Over sixty years ago, at 4 AM on 25 June 1950, North Korea invaded South Korea. Australian forces were committed rapidly, with the Australian Government sending HMAS Shoalhaven and HMAS Bataan to assist on 29 June, No. 77 Mustang Fighter Squadron on 30 June and 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment on 26 July 1950.
Welcome to the first of our themed issues, where we look at military health and the Korean War, with a number of review and reprinted articles. Future themed issues will look at military occupational health and safety, tropical medicine and military history. Our readers are encouraged to submit either papers in the themed areas or questions on the topic that we could explore or answer in the themed issue.
In addition to our themed papers, we have a range of papers looking at the early management of exsanguinating and facially injured patients, health issues in female veterans and the challenges of providing military healthcare during the Kokoda campaign.
We are also just finalising our preparations for the introduction of the ScholarOne online manuscript system, which will streamline the submission and peer review process for future articles. We anticipate having this in place for the July 2011 issue.
As always, other articles on the military and veteran’s health theme are most welcome, as represented by the excellent calibre and range of articles in this issue.
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