shoes and learn of the adventures and challenges at Gilberton Station. +++ Thanks so much for listening to the Flying Doctor Podcast. It is lovely to have you along on the journey with us. There has been some wonderful feedback from listeners and those we have interviewed....

Captain Tom Ryan is not a pilot but he navigates an RFDS plane around Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania to visit schools of all sizes.  +++ Thanks so much for listening to the Flying Doctor Podcast. It is lovely to have you along on the journey with us. There has been some wonderful feedback from listeners and those we have interviewed. Word of mouth is always the best promotion for a podcast...

As Joe and his instructor drifted down from 12,000 feet, it was serene and peaceful, until his parachute suddenly collapsed 10 storeys from the ground, and they plummeted... +++ Thanks so much for listening to the Flying Doctor Podcast. It is lovely to have you along on the journey with us. There has been some wonderful feedback from listeners and those we have interviewed. Word of mouth is always...

John is an experienced open-water swimmer with many long swims under his belt, but things didn’t go to plan in 2014 and doctors are still amazed he lived to tell the tale… +++ Thanks so much for listening to the Flying Doctor Podcast. It is lovely to have you along on the journey with us. There has been some wonderful feedback from listeners and those we have interviewed. Word of mouth is always t...

Bundaberg warmth.   Wide expansive sports field. Parents and friends gather on sidelines watching 9-yr olds compete. Jake feels tired and asks to come off – but then collapses and turns blue, struggling to breathe... +++ Thanks so much for listening to the Flying Doctor Podcast. It is lovely to have you along on the journey with us. There has been some wonderful feedback from listeners and those w...