The Real Flying Doctors

The Real Flying Doctors
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2015
Genre: Aeronautics in medicine
ISBN:

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A look at the real life Flying Doctor Service, the air ambulance of outback Australia. It's noble but hard work and the stories of the men and women who tend their patients, fly the planes and operate the radios, is a long way from their portrayal in the Australian television series, “The Flying Doctors”. The lives of the flight crew are extraordinary, two weeks on call and two weeks off, they maintain their spirit throughout. They confide in us about their unusual lifestyle which is so hard on their personal lives and relationships. For the nurses it's a single woman's occupation.

Meet... the Flying Doctors

Meet... the Flying Doctors
Author: George Ivanoff
Publisher: Random House Australia
Total Pages: 21
Release: 2017-02
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0143780689

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In the early 20th century, Reverend John Flynn saw the potential for aeroplanes to bring urgent medical care to people in outback Australia. He campaigned for more than ten years to make his big idea a reality. That big idea became the Royal Flying Doctor Service. Today the RFDS is a not-for-profit organisation that provides emergency and primary health care across Australia. From Ned Kelly to Nellie Melba; Captain Cook to Sidney Nolan, the Meet ... series of picture books tells the exciting stories of the men and women who have shaped Australia's history.

The Homestead Girls

The Homestead Girls
Author: Fiona McArthur
Publisher: Penguin Group Australia
Total Pages: 269
Release: 2015-06-24
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1760140368

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Moving to the outback to join the Flying Doctors will change Billie's life forever. A heartwarming story of friendship, courage and compassion in the outback from internationally bestselling author Fiona McArthur. 'Reading Fiona McArthur is like wrapping yourself in a warm blanket and sitting under the stars.' Rachael Johns After her teenage daughter Mia falls in with the wrong crowd, Dr Billie Green decides it's time to return home to far western NSW. When an opportunity to join the Flying Doctor Service comes along, she jumps at the chance. Flight nurse Daphne Prince and their handsome new boss, Morgan Blake, instantly make her feel welcome. Just out of town, grazier Soretta Byrnes has been struggling to make ends meet and has opened her homestead to boarders. Billie, Mia and Daphne decide to move in and are soon joined by eccentric eighty-year-old Lorna Lamerton. The unlikely housemates are soon offering each other frank advice and staunch support as they tackle medical emergencies, romantic adventures and the challenges of growing up and getting older. But when one of their lives is threatened, the strong friendship they have forged will face the ultimate test... PRAISE FOR FIONA MCARTHUR 'I never miss one of Fiona McArthur's books.' Sam Still Reading 'An uplifting story of friendship and romance.' Book'd Out 'Whenever I feel like journeying to the ochre and brown glory of the outback with its special brand of people, I know Fiona McArthur will take me there ...' Book Muster Down Under

The Flying Doctor Story

The Flying Doctor Story
Author: Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia
Publisher:
Total Pages: 16
Release: 1967
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The Dressing Station

The Dressing Station
Author: Jonathan Kaplan
Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Total Pages: 455
Release: 2007-12-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0802196594

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In this “vividly compelling” New York Times Notable Book, a surgeon recounts his experiences in war zones (The Washington Post). From treating the casualties of apartheid in Cape Town to operating on Kurdish guerrillas in Northern Iraq at the end of the Gulf War, Jonathan Kaplan has saved (and lost) lives in the remotest corners of the world in the most extreme conditions. He has been a hospital surgeon, a ship’s physician, an air-ambulance doctor, and a trauma surgeon. He has worked in locations as diverse as England, Burma, Eritrea, the Amazon, Mozambique, and the United States. In his “eloquent . . . beautifully written” memoir of unforgettable adventure and tragedy, Dr. Kaplan explores the great challenge of his career—to maintain his humanity in the face of incredible pain and suffering (The New York Times Book Review). “Packed with moments of searing intensity,” The Dressing Station is an “extraordinary” look into the nature of human violence, the shattering contradictions of war, and the complicated role of medicine in the modern world (The Washington Post). “In this refreshingly unsentimental memoir, [Kaplan] offers a vivid look at what it’s like to practice medicine in places where there are always too many casualties and not enough resources. His descriptions of surgery are unflinching . . . Kaplan gives us a remarkable self-portrait of the war junkie.” —The New Yorker

The Royal Flying Doctor Service

The Royal Flying Doctor Service
Author: Harold Dicks
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 1971
Genre: Aeronautics in medicine
ISBN:

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Home at Last

Home at Last
Author: Meredith Appleyard
Publisher: HarperCollins Australia
Total Pages: 345
Release: 2019-04-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1489254587

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Flying solo can be harder than it looks ... A warm-hearted rural romance about finding your way home. Flying solo for the first time had been the greatest high of Anna Kelly's life. So when the chance of a dream job as a pilot with the Royal Flying Doctor Service comes up she takes it, even though she has to leave her home in Adelaide and move to remote Broken Hill - a place she had hoped she would never see again. The bad memories the town provokes remind Anna why she keeps men at arm's length but as her work proves fulfilling, her housemate becomes a friend and a warm community grows around her, Anna is surprised to discover that Broken Hill is starting to feel like home. But there is no such thing as plain sailing and with errant mothers, vengeful ex-patients and determined exes on the prowl, life is becoming increasingly complicated. More than that, the distractingly attractive Flight Nurse Nick Harrison seems keen to get to know her better, and he has a way of finding a path through her defences. But will he still want her if the truth comes out?

In Full Flight

In Full Flight
Author: John Hylan Heminway
Publisher: Knopf
Total Pages: 345
Release: 2018
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1524732974

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"The revelatory account of a woman's quest for a new life in Africa in the wake of World War II--a heroic career that hid a dark wartime past"--

Great Flying Doctor Stories

Great Flying Doctor Stories
Author: Bill Swampy Marsh
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2003
Genre:
ISBN:

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The Leading Edge

The Leading Edge
Author: Stephen Langford
Publisher: Apollo Books
Total Pages: 464
Release: 2015
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781742588148

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The advent of the Royal Flying Doctor Service in the 1930s was a testimony to Australian innovation and ingenuity. Much has been written about the early history of the iconic organisation, adapting aircraft and pedal radios to meet the needs of people in vast remote areas. In this book, Dr Stephen Langford, the Service's longest serving medico, provides a compelling account of the Service since the late 1970s. Langford's history emphasises the technology and innovation that has enabled the RFDS to remain at the forefront of aeromedical care. [Subject: ?Military History, Biography, Aeromedical Care