In my Editorial in January 2023, I discussed the role of deception in war and peace. 1 While deception is accepted military strategy, such as in Operation Bertram in the…
Editorial – Somalia – 30 years on On 9 December 1992, United States (US) Marines, under the command of Lieutenant General Robert Johnston, landed on the coast of Somalia as…
Infectious Diseases in Military Medicine In spending a little less time on COVID-19, I have been reflecting on the role of infectious diseases in military operations, as diseases like tuberculosis,…
Inaugural Perth AMMA Conference The first AMMA Conference in Perth will be held from 12-15 October 2023. Perth, and wider Western Australia (WA), has had long links to Australian military…
Jortani SA, Snyder JW, Valdes JR. The role of the clinical laboratory in managing chemical or biological terrorism. CHn Chern 2000 Dec; 46(12): 1883-93. Background: Domestic and international acts of…
December is always an interesting time to consider what progress has been made in the year past. We have seen, once again, the Australian Defence Force heavily committed in our…
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…
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…
Morgan-Jones D. Hodgetts TJ. A unified emergency care system from first aid to de¬finitive care. J R Army Med Corps 1999 Oct;145(3):132-5. The Unified Emergency Care System (UECS) provides an…
Thus spoke Alfred Lord Tennyson in his poem 'The Charge of the Light Brigade". This charge, during the Crimean War, was probably one of the most ill-considered events in military…
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…
Caldicott DG, Edwards NA. The tools of the trade: weapons of mass destruction. Emerg Med (Fremantle) 2002 Sep 14 (3):240-8. Caldicott DG, Edwards NA, Tingey D, Bonnin R. Medical response…
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…
MORE MILITARY MEDICAL ACRONYMS- just what we need. These acronyms, however, are important as they herald a quiet revolution in how the Australian Defence Force intends to train, remunerate and…
Henderson DA. The looming threat of bioterrorism. Science 1999 Feb 26; 283(5406):127-82 Biological weapons have recently attracted the attention and the resources of the nation. Discerning the nature of the…
Higgins I. Benchmarking in health care: A review of the literature. Australian Health Review 1997; 20 (4):60-9 This paper provides a review of the 10 significant publication related to benchmarking…
Affleck PJ, Needleman S. Sevotlurane and the 885A field anaesthesia machine: Clinical report. Mil Med 1997; 162(11): 7692-5 The Ohmeda 885A field anaesthesia machine is equipped with a non-agent-specific, universal…
PHOSGENE IS USED IN industry widely and has potential use as a chemical weapon. In this paper, its chemistry, uses and effects will be reviewed. CHEMISTRY Phosgene (COCl2) was first…
OVER THE LAST 12 YEARS, Australian Military Medicine has published a myriad of articles on all aspects of military medicine. One aspect that has been close to my heart, particularly…
AS WE APPROACH the first anniversary of the terrorist attacks of 11 September, the Australian Defence Force remains actively involved in Afghanistan, the Persian Gulf and central Asia, as well…
ANOTHER INTERESTING FORTNIGHT has come to an end, as our ADF ships and personnel pre-deploy to the Gulf. One of the key issues over this period has been the Australian…
IT IS NOW SIX MONTHS since the tragic and frightening attacks of 11 September (or 9-11 as the Americans now seem to refer to it). The new Bush government has…
What a difference three months makes! When I wrote editorial for the August edition of Australian Military Medicine, I was thinking ahead of the tenth AMMA conference and my vision…
CS is the generic name for the lacrimating agent 0-chlorobenzylidene malonitrile (2- chlorobenzalmalonitrile). which was originally developed in 1928 by B.B. Corson and R.W. Stoughtonl.2. CS is normally a solid,…
Drazen JM. Smallpox and bioterrorism. N Engl 1 Med. 2002 Apr 25;346(17):1262-3. Bicknell WJ. The case for voluntary smallpox vaccination. N Engl 1 Med 2002 Apr 25;346(17):1323-5. Fauci AS. Smallpox…
Srinivasan A. Kraus CN, DeShazer D, et al. Glanders in a military research microbiologist. N Engl J Med 2001;345(4):256-8. Comment: This is the first reported human case of glanders in…
"You can never plan the future by the past" (Edmund Burke 1729-1797) I have now just completed nine months as the Director of the Joint Health Support Agency. I often…
