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Volume 6 Number 3

December 1997

In this issue

Peer-reviewed research, commentary and history from across military and veterans’ health.

Whither the Journal?

As I think I've stated once before, one of the great benefits of being Journal Editor is the right of last reply. However, in this instance, I write with some…

Trauma at sea. Bilateral femoral fractures in USS Independence off New South Wales

We had an interesting case recently aboard CV-62 (USS Independence). It was much like the case from CVN-71 (USS Theodore Roosevelt), as described by LCDR Lenny Klein (Spring 1997 NAS…

Director Health Services – South Queensland Exercise

The 1997 Director Health Services – South Queensland Exercise was held at the University of Queensland Medical School from 24 to 26 October. The theme of the conference was “Hospitals…

Australian doctors at war. A literature review. Part One: Up to the evacuation of Gallipoli

This review aims to cover the whole field of published literature relating to the war service of Australian doctors. It is adapted from the introduction to my bibliography on this…

Abstract from the Literature

Gupta L, Ward J, Hayward RSA. Future directions for clinical practice guidelines: Needs, lead agencies and potential dissemination strategies identified by Australian general practitioners. ANZ J Pub Health 1997; 21(5):…

A Bibliography of Australian Doctors at War

Review b Rus Schedlich Stephen Due, the Librarian at Geelong Hospital, has kindly donated a copy of his work “A Bibliography of Australian Doctors at War” to the Association’s library.…

1997 Military Medical Symposium

The 1997 Military Medicine Symposium was held at the Marriott Hotel, Sydney, on the weekend of 15 and 16 November. Jointly hosted by the Director Health Services – NSW, COL…

6th Australian Military Medicine Association Conference – Melbourne, 1997

The sixth AMMA Conference was held at the Hotel Sofitel in Melbourne over the weekend of the 29th to 31st August 1997. There were approximately 120 registrants, which, disappointingly, was…

The neurophysiologic aspects of G-induced loss of consciousness (G-LOC)

The principal problem faced by the human cardiovascular system when exposed to a force environment greater than +1 Gz in magnitude is that the hydrostatic effects of the applied acceleration…