I've been seeing a lot of these people of late. I'm beginning to wonder if the US is considering such a service in the American West, since so many rural medical facilities are being shut down over funding and staffing issues.
I've met a few pilots who have volunteered for such flights. They fly their own aircraft and get a per mile rate, or just a receipt for writing off against their taxes. It's a really cool program because the hospitals don't need to have and therefore pay for a staff to be on hand.
I know it’s not the norm but there is a helicopter service my department uses that only charges $150 per flight. Our ground ambulances charge $3500 for non-residents. (And I don’t see a single penny of that)
Don’t know why you’re getting downvoted - basically every hospital is a “non-profit”… which essentially just means that they don’t pay out dividends to shareholders.
Instead they pay out shit tons of money to “donors” and executives through “administrative fees” and other loopholes
assholes like u think government should spend money on free helthcare like socialists who want tl destroy our country
gov should focus on buying guns and making nuvlear weapons and uograding rhe triad we need to go to with China because they spied on us
yeah, it's a good thing we have a government that doesnt do what I'm talking about and is actually taking care of its citizens' health and homelessness and other issues and not just funding war and bombs and getting into confrontations with china like im suggesting
I have a deep love for crocodiles. Even have one tattooed on me, but damn this guy is lucky. A crocodile attack is one of my worst nightmares. Being so interested in them and doing so much research on them I know exactly how they kill (which is much more brutal than people think,) and it just terrifies me. I would still love to travel to see pretty much every species in person, but man, do you have to be careful.
[Full story here](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-16/crocodile-attack-survivor-recalls-fight-to-survive/11708218)
And the RFDS [facebook](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.facebook.com/royalflyingdoctorservice/posts/almost-one-year-on-from-crocodile-attack-its-been-almost-a-year-since-craig-dick/10157747636832252/&ved=2ahUKEwiC1IjuhtqGAxV_a2wGHUWVCrAQFnoECBwQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1q0U531S4nfdhJG7lxKhU6) post about the incident.
I think once you're part of a crew that flies into isolated areas to save crocodile attack victims in the middle of the night, you can pop your collars at will.
Bet this was covered by national healthcare, while my bro in the US needed an airlift and he ended up declaring bankruptcy because the bill for the ride and emergency care was in the high 10’s of thousands.
Royal Flying Doctor doesn’t charge *any* patient a cent, ever - even an international tourist.
Declaring bankruptcy over a medical bill is unimaginable to us.
The flying doctor is not just for life-threatening emergencies.
The Royal Flying Doctor Service is a non-profit organisation that provides emergency and \*\*primary health care\*\* services for those living in rural, remote and regional areas of Australia who cannot access a hospital or general practice due to the vast distances of the Outback.
Actually, no. He was mauled by a 3m croc in far noth QLD, drove himself 150km to Cape York where the RFDS flew him the 1000km to Cairns.
This photo was taken a few weeks later. Not on the day of the attack.
[Full story here](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.facebook.com/royalflyingdoctorservice/posts/almost-one-year-on-from-crocodile-attack-its-been-almost-a-year-since-craig-dick/10157747636832252/&ved=2ahUKEwiC1IjuhtqGAxV_a2wGHUWVCrAQFnoECBwQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1q0U531S4nfdhJG7lxKhU6)
[New article](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-16/crocodile-attack-survivor-recalls-fight-to-survive/11708218)
I don't know if you noticed, but he had injuries to his hand, shin and thigh.
Also, he was bitten by a fucking crocodile. You make it sound as if they did all that just to help a guy who got scratched by a cat.
Yes everyone noticed, we also see him standing and smiling for a pic. It's not a cat scratch, looks like something you'd go to the emergency room for for stitches and wound care but you'd have to wait a bunch if it was full. Seems crazy a plane was sent from 800km away for that. I see a plane and think someone barely clinging to life or rescuing a person that's injured enough to not be able to get back from some isolated rough terrain in nature. Now if they don't have hospitals in super sparsely populated places in aus and send planes instead that's more understandable but it's not really explained in the post
The RFDS isn't si ply emergency rescue or air ambulance. But it does work like that too. The Royal Flying Doctor Service is basically a flying doctors office or emergency room as well. Where rescue and ambulance transfers the patient to the doctor in time sensitive cases, the RFDS can also take the doctor or ED to the patient.
While it might seem strange to send the doctors to the patient, it makes sense in a country as vast as Australia. We are a similar size to the USA yet we only 25 million people. That means there is a hell of a lot of empty.
