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BEN SHEPHARD WAS BORN IN 1948 and read History at Oxford University. He made numerous historical and scientific documentaries, including The World at War and The Nuclear Age, the former being particularly well-known on Australian TV in the 1970s. He writes for the Times Literary Supplement and was a contributor to 150 Years of British… Read more »
Fajardo M, et al. Varicella Susceptibility and Validity of History among U.S. Coast Guard Recruits: An Outbreak-Based Study. Mil Med 2003;168(5): 404-407. During a varicella outbreak among U.S. Coast Guard recruits, we examined varicella susceptibility serologically and evaluated the validity of disease history. Recruits completed a questionnaire to obtain information on demographics, history of varicella… Read more »
ABSTRACT PERMETHRIN-IMPREGNATION OF DISRUPTIVE PATTERN COMBAT UNIFORMS (DPCU) is an integral component of personal protective measures adopted by Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel when operating in an environment with endemic vector-borne diseases. ADF aircrew wear flying suits made from Nomex™ or similar fabric rather than DPCUs. This study compared permethrin-impregnation of Nomex™ and DPCU fabric… Read more »
THIS PAPER WILL DEMONSTRATE how military medical principles have been effectively applied to organising and training medical teams in the civilian setting of the St. John Ambulance, and how the experience gained from this can, in tum, be utilised by the military sector. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND TO ST. JOHN AMBULANCE AUSTRALIA The Order of St. John… Read more »
AS WE GET THIS ISSUE TO PRINT, l am integrally involved with reviewing Disaster Preparedness and Management Plans for the WA Department of Health. Events like the Bali bombing in October 2002, the Waterfall train crash in Sydney, the recent Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak in Asia and Canada, and the continuing threat of… Read more »
ABSTRACT MORE THAN 2500 TRAINED AUSTRALIAN ARMY NURSES served overseas during World War I. Many were called upon to act outside their normal nursing practice and one new area was that of anaesthetics. Due to a lack of medical officers in the latter part of the war, a number of Australian theatre sisters trained and… Read more »
ABSTRACT AN ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCE (IDF) field hospital with an integral obstetrics department was functioning in the city of Adapazari from day 4 to day 14 after the 1999 earthquake disaster in Turkey. The city’s obstetric and gynaecological facilities had been severely compromised by the earthquake and the IDF field hospital played a major role… Read more »
DEAR EDITOR, In her review article “Outpatient Based Injury Management versus Inpatient Rehabilitation”1, Captain Tilbrook puts forward a case for Outpatient based Rehabilitation with strong ties to the workplace, which she states, “is in direct contrast to Inpatient Rehabilitation which takes members away from the workplace and their normality. Psychology, illness behaviours and motivation factors… Read more »
‘We shot them under rule .303>1 ABSTRACT THE .303 MILITARY ROUND has been around for over 100 years and went from a round nose projectile full metal jacket, Mks I and II, to a soft point Mk II*, the so-called dum-dum projectile. The hollow points, Mks III, IV and V, followed before going back to… Read more »
ABSTRACT Background: Scleroderma is a connective tissue disease, which has been associated with different occupational exposures. Methods: We present a case report of a patient who developed localised scleroderma after occupational exposure to epoxy adhesives. Results: Physical and histological examinations revealed presence of skin plaques, characteristic of morphea, in a disseminated pattern. Conclusion: This case… Read more »
INTRODUCTION JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS QE) virus causes an endemic and epidemic zoonotic disease with a simple life cycle. The typical reservoir is pigs, though horses and dogs were also found to have seroconverted to the virus in northern Australia and Papua New Guinea where the disease has probably emerged from being epizootic to enzooticu. Adreit birds… Read more »
