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Consumer Network Group The
Royal Flying Doctor Service has established a Consumer Network Group
specifically to provide a forum
Nell Sproule Health Services Project Officer Tel 08 8238 3333 Fax 08 8234 5640 Email: nell.sproule@flyingdoctor.net
Rural Women's GP Service Caring for Women and Families in rural and remote Australia The Rural Women's GP Service is offered by the RFDS across Australia through each of the four operations, with funding from the Commonwealth Government. Female GPs provided by the Service work with the local doctors and other health care providers, meeting the health needs of individual communities. The service provides women living in rural and remote areas with an increased level of choice for their health care needs. Why do women need the service? Women living in rural and remote areas often need a greater level of access to a female GP than is available. Women sometimes prefer to talk to a female GP about specific women's health issues. Caring for women The aim of the Rural Women's GP Service is to offer women living in rural and remote areas of Australia personalised care and advice from a female GP where such services are difficult to access. What about the wider community? While the program is primarily for women it is available to the wider community. The program offers a choice of doctor. Key Services
Contact Details
Nell Sproule
Rural Emergency Skills Program The Royal Flying Doctor Service with a team of Emergency Medicine Consultants will develop and deliver the Rural Emergency Skills Program (RESP) to resident GPs and other health professionals in rural and remote South Australia over the next three years.
The project aims to provide rural and remote GPs and health professionals opportunities to enhance existing knowledge and skills in the management of emergency presentations.
The course, held over two days has been accredited with the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine and the Royal Australian College of General Practice. The program is funded by the SA Department of Health and the Rural Doctors Workforce Agency.
Dr John Setchell (General Manager, Health Services) describes the program as “an excellent opportunity for RFDS to be involved in supporting rural and remote doctors to maintain their clinical emergency skills, thereby assisting them in this critical role they provide for their communities”.
Information and registration of interest brochure click here
For upcoming training dates and locations please refer to the calendar of events.
To discuss the program please contact:
Anne Stasinowsky RESP Project Officer phone 08 8238 3333 email anne.stasinowsky@flyingdoctor.net
Flight Nursing The RFDS provides two main types of services: Emergency Services
Primary Health Care
Depending on the type of services provided from each base, not all flight nurses perform the same roles. There are three major flight nursing models utilised with the RFDS:
Emergency Care Flight nursing combines a number of areas or nursing skills in the airborne environment. Unlike the controlled environment of any hospital the aviation and ambulance environment offers the challenge of delivering care in an unstable and confined space with limited resources and personnel. RFDS aircraft are flying emergency departments and equipped accordingly. Flight nurses deal with a diverse range of conditions caused by trauma, accidents or medical conditions effecting babies, children, adults and the elderly. Flight nurses operate in an autonomous manner with medical officers being present when clinically needed. To provide optimum patient care in the aeromedical environment, flight nurses must also possess a sound knowledge of altitude physiology. Altitude physiology is the changes which occur to the body with altitude which may produce dangerous conditions for the patient. Primary Health The primary health care clinics are where staff visit remote stations and townships to provide general medical clinics to the residents. They provide child and infant health clinics, mental health nursing services, screening programs for school children and immunisation services to families in remote areas. Antenatal education is also done on an individual basis as is education on parenting skills. Women's health services are conducted at a variety of clinics. Health promotion and education are emerging areas of work for the community health staff. Contact Details Greg
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