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IT IS NOW SIX MONTHS since the tragic and frightening attacks of 11 September (or 9-11 as the Americans now seem to refer to it). The new Bush government has gone from its initial unilateralist and isolationalist stance to a more involved (although still often unilateral) role in world affairs. The Australian Defence Force is… Read more »
ABSTRACT THE AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCE (ADF) is currently maintaining large numbers of soldiers including aviators in malarious areas of East Timor for peacekeeping duties. The only approved malaria chemo suppressive agent for this group is doxycycline with primaquine post-exposure prophylaxis for vivax malaria. Aircrews are suspended from flying duties for the period of the post-exposure… Read more »
ABSTRACT TRAINING MILITARY PERSONNEL to manage military casualties is difficult. Within the Australian Defence Force (ADF), experience of major trauma is limited to those who work routinely in the emergency and trauma environments. Despite the increase in operational activity in recent times, the opportunities for medical teams to obtain sufficient and realistic experience remain limited…. Read more »
ABSTRACT THIS IS A REPORT OF A CASE OF MALARIA in which the patient presumably inadvertently partially treated an undiagnosed episode of malaria before presenting with a probable relapse of the initial episode. It is presented for discussion with military health professionals who may see such cases. CASE HISTORY THE PATIENT WAS A MALE 80-kilogram… Read more »
ABSTRACT A FEW YEARS AGO, a French farmer discovered the body of an Australian soldier – namely Private Bosisto – near a feature called ‘the windmill’ close to a village of Pozieres. This soldier had been missing in action since 1916 and was part of the 27th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, and was killed in… Read more »
“Ulcerated cartilage is a troublesome thing, once destroyed is not repaired” Hunter, 1743 ABSTRACT OSTEOCHONDRAL DEFECTS are common sequelae of traumatic injuries to lower limb weight-bearing joints. The knee joint is the most commonly affected joint in the athletic population. When these defects persist, the incongruity of the joint surface can lead to mechanical joint… Read more »
INTRODUCTION HIPPOCRATES ADVISED, “he who would become a surgeon should join an army and follow it”. Acceleration of scientific development and advances in methodology and practices often result from the exigencies of war and can be demonstrated in the impact that involvement in conflicts, particularly the Second World War, had on medicine in Australia. An… Read more »
SIX AUSTRALIAN BATTALIONS have served in East Timor since the beginning of the International Force in East Timor (InterFET) and transition to the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET). Whilst many other Australian Defence Force (ADF) Units have also served with InterFET and UNTAET forces, this paper will be limited to discussing the… Read more »
WHAT CAN YOU SAY to those who say that you can “cook up” biological warfare agents in the kitchen and kill thousands? Try positioning this account of the nascent British program from before World War II alongside Ken Alibek’s account of the Soviet program (as told in “Biohazard” from Random House). What comes through such… Read more »
Canfield D, et al. Abnormal glucose levels found in transportation accidents. Aviat Space Environ Med 2001; 72(9): 813-815. BACKGROUND THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION’S Office of Aerospace Medicine is responsible for the certification of pilots with diabetic conditions. The present study evaluated the use of postmortem vitreous humor and urine glucose levels in transportation accident fatalities… Read more »
Drazen JM. Smallpox and bioterrorism. N Engl 1 Med. 2002 Apr 25;346(17):1262-3. Bicknell WJ. The case for voluntary smallpox vaccination. N Engl 1 Med 2002 Apr 25;346(17):1323-5. Fauci AS. Smallpox vaccination policy-the need for dialogue. N Engl 1 Med. 2002 Apr 25;346(17):1319-20. COMMENT The April 25 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine contains… Read more »
