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Abstract Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is the core component of both Basic Life Support and Advanced Life Support skills. Modern first aid, as a discipline of drills and skills to preserve life and limb, had its genesis in military surgery albeit with a history of barely two centuries. The extension of teaching of first aid skills… Read more »
In the first week of March 1915, the Board of Management of Melbourne’s Alfred Hospital was stunned by the sudden resignation of the Medical Superintendent and three of the four Resident Medical Officers. To comprehend why these otherwise responsible young men should have forsaken the last couple of months of their contract, it is necessary… Read more »
Well, we are at it again. And the greatest test in recent years of our ability to respond and maintain a credible operationally deployed health presence is ahead of us. No one would be unaware of the recent push into East Timor by a force led by the ADF. Although it has been given little… Read more »
The prime task for the military surgeon at the ‘sharp end’ of a military operation is to provide ‘initial wound surgery’ which is that emergency surgery required to maintain an airway, and quell major haemorrhage, and therefore save lives which otherwise would be lost. This is classified as Level 3 medical support and should ideally… Read more »
Scott D Sagan, Princeton Studies in International History and Politics. C 1993 Princeton University Press ISBN 0-691-03221-1 Many may wonder why a book on US military nuclear weapon safety has relevance to a health journal. The book’s first chapter sets the scene with a generic discussion of accidents and organisational learning. This discussion is viewed… Read more »