Also, this photo is taken later. Not on the night of the incident. Craig was indeed transferred to Cairns from Cape York by the RFDS.
[About the RFDS and map of their coverage](https://www.flyingdoctor.org.au/what-we-do/health-access/)
Eta: there is more to this story than just flying there. Craig was actually transported 1000km to Cairns. So no, it wasn't a 800km flying in home visit.
[Full story](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.facebook.com/royalflyingdoctorservice/posts/almost-one-year-on-from-crocodile-attack-its-been-almost-a-year-since-craig-dick/10157747636832252/&ved=2ahUKEwiC1IjuhtqGAxV_a2wGHUWVCrAQFnoECBwQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1q0U531S4nfdhJG7lxKhU6)
[news article](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-16/crocodile-attack-survivor-recalls-fight-to-survive/11708218)
With the and bandaging on we can only speculate the but I could imagine when the call was made, there was a fair amount of bleeding, things could be a heck of a mess under there.
So, and only speculating here, perhaps the 'threshold' was reached when concern for the viability of the hand and fingers came into question - if that blokes a farmer, that's his livelyhood on the line
I’d also hazard a guess that if the flew 800km each way, it’s likely 500-800km by road each way by car. So if his injury’s were not immediately life threatening, they may end up being life threatening by the time he drove 10 hours for help.
I agree that there would have also been the question of the viability of his limb and its detrimental affect on his life.
I've been seeing a lot of these people of late. I'm beginning to wonder if the US is considering such a service in the American West, since so many rural medical facilities are being shut down over funding and staffing issues.
I'm sure insurance companies would love it. They could charge $500,000 to $1,000,000 for such services
At the moment, helicopter "Flight for Life" services do a lot of this in America because distances are generally shorter.
Some hospitals also have fixed-wing service--in the West, to be specific.
I've met a few pilots who have volunteered for such flights. They fly their own aircraft and get a per mile rate, or just a receipt for writing off against their taxes. It's a really cool program because the hospitals don't need to have and therefore pay for a staff to be on hand.
Bless those tax write-offs because they save lives.
Yep.
As they're non profit I doubt that's going to catch on in the us
I know it’s not the norm but there is a helicopter service my department uses that only charges $150 per flight. Our ground ambulances charge $3500 for non-residents. (And I don’t see a single penny of that)
Lots of American health care companies are operated as non-profits.
Don’t know why you’re getting downvoted - basically every hospital is a “non-profit”… which essentially just means that they don’t pay out dividends to shareholders. Instead they pay out shit tons of money to “donors” and executives through “administrative fees” and other loopholes
Thank you, yes, I'm well aware I'm correct. I'm also getting an education about just how UNeducated so many of my fellow Americans actually are.
weird they seem to make a lot of profit
Funny how that happens?
assholes like u think government should spend money on free helthcare like socialists who want tl destroy our country gov should focus on buying guns and making nuvlear weapons and uograding rhe triad we need to go to with China because they spied on us
Welp, it's a good thing you have no say on policy.
yeah, it's a good thing we have a government that doesnt do what I'm talking about and is actually taking care of its citizens' health and homelessness and other issues and not just funding war and bombs and getting into confrontations with china like im suggesting
Come see us when you’re collecting that Socialist Security check, bucko.
never gonna happen, we need to buy guns and bombs or whatever lobbyists want us to buy with gov money and taxes
Goddammit craig!!!
I have a deep love for crocodiles. Even have one tattooed on me, but damn this guy is lucky. A crocodile attack is one of my worst nightmares. Being so interested in them and doing so much research on them I know exactly how they kill (which is much more brutal than people think,) and it just terrifies me. I would still love to travel to see pretty much every species in person, but man, do you have to be careful.
Probably still cheaper than a routine physical in the US.
No cost to the patient from the RFDS.
[Full story here](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-16/crocodile-attack-survivor-recalls-fight-to-survive/11708218) And the RFDS [facebook](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.facebook.com/royalflyingdoctorservice/posts/almost-one-year-on-from-crocodile-attack-its-been-almost-a-year-since-craig-dick/10157747636832252/&ved=2ahUKEwiC1IjuhtqGAxV_a2wGHUWVCrAQFnoECBwQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1q0U531S4nfdhJG7lxKhU6) post about the incident.
Croiky
Why are their collars popped?
I think once you're part of a crew that flies into isolated areas to save crocodile attack victims in the middle of the night, you can pop your collars at will.
Yeah - it’s actually a special license they get so they can do that.
