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. No one would be unaware of the recent push into East Timor by a force led by the ADF. Although it has been given little… Read more »
This issue of Australian Military Medicine concentrates, like the last, on operational medicine, which is the backbone of military medicine. Continuing from their earlier article, Payne et al have analysed data on abdominal gunshot wounds from a major trauma centre to assess the types of injuries, and their outcomes, in victims who do not require… Read more »
The 7th Scientific Conference of the Australian Military Medicine Association was held from 16 to 18 October 1998 at the Swiss Grand Hotel, by the beach at Bondi, Sydney. The official opening, by Rear Admiral Peter Briggs AO CSC, Head Strategic Command Division, took place on the Friday evening, and was followed by a paper… Read more »
As 1998 draws to a close, it is time to reflect on the past year. It has been a year full of challenge and change, triumph and tragedy. As a result of the Navy’s worst peacetime disaster since the loss of HMAS Voyager in 1964, your erstwhile Editor spent a considerable part of the year… Read more »
At 1030 am on Tuesday, 5 May 1998, the larger of the Navy’s two tankers, HMAS WESTRALIA, was proceeding out of the Gage Roads off Perth on the way to a SE Asian deployment, with 98 men and women looking forward to a variety of work and play over the following six weeks. A major… Read more »
Waxing lyrical as always, your Editor feels a need to touch on a number of diverse topics in his Editorial. A Varied Lot This edition of the Journal offers, once again, a good mix of copy. We start with Ben Fitzgerald’s very good study on fungal infections at sea, which has shown, with statistical credibility,… Read more »
The Regional Health Support Agency South Queensland has, through the kind offices of the Director of Health Services, Colonel Vlas Efstathis, OAM, RFD, RAAMC, donated three books to the Australian Military Medi¬cine Association’s Library: Arms and Aesculapius Reflections and Rwanda Across the Bar The cover jacket summaries of these books follow. Each of them is… Read more »
The forces of change impacting on the Australian Defence Force, and in particular the Defence Health Service, are making themselves felt. These changes are significant, and will produce a significant change in the way health care is delivered to the Services. In one of the early editions of Australian Military Medicine, Tony Austin wrote an… Read more »
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 Bill Molloy RAAMC, and Professor Robert Lusby from the University of Sydney Professional Unit at the Repatriation General Hospital, Concord, and organised in his usual… Read more »
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 and Hippocrates. Service Hospitals in Contemporary and Future Operations”. The conference was opened on Friday 24 October at the United Services Hall, Victoria Barracks, with… Read more »
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 humility. Council of the Association commissioned the Secretariat to undertake a survey of members this year, and the full results are published in this issue…. Read more »
