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Background Oral health care provision for aged-care facility residents remains problematic worldwide, with both institutional and professional barriers preventing regular provision of this service. Purpose To identify factors affecting the…
An essential element for determining suitable risk management strategies for dental emergencies in the Australian Defence Force (ADF) is an accurate measurement of that outcome which best reflects those dental…
Background: To be able to improve soldiers’ service performance it is essential to know what factors are an influence upon it. Purpose: To examine the relationship between soldiers’ service performance…
Background: The Tobruk Lines Health Centre (TLHC) is the primary health care facility for the Special Operations Working Accommodation (SOWA) at Holsworthy Barracks, Sydney. TLHC has responsibility for maintaining routine…
The contemporary US Physician Assistant (PA) profession arose in the United States of America (US) from a critical need to augment and redistribute the medical workforce in the turbulent mid-1960s.…
Explosions cause more military casualties (65.5%1), than any other combat mechanism of injury 1-9, 14, 16, 18. Injury patterns have evolved as a direct result of developments in personal protective…
For the newly serving Medical Officer in the ADF (ADF MO), professional progression opportunities are both in rank and in competency level (CL). The requirements for promotion in rank and…
Supraglottic airway management devices comprise a family of medical devices that facilitate oxygenation and ventilation without endotracheal intubation [1]. “Supraglottic airway” is a generic description for devices that facilitate ventilation…
Airway management is practiced by anaesthesiologists, emergency physicians, critical care experts, and less frequently by specialists in other disciplines. Pre hospital personnel and military medics are also called upon to…
The aviation and underwater environments both present unique demands on human physiology. Humans are well adapted to live on land, usually at low altitudes. With the invention of self contained…
