Howdy michaelbk,
Here is someone you can email to find out the current
contents of the Royal Flying Doctor Service medical
chests according to the Royal Flying Doctor Service
of Australia - South Eastern Section message area.
http://www.flyingdoctors.org/bbs/messages/91.html
"I have a copy of the contents of the medical chests.
Please email your address and I will send you one.
My address is katherine_ayres@flyingdoctors.org "
The above was a response from their PR Officer,
Katherine Ayres to a similar question as yours.
The Wanpa-rda Matilda Outback Education Centre, which
is a A joint project of the Australian Workers Heritage
Centre and Education Queensland, has an excerpt from
Page, M. (1977) The Flying Doctor Story, 1928–1978,
Rigby, Adelaide, pp. 302–303 which covers some of the
background of the medical chests.
The full article is in Adobe Acrobat format (PDF) format.
If you do not have the free Adobe Acrobat Reader plugin
you can download it at:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
The pertinet pages are 3 and 4 of the PDF file.
http://www.wanpardaeec.qld.edu.au/packages/mantle/ms_pdf/mss_pizz.pdf
"Nowadays, the grey-enamelled chests contain five
closely packed trays containing eighty-five items plus
a St John’s First Aid manual and a simple anatomical
chart.
...
The contents of the chest, including bandages and
dressings of various types and sizes, hypodermic
syringes, a scalpel, dressing scissors, a kidney dish
and a catheter ...
...
The contents are under regular review by the Federal
Medical Committee and frequently have changed over
the years. All the drugs, ointments, powders and other
medicaments are numbered and the rate of change
may be judged by numerous breaks in the sequence of
numbers.
...
The numbering system was adopted to prevent mistakes.
If a doctor had to prescribe framycetin-gramicide
ointment over a radio link there is an obvious risk of
misunderstanding ...
...
Thirty-three items are marked with an asterisk,
indicating 'Doctors orders only'. Others are specifics
such as aspirin and zinc cream.
...
In emergencies the doctor may have to give quite
complex wound dressing instructions, and even tell the
caller exactly how to use a hypodermic syringe and
inject 'Number ninety-six' (morphine sulphate)."
If you desire, it would be my pleasure to email Ms. Ayres
and/or other sources, such as those listed at the The Royal
Flying Doctor Service contact page to get the current contents
of the Royal Flying Doctor Service medical chests for you.
The Royal Flying Doctor Service contact page is at:
http://www.rfds.org.au/contactus.htm
If you need any clarification, such as an email inquiry
noted above, please do not hesitate to ask.
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