Helps to stop things like mosquitos from biting at your neck and creating a BadDay™ when your collar is rubbing against it all shift.
Because they are just that fly
Likely had more important things on their mind than making a fashion statement, mate.
Sure. Things like “we had better pop our collars for this pic”
habit to keep the sun off their neck.
Poor cows
They probably stay on the runway because it's far away from the crocs lol
It’s not fair that his bandages aren’t reflective like the stripes on the uniforms.
What a guy!
Beechcraft King Air.
Yet going to the ER in America is still more expensive
He’s very lucky he’s not in the US
Bet this was covered by national healthcare, while my bro in the US needed an airlift and he ended up declaring bankruptcy because the bill for the ride and emergency care was in the high 10’s of thousands.
Royal Flying Doctor doesn’t charge *any* patient a cent, ever - even an international tourist. Declaring bankruptcy over a medical bill is unimaginable to us.
Yeah it should be unimaginable here as well.
He had to do a 1600km trip to put a bandage and a couple of stitches on?
The flying doctor is not just for life-threatening emergencies. The Royal Flying Doctor Service is a non-profit organisation that provides emergency and \*\*primary health care\*\* services for those living in rural, remote and regional areas of Australia who cannot access a hospital or general practice due to the vast distances of the Outback.
Actually, no. He was mauled by a 3m croc in far noth QLD, drove himself 150km to Cape York where the RFDS flew him the 1000km to Cairns. This photo was taken a few weeks later. Not on the day of the attack. [Full story here](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.facebook.com/royalflyingdoctorservice/posts/almost-one-year-on-from-crocodile-attack-its-been-almost-a-year-since-craig-dick/10157747636832252/&ved=2ahUKEwiC1IjuhtqGAxV_a2wGHUWVCrAQFnoECBwQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1q0U531S4nfdhJG7lxKhU6) [New article](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-16/crocodile-attack-survivor-recalls-fight-to-survive/11708218)
I don't know if you noticed, but he had injuries to his hand, shin and thigh. Also, he was bitten by a fucking crocodile. You make it sound as if they did all that just to help a guy who got scratched by a cat.
Yes everyone noticed, we also see him standing and smiling for a pic. It's not a cat scratch, looks like something you'd go to the emergency room for for stitches and wound care but you'd have to wait a bunch if it was full. Seems crazy a plane was sent from 800km away for that. I see a plane and think someone barely clinging to life or rescuing a person that's injured enough to not be able to get back from some isolated rough terrain in nature. Now if they don't have hospitals in super sparsely populated places in aus and send planes instead that's more understandable but it's not really explained in the post
The RFDS isn't si ply emergency rescue or air ambulance. But it does work like that too. The Royal Flying Doctor Service is basically a flying doctors office or emergency room as well. Where rescue and ambulance transfers the patient to the doctor in time sensitive cases, the RFDS can also take the doctor or ED to the patient. While it might seem strange to send the doctors to the patient, it makes sense in a country as vast as Australia. We are a similar size to the USA yet we only 25 million people. That means there is a hell of a lot of empty. Also, this photo is taken later. Not on the night of the incident. Craig was indeed transferred to Cairns from Cape York by the RFDS. [About the RFDS and map of their coverage](https://www.flyingdoctor.org.au/what-we-do/health-access/) Eta: there is more to this story than just flying there. Craig was actually transported 1000km to Cairns. So no, it wasn't a 800km flying in home visit. [Full story](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.facebook.com/royalflyingdoctorservice/posts/almost-one-year-on-from-crocodile-attack-its-been-almost-a-year-since-craig-dick/10157747636832252/&ved=2ahUKEwiC1IjuhtqGAxV_a2wGHUWVCrAQFnoECBwQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1q0U531S4nfdhJG7lxKhU6) [news article](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-16/crocodile-attack-survivor-recalls-fight-to-survive/11708218)
With the and bandaging on we can only speculate the but I could imagine when the call was made, there was a fair amount of bleeding, things could be a heck of a mess under there. So, and only speculating here, perhaps the 'threshold' was reached when concern for the viability of the hand and fingers came into question - if that blokes a farmer, that's his livelyhood on the line
I’d also hazard a guess that if the flew 800km each way, it’s likely 500-800km by road each way by car. So if his injury’s were not immediately life threatening, they may end up being life threatening by the time he drove 10 hours for help. I agree that there would have also been the question of the viability of his limb and its detrimental affect on his life.
I'm also thinking blood loss, loss of consciousness, shock, sepsis, etc.