Doctors Sarah Ayles, Daniel Bundock and David Morris join Roma and Toowoomba LifeFlight teams

With a passion for regional and emergency medicine, Toowoomba local Dr Sarah Ayles is taking her career to the skies. Meet her here.

Dr Sarah Ayles is one of three new doctors who have joined the ranks for LifeFlight's critical care crew in Toowoomba and Roma. Picture: LifeFlight

A passionate regional doctor is taking her career to the skies to serve as a critical care doctor in the busiest region for rescue helicopters between Toowoomba and Roma.

Dr Sarah Ayles recently completed LifeFlight’s intensive week-long aeromedical training, which includes training on how to escape a submerged helicopter, how to do rescue winching in remote and inaccessible areas, and how to work under pressure on jobs, whether that be a boating disaster, car crash or house party.

Three new doctors have joined the ranks for LifeFlight's critical care crew in Toowoomba and Roma. Picture: LifeFlight

Dr Ayles, who grew up, studied, and has worked in Toowoomba, said she was grateful to be back home where it all started after completing her tertiary and trauma training in Brisbane.

“I think what I enjoy the most about regional medicine is that real sense that if you’re working in a public hospital in your smaller community, you are serving that whole community,” Dr Ayles said.

“It could be someone’s grandma who has fallen over and broken their hip, or whether it’s a newborn child, they’re all coming into somewhere like Toowoomba Hospital.”

Three new doctors have joined the ranks for LifeFlight's critical care crew in Toowoomba and Roma. Picture: LifeFlight

She joins two other new recruits of an additional 26 doctors who are all about to embark on new careers with LifeFlight across its Queensland bases.

Toowoomba ranked as the busiest base for LifeFlight rescue last financial year, coming to the aid of almost 900 people.

The Roma crew helped almost 60 people with 168 hours of flight time.