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Trunkey DD. History and development of trauma care in the United States. Clin Orthop 2000 May;(374):36-46. Until recently the development of systems for trauma care in the United States has…

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Butler FK Jr, Hagmann JH, Richards DT. Tactical management of urban warfare casualties in special operations. Mil Med 2000; 165(4 Suppl): 1-48. Comment: On 03 October 1993, approximately 170 soldiers…

Assessment and Management of Concussion/ Head Injury

This paper addresses the current assessment and management of concussion/head injuries within the sporting arena. This topic has engendered a varied amount of discussion over the years with different sporting…

Pioneer Aviation and a Medical Legacy: The T.W. White Society Prize for Thoracic Research
A Tribute to Group Captain Sir Thomas Walter Whine (1888-1957) – Australian’s pioneer military aviator

The twentieth century has seen many great inventions but few of greater significance than that of aviation. Within the single window of one century, the world has seen not only…

The development of Dengue vaccines and their military significance!

of Dengue in the South-West Pacific Region Dengue has become a world-wide disease with more than 100 million cases per year.1 It is the leading cause of arboviral infection in…

A comparison of 20mSRT scores and time loss due to injury for the first six months of training at Australian Defence Force Academy from 1999 to 2000

This study investigated the relationship between initial 20 metre shuttle run test (20mSRT) and time loss due to injury. We found an association between low 20mSRT scores, as conducted on…

BATTLEFIELD LEGACIES: THE AUSTRALIAN COLLECTION OF WWI PATHOLOGICAL SPECIMENS

Hearder R. Battlefield legacies: The Australian collection of WW1 pathological specimens. Aust Mil Med 1999;. Rosalind Hearder BA (Hons) is a military medical historian who is currently doing her PhD…

Japanese Encephalitis – “The Plague Of The Orient”

“Japanese encephalitis (JE), the “Plague of the Orient”, is the most important mosquito-borne viral encephalitis in Asia.” INTRODUCTION Japanese encephalitis is one of a number of arthropod borne viruses (arboviruses)…

BIOTERRORISM AND AUSTRALIA – WHERE TO FROM HERE

Bioterrorism, the deliberate use of biological weapons by a terrorist group, has become a major concern for Australian medical, government and military agencies over the past two to three years.…

Captain Charles Fison Aamc (1908 – 1999): A short biography of a paediatrician-soldier

The domain of military medicine has traditionally encompassed the disciplines of high-energy trauma management, tropical medicine, the management of the epidemic diseases of the Army and Navy and the ethos…