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Volume 8 Number 2

September 1999

In this issue

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

The Limits of Safety: Organisations, Accidents and Nuclear Weapons

Scott D Sagan, Princeton Studies in International History and Politics. C 1993 Princeton University Press ISBN 0-691-03221-1 Many may wonder why a book on US military nuclear weapon safety has…

The complete military surgeon

The prime task for the military surgeon at the 'sharp end' of a military operation is to provide 'initial wound surgery’ which is that emergency surgery required to maintain an…

Once more unto the breach…

Well, we are at it again. And the greatest test in recent years of our ability to respond and maintain a credible operationally deployed health presence is ahead of us.…

Kitchener’s Hundred

In the first week of March 1915, the Board of Management of Melbourne's Alfred Hospital was stunned by the sudden resignation of the Medical Superintendent and three of the four…

Basic life support. Military background and influence in contemporary teaching of cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is the core component of both Basic Life Support and Advanced Life Support skills. Modern first aid, as a discipline of drills and skills to preserve life…