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The aim of the article is to discuss the importance of providing adequate health advice and support to troops deploying within Australia away from base areas. This was developed through…
The standard treatment of nerve agent poisoning is pretreatment with the carbamate pyridostigmine, and post-exposure therapy with atropine, an oxime (PAM, toxogonin or HI-6) and diazepam. Some of the literature…
Morgan-Jones D. Hodgetts TJ. A unified emergency care system from first aid to de¬finitive care. J R Army Med Corps 1999 Oct;145(3):132-5. The Unified Emergency Care System (UECS) provides an…
August 2000 is the centenary of Australia's involvement in the Boxer Rebellion. This was only the second and last time that the colonial naval forces saw overseas service, the first…
For a total change of pace, Simon Winchester's 'The Surgeon of Crowthorne' is a beguiling and erudite true story. The story centres around two distinguished-looking Victorians, both learned and serious,…
This is the first part of a two-part review, which looks at the effects of cold on the body. In this article, the physiology of thermoregulation, the mechanisms of heat…
Casualties caused by injuries have a major impact on the readiness of the Australian Defence Force (ADF). The Department of Defence has developed a system for reporting occupationally related illnesses…
Emergency Medicine is a new specialty in Australia. This specialty presents the Australian military with a specialist with training and skills ideal for a variety of roles, in both in…
On 16 December 1943, I was sitting at the Navigator's seat in a very noisy Lancaster bomber over Berlin when something occurred that changed the pattern of my life. We…
Thus spoke Alfred Lord Tennyson in his poem 'The Charge of the Light Brigade". This charge, during the Crimean War, was probably one of the most ill-considered events in military…
