Forward blood transfusion has, for good reason, gained significant attention from Defence leadership and within the Australian military health profession. However, we’ve observed that conversations regarding the forward fresh whole blood (FWB) transfusion capability often confuse or entangle with discussions about autologous FWB transfusion training. This poses two distinct risks. First, there is the potential… Read more »
Abstract Introduction There is an increasing recognition of the need for deployed intensive care physicians (intensivists) with the changing nature of conflict. Required capabilities of military intensivists are determined by the operational context and is different to those of the civilian work environment. We sought to identify an operational clinical skillset for military critical care… Read more »
Over the last two decades, Australia’s asymmetric wars have been characterised by coalition air superiority, unrestricted communications, rapid evacuation, relatively infrequent casualties and well-resourced, readily defended hospitals. In contrast, future peer-on-peer conflicts will likely feature high casualty rates, limited air evacuation, constrained communications, smaller and less targetable health facilities, and strained resources and lines of… Read more »
