MEASURING DISTANCE
Here is a page from a Royal Flying Doctor Service crew log.
It shows some of the pickups that have occurred in the last week.
RFDS Base Departed | Location of Injured Person | Hospital that patient was flown to | Distance Travelled |
Meekatharra | Tibooburra | Adelaide | |
Alice Springs | Uluru | Alice Springs Hospital | |
Port Hedland | Marble Bar | Hedland Health Campus | |
Cairns | Wooroonooran National Park | The crew were able to offer treatment on site. The patient did not need to be transferred to hospital. | |
Essendon | Mount Buller | Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne. |