Peer-reviewed research, commentary and history from across military and veterans’ health.
of Dengue in the South-West Pacific Region Dengue has become a world-wide disease with more than 100 million cases per year.1 It is the leading cause of arboviral infection in…
The twentieth century has seen many great inventions but few of greater significance than that of aviation. Within the single window of one century, the world has seen not only…
This paper addresses the current assessment and management of concussion/head injuries within the sporting arena. This topic has engendered a varied amount of discussion over the years with different sporting…
Butler FK Jr, Hagmann JH, Richards DT. Tactical management of urban warfare casualties in special operations. Mil Med 2000; 165(4 Suppl): 1-48. Comment: On 03 October 1993, approximately 170 soldiers…
Trunkey DD. History and development of trauma care in the United States. Clin Orthop 2000 May;(374):36-46. Until recently the development of systems for trauma care in the United States has…
This paper reports on a feasibility study that examined the self-perceived mental health status of individuals in a Royal Australian Navy (RAN) sea-going population. Sixty-three members of a convenience sample…
The function of the Naval Health Services is to provide the health support necessary to ensure maximum effectiveness of naval operations in peace and war. 1 The role of the…
The core aim of the psychiatric referral is to arrange for the most appropriate treatment and management for a patient. Such management should be both appropriate for the patient and…
Vivian Statham (nee Bullwinkel) was one of the most significant figures in Australian Nursing. Having completed nursing training in Broken Hill in 1938 and midwifery in 1939, she enlisted in…
advantages and disadvantages of current oxygen supply and delivery systems compared with on-site manufacture at remote, within Australia, and overseas operations. Technological advances now allow the on-site manufacture and delivery…
During World War I at Paschendaele the British Forces, including Australian troops, used tunnellers from the London underground and coal miners to dig14 mines and place a large amount of…
Vegetius wrote these comments sometime in the fourth or fifth century AD. Unfortunately, this observation is as true today as it was then. As military health personnel, with many of…
This is the second part of a two-part review, which looks at the effects of cold on the body. In this article, the management of accidental hypothermia and the management…
On the evening of 28th February 1942, the Australian light cruiser, PERTH, and the American heavy cruiser, HOUSTON, having survived the disastrous Battle of the Java Sea, sailed from the…
It is an appropriate time to review this book published 12 months ago, as one of the participants of the "Battle of the Black Sea", then SFC Bob Mabry, is…
It will be recalled in the first of this two-part article,1 that this year is the centenary of Australia's involvement in the Boxer Rebellion. With over 550 men from NSW,…
Alexander GA. Ecoterrorism and nontraditional military threats. Mil Med 2000; 165(1): 1-5. The menace facing US service personnel from ecoterrorism and other nontraditional threats may increase as military deployments in…
