The Annual Meeting of SOMOS was held in San Antonio, Texas, in mid-December. The first lecture by Michael Bosse, a Gulf War veteran, focused on rethinking orthopaedic trauma priorities, with potential implications for both military planners and orthopaedic surgeons. The use of modem technology in the modem conflict environment and the requirement for very basic… Read more »
Introduction 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 Ammontal (a new explosive) under the German Lines. The Commander of the British 2nd Army (Gen Plumer) had realised a breakthrough was not practical… Read more »
ABSTRACT A FEW YEARS AGO, a French farmer discovered the body of an Australian soldier – namely Private Bosisto – near a feature called ‘the windmill’ close to a village of Pozieres. This soldier had been missing in action since 1916 and was part of the 27th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, and was killed in… Read more »
The Military Surgical Section of the RACS An¬nual Scientific Congress was held in Canberra on 10 May and 11 May 2001. The section was convened by Richard Nugent from Canberra. Two papers were also presented in the Trauma Section, which has a close relationship with the Military Section. These were LTCOL John Crozier presenting on… Read more »
Dear Sir I read with great interest a most commendable paper by LTCOL Kerry Clifford on Defence Health Service or Health Advice Agency: “An alternative reality to the Stevens Review” in Vol 16 Number 3 What is refreshing is that the alternatives brought up were in fact debated by the Committee in South Australia that… Read more »
The use of tourniquets in the Australian Defence Force The value of the tourniquet in an exsanguinating patient on the battlefield is irrefutable. However, there remains controversy regarding the use of tourniquets in patients with poorly controlled haemorrhage and in those where evacuation may be prolonged. Issues regarding tourniquet use in large frontline operations have been raised in the recent… Read more »
