PHOTO: Royal Flying Doctor Service medical chest saving lives.
What are Royal Flying Doctor medical chests? For some in the remote corners of our region, they can be the difference between life and death.
The iconic on-site ‘chemist’ capability is a lifesaving initiative that has developed over many years and is the first step in the chain of medical incidents and requirements for many isolated areas across Australia.
With over 400 medicine chests spread out across far western NSW (and 2,400 throughout Australia), the lockable steel containers hold around 90 essential items, divided into five specific compartments, from first aid supplies to prescription medicines…