Radio and PodcastLive Radio & Podcasts

Search Radio and Podcast

Podcasts›The Flying Doctor›Our Favourites: #64 Heat and dehydration has stopped Richard's heart 8 times...

Society & Culture

Our Favourites: #64 Heat and dehydration has stopped Richard's heart 8 times...

The Flying Doctor by DM Podcasts

Sep 10, 202543:01Society & Culture

Opal miner, Richard Hawkins, lives in one of the harshest environments on the planet - Andamooka in remote South Australia. Though he knows well the protocols to prevent deadly dehydration in the extreme desert heat, Ric...

Related Episodes

Continue listening to more episodes from The Flying Doctor.

Our Favourites: #91 Station boss Carol's helicopter hit the power line, then hit the ground

Oct 8, 2025 - 46:12

There are plenty of strong and resilient women across rural and remote Australia, and Carol Godfrey is a...

Our Favourites: #76 Stephen Peacocke reflects on his TV role as 'flight nurse Pete'

Oct 1, 2025 - 34:29

To celebrate the recent release of Season 3 of the TV drama RFDS, we're re-visiting our Flying Doctor Pod...

Our Favourites: #6 What did Leroy do to save his life, as his blood was draining out

Sep 24, 2025 - 24:16

In a remote community some 175 kilometers from Broken Hill, a band of local volunteers are cleaning up af...

Our Favourites: #27 Jeff fell into a near boiling thermal mud pool in remote SA!

Sep 17, 2025 - 30:21

They were in the middle of the remote Birdsville track. Sandy dunes and red desert stony plains...and ste...

Our Favourites: #60 BAM! The Ambulance Hit a Roo, while Kate was in Labour...

Sep 3, 2025 - 41:56

The first week in September is Jean Hailes Women’s Health Week - Australia’s largest event dedicated to t...

Our Favourites: #77 Meet the inspirational Dr Katrina Starmer

Aug 27, 2025 - 32:23

RFDS Emergency Physician and GP, Dr Katrina Starmer, is a true inspiration within the field of rural and...

Our Favourites: #50 A 10-year old boy was snorkelling when a shark attacked…

Aug 20, 2025 - 43:58

Rachel and Blake Bartlett were many months into a wonderful journey of travelling around Australia with t...

Our Favourites: #47 A speeding boat full of tourists collides with a rock wall in remote WA...

Aug 13, 2025 - 49:32

Dr Sally Edmonds talks of the RFDS response to the severe boat accident that occurred in May 2022 in the...