An international comparison of approaches to health surveillance in military populations Historically the long term health impacts of overseas military service have been investigated retrospectively, usually in a context of…

Risk analysis and injury surveillance of the Ground Based Air Defence (GBAD) trade Workplace injuries result in considerable cost to the ADF. They also comprise an often preventable and significant…

Maxillofacial injuries – highlights and caveats Maxillofacial injuries are common both in civilian and military medical practice and range from simple fractures to significant avulsive type wounds. Although often non-life…

Haemostatic and damage control resuscitation: addressing the coagulopathy of exsanguinating trauma Method: The author deployed to Afghanistan as part of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) contribution to the International Security…

The use of tourniquets in the Australian Defence Force The value of the tourniquet in an exsanguinating patient on the battlefield is irrefutable. However, there remains controversy regarding the use…

Case 3 and 4 Two soldiers were referred with increasing arm numbness and weakness during pack marching. They found they had to hitch their rifles over their webbing. They were…

Case 2 Shoulder Pain A 50 yo sailor was referred with 4 week history of left shoulder pain and weakness -TMU Sea., Provisional diagnosis -rotator cuff tendinitis. Examination revealed normal…

Cautionary tales in sports rehabilitation medicine-Case 1 When Low Back Pain is not quite Low Back Pain A 39 yo RAAF member was referred with low back pain of gradually…

Defence recruiting colour vision study – phase one Congenital red/green colour vision defects affect around 8% of males reducing the pool of personnel available for recruitment into the Australian Defence…

Bench testing Pneupac Ltd’s compPAC 200, a new field ventilator The compPAC 200 (Pneupac Ltd, UK) is a robustlybuilt portable field ventilator designed for Intermittent Mandatory Ventilation (IMV) of patients…