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Morgan-Jones D. Hodgetts TJ. A unified emergency care system from first aid to de¬finitive care. J R Army Med Corps 1999 Oct;145(3):132-5. The Unified Emergency Care System (UECS) provides an integrated system of medical sup¬ port from point of injury to the time a casualty is handed over to specialist care within hospi¬tal. It enables… Read more »
Introduction August 2000 is the centenary of Australia’s involvement in the Boxer Rebellion. This was only the second and last time that the colonial naval forces saw overseas service, the first being the deployment to New Zealand by the Victorian screw sloop Victoria in 1860-1. The Boxer Rebellion was the larger deployment of the two,… Read more »
For a total change of pace, Simon Winchester’s ‘The Surgeon of Crowthorne’ is a beguiling and erudite true story. The story centres around two distinguished-looking Victorians, both learned and serious, yet from very different worlds: Dr James Murray, a towering figure of British scholarship and editor of the great Oxford English Dictionary; and Dr W…. Read more »
Abstract This is the first part of a two-part review, which looks at the effects of cold on the body. In this article, the physiology of thermoregulation, the mechanisms of heat loss and the clinical features of thermo-regulatory failure are addressed. The second article, to be published in the next issue, will review the management… Read more »
Abstract Casualties caused by injuries have a major impact on the readiness of the Australian Defence Force (ADF). The Department of Defence has developed a system for reporting occupationally related illnesses and injuries. Data from the DEFCARE database and a wide range of other data have been analysed to determine the leading causes of injury… Read more »
Abstract Emergency Medicine is a new specialty in Australia. This specialty presents the Australian military with a specialist with training and skills ideal for a variety of roles, in both in peacetime and at war. This article discusses some of the benefits. Introduction The Australasian College of Emergency Medicine (ACEM) was established in 1986 and… Read more »
On 16 December 1943, I was sitting at the Navigator’s seat in a very noisy Lancaster bomber over Berlin when something occurred that changed the pattern of my life. We had just dropped 13,000 pounds of bombs… a 4,000 pound “cookie” plus incendiaries and we were stooging along at 163 mph (280 km/hr)taking infra-red photographs… Read more »
Thus spoke Alfred Lord Tennyson in his poem ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade”. This charge, during the Crimean War, was probably one of the most ill-considered events in military history. The Crimean War, however was the one of the turning points of military medicine. From this foundation, we’ve seen the development of military medicine… Read more »
Abstract This is review of Ross River Virus (RRV) disease and its impact on military forces. In particular, the review will look at the impact of RRV on the Anny elements of the Australian Defence Force. Introduction In 1997, Hueston et al. reported cases of RRV disease in military exercises conducted in Queensland, a region… Read more »
Ring a ring a roses, Pocketful of poises Tishoo, tishoo All fall down. Introduction The plague, recognised by most from its description as the Black Death, is alive and well today. It is an enzootic disease of peridomestic and wild rodents caused by the bacillus Yersinia pestis. It is spread by the bite of the… Read more »
Abstract The Australian Defence Force comprises the healthiest and fittest groups of individuals in Australian society. Pre-selection at recruitment is a major factor that pre-determines this status; but on this basis are built major preventive health and safety policies and programs that promote positive health – both during peacetime and during operational deployments overseas. Health… Read more »
