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Volume 15 Number 3

October 2006

In this issue

Peer-reviewed research, commentary and history from across military and veterans’ health.

Editorial – New Journal of Military and Veterans’ Health

This is the last issue of the Australian Military Medicine Association journal to be published in the current format and under the name Australian Military Medicine. Australian Military Medicine as…

Workplace Assesment 2005-1 – Shell Ondina® Oil 15 RAN School of Ship Safety and Survivability – West (SSSS-W). HMAS Stirling

The School of Ship Safety and Survivability – West (SSSS-W) at HMAS STIRLING is one of three Royal Australian Navy facilities responsible for shipboard damage control training. For many years…

Medical Command and Control in Sea-Based Operationsa

Republished Paper Captain Art Smith USNR attended and spoke at the 2005 AMMA Conference in Launceston. The following paper arose out of his workshop and was initially published in the…

The Role That Therapeutic Hypothermia plays in the Recovery of Hypoxic Patients in the Australian Defence Force

For the 2006 joint conference, three scholarships were offered to non-commissioned officers and ratings of the ADF and ADF reserves supporting individual attendance. To be eligible for the scholarship, applicants…

Current and future combat airway options available to the Advanced Medical Assistant (AMA)

The consequences of ineffective airway control are obvious to all clinicians. With this in mind, can it be said that the AMA is adequately trained and equipped to manage the…

Primary Casualty Reception Facilitya

Health support is an important consideration in any joint or combined operation. From a practical perspective, health support, both preventative and therapeutic, exists to conserve the fighting strength of the…

In Memoriam: Lieutenant Matthew Davey, RANR1

Lieutenant Matthew Davey RANR was tragically involved in the crash of a Navy Sea King helicopter in Indonesia in April 2005. The attached personal recollection was written by Commander Geoff…