Peer-reviewed research, commentary and history from across military and veterans’ health.
Editorial COVID-19: THE MIDDLE GAME In early January 2020, we all started to hear about an outbreak of acute respiratory illness in Wuhan City, China. Within weeks, we were preparing…
G Swinden The world is currently combating the Coronavirus (COVID-19), which originated in China and has now spread throughout the globe. So far, Australia has fortunately been spared the worst…
Commander N Westphalen Introduction Previous articles describe the development from prehistory to the ancient Egyptians and Greeks, of a cycle whereby increasing trade required larger and more efficient ships to…
C Heard, M Willcox, M Falvo, M Blatt, D Helmer Abstract Purpose: Performing well in combat requires military service members to be in peak physical shape. Although each branch of…
W Maddocks Background: Skill fade is a potential issue in any military medical training environment. Within the current New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) medic training programme, emergency skills are taught…
G D Shanks ‘God alone would not have sent such an epidemic.’ Samoan Chief during New Zealand Samoan Epidemic Commission hearings 1919.1 History shows that infectious diseases often determined the…
L Abbott Dr Frank Ochberg is a pioneer in the study and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which he believes should be renamed post-traumatic stress injury (PTSI). As his…
K Bender, A Pearson Introduction Until as recently as the second Gulf War, the skill sets of civilian general surgeons were readily transferrable into military surgical practice. The modern Australian…
J McDaniel, D Albright, M Torabi Abstract Background: Little assessment data on cigarette use (CU) and heavy episodic drinking (HED) among older military veterans is available for local health education…
