Download the whole edition here.
DEAR EDITOR, It came as no surprise to Australian health professionals when, at the 9th International Congress On Obesity, Professor Philip James, chairman of the International Obesity Task Force, stated that many of the risks for cancer, diabetes and other diseases related to excess weight are much greater than previously thought and that childhood obesity… Read more »
ABSTRACT THE ICONOGRAPHY OF JOHN KIRKPATRICK (1892-1915), Private John Simpson (No. 202 of the Australian Army Medical Corps) and “Simpson” of the Australian Nation, continues to expand. Australia’s most famous soldier, he is one of only two servicemen to have been commemorated both on the Nation’s coins and stamps. Colonel Edward “Weary” Dunlop was the… Read more »
Caldicott DG, Edwards NA. The tools of the trade: weapons of mass destruction. Emerg Med (Fremantle) 2002 Sep 14 (3):240-8. Caldicott DG, Edwards NA, Tingey D, Bonnin R. Medical response to a terrorist attack and weapons of mass destruction. Emerg Med (Fremantle) 2002 Sep 14 (3):230-9. Caldicott DG, Edwards NA. The global threat of terrorism… Read more »
“Load up, load up, load up, the rubber bullets” INTRODUCTION The Australian Defence Force is becoming more involved in military non-combatant control and peacekeeping in areas such as Timor and Bougainville, boarding parties, and the handling of illegal immigrants. This is compounded by Defence Aid to the Civil Power requirements, in events such as boarding… Read more »
Pflanz S, Sonnek S. Work stress in the military: Prevalence, Causes, and Relationship to Emotional Health. Mil Med 2002; 167(11): 877- 882. OBJECTIVE This study examined the prevalence and sources of occupational stress for military personnel and the relationship between work stress and emotional health in the military population. METHODS Four hundred and seventy-two active… Read more »
ALL MEMBERS OF THE ADF will be aware that 01 July 2003 marks the Centenary of the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps. One of the new books to be published on this occasion is Men of the Ninth – a History of the Ninth Australian Field Ambulance. This book traces the history of the 9th… Read more »
THE AUTHOR DESCRIBES HIS PERSONAL EXPERIENCE with the Australian Defence Forces as a Medical Officer in the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps (RAAMC) and proposes that there should be major improvements made to facilitate deployment of Medical Officers in the field. In his experience, the systemic inefficiencies and incompetence mitigates against this and he is… Read more »
ABSTRACT The Australian Defence Force (ADF) presents a unique situation in workplace injury management. The workforce is biased towards a younger population, with higher demands on physical fitness and a higher degree of ‘risk-related’ activities. Consequently, the majority of injuries tend to be acute musculoskeletal ‘sporting’ type injuries. Unlike civilian workplaces, facilities are provided on-site… Read more »
THIS IS THE THIRD EDITION OF Statistics in the Pretty Darned Quick series. Despite the title, the authors, Geoffrey Norman and David Streiner are Canadians with appropriate backgrounds to produce an understandable text in Statistics for health professionals. Norman is a professor of clinical epidemiology and Streiner a professor of psychiatry. I suspect the easy… Read more »
MORE MILITARY MEDICAL ACRONYMS- just what we need. These acronyms, however, are important as they herald a quiet revolution in how the Australian Defence Force intends to train, remunerate and hope¬ fully better retain their health personnel. Working on the basis of the 1998 decision by Defence to progress Specialist Officer Career Studies (SOCS) through… Read more »
BACKGROUND IN LATE 1992, the Australian Government committed a battalion group to the United Nations-sponsored joint Task Force in Somalia (UNITAF). The commitment was announced in December 1992 and became known as Operation Solace. The force deployed over the period 22 December 1992 to 19 January 1993. The force comprised a headquarters (Headquarters, Australian Forces… Read more »
“Our patients did not choose us. We have chosen to treat them. We could have chosen another profession, but we did not. We have accepted the responsibility for patient care in some of the worst situations: when we are tired or cold when it is rainy and dark, and often when conditions are unpredictable. We… Read more »
A TRADITIONAL CHINESE CURSE GOES SOME¬THING LIKE THIS: “May you live in interesting times” If it be so, then we are all most certainly cursed for these are indeed very interesting times. Economic reality has hit the military hard – the buzz word for the 90’s is “downsizing” and the military medical empires have not… Read more »
