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Book Reviews – Black Hawk Down

It is an appropriate time to review this book published 12 months ago, as one of the participants of the "Battle of the Black Sea", then SFC Bob Mabry, is…

Book Reviews – Proud Echo

On the evening of 28th February 1942, the Australian light cruiser, PERTH, and the American heavy cruiser, HOUSTON, having survived the disastrous Battle of the Java Sea, sailed from the…

Cold Induced Thermoregulatory Failure: 2: Management and Outcomes

This is the second part of a two-part review, which looks at the effects of cold on the body. In this article, the management of accidental hypothermia and the management…

Editorial – If you want peace, prepare for war

Vegetius wrote these comments sometime in the fourth or fifth century AD. Unfortunately, this observation is as true today as it was then. As military health personnel, with many of…

Land Mines

During World War I at Paschendaele the British Forces, including Australian troops, used tunnellers from the London underground and coal miners to dig14 mines and place a large amount of…

Medical Oxygen in the Area of Operations

advantages and disadvantages of current oxygen supply and delivery systems compared with on-site manufacture at remote, within Australia, and overseas operations. Technological advances now allow the on-site manufacture and delivery…

Obituary

Vivian Statham (nee Bullwinkel) was one of the most significant figures in Australian Nursing. Having completed nursing training in Broken Hill in 1938 and midwifery in 1939, she enlisted in…

Psychiatric Referrals: Protocols and Courtesies of Referral to Hospital

The core aim of the psychiatric referral is to arrange for the most appropriate treatment and management for a patient. Such management should be both appropriate for the patient and…

Restructuring the Naval Reserve Health Branch: A Proposal

The function of the Naval Health Services is to provide the health support necessary to ensure maximum effectiveness of naval operations in peace and war. 1 The role of the…

Self-Reported Health Status and Presentations to a Warship’s Sickbay

This paper reports on a feasibility study that examined the self-perceived mental health status of individuals in a Royal Australian Navy (RAN) sea-going population. Sixty-three members of a convenience sample…