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ANOTHER INTERESTING FORTNIGHT has come to an end, as our ADF ships and personnel pre-deploy to the Gulf. One of the key issues over this period has been the Australian Defence Forces Anthrax Vaccination Program. While generally not controversial, the Anthrax Vaccination Program has reached that status with help from the media and the ADF… Read more »
ABSTRACT Background: IN JANUARY 1995, the Compulsory Health Insurance Law came into effect in Israel. The legisla¬tion was an egalitarian move that set forth that every resident of the State of Israel was entitled to health services according to a uniform “basket of service”. Individuals were also given the right to choose the identity of… Read more »
ABSTRACT THERMOBARIC MUNITIONS ARE those munitions that, by design, produce more heat and overpressure than con¬ventional explosives by exploding a vapour in the blast zone. Their main use initially was in airborne fuel-air explosive bombs. Whilst the United States has concentrated on airborne weapons, Russia has produced thermo¬ baric weapons and warheads, from airborne bombs… Read more »
ABSTRACT THE EFFICIENT USE OF DEPLOYED PERSONNEL in the Area of Operations (AO) is essential. This often requires personnel to perform tasks beyond the scope of their normal duties. Medical personnel are not immune to this. This paper explores the expanded role for the operational Dental Officer. It does this by: determining the criteria under… Read more »
BACKGROUND THE AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCE (ADF) Reserves (Medical Branch) has recently received publicity in unexpected quarters such as the North Shore Times Newspaper 1. The article recognised the recruitment of specialists to the Royal Australian Navy Reserves Medical Branch and gave a brief background to their direct entry officers course with special recognition of CMDR… Read more »
ABSTRACT THE AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCE (ADF) has had an Aeromedical Evacuation (AME) capability in Dili, East Timor supporting INTERFET and UNTAET since September 1999. This unit, the Aeromedical Staging Facility (ASF), has provided excellent experience for military medical staff and has also provided excellent support to both the peace enforcing mission and the East Timorese… Read more »
INTRODUCTION The Australian Policy Handbook, by Peter Bridgman and Glyn Davis, was “designed for those who become embroiled in the sometimes turbulent world of public policy…”.1 Given the substantial changes to the Australian Defence Force’s (ADF’s) health services in recent years, it seems worthwhile comparing the Australian Policy Cycle, as described by Bridgman and Davis,… Read more »
AETIOLOGY ANTHRAX IS CAUSED BY the microorganism Bacillus anthracis, a large Gram-positive rod-shaped bacterium which is commonly found singly or in pairs. The organism is capsulated in clinical specimens, but endospores are produced in vitro, in soil, and in decaying animal tissue. These endospores are relatively resistant to heat and chemical disinfectants (they can be… Read more »
INTRODUCTION THIS IS THE SECOND OF A TWO-PART ARTICLE on English naval medicine during the Tudor period. Both parts follow a previous article on medieval naval medicine, with the same aim of making comparisons with contemporary ADF practice in order to identify common issues.’ Like the previous article, they are based on information from the… Read more »
Neri DF, et al. Controlled breaks as a fatigue countermeasure on the flight deck. Aviat Space Environ Med 2002; 73(7): 654-664. BACKGROUND A MAJOR CHALLENGE FOR FLIGHT CREWS is the need to maintain vigilance during long, highly automated nighttime flights. No system currently exists to assist in managing alertness, and countermeasure options are limited. Surveys… Read more »
