Assessing spiritual wounds and injuries—Some Initial Thinking
Abstract This paper aims to provide some initial thinking on determining the basis for assessment of the existence, severity, and nature of a Spiritual Wound and Injury (SW&I) within an individual. The conditions, behaviours, and Red-Actions (serious, life-threatening, harmful) actions of an SW&I discussed in an earlier paper in this journal1 require a thorough and […]
Musculoskeletal surgery in Australian Defence Force trainees: Part 2 – risk factors and impact on deployability
Introduction The cost of recruiting and training a military trainee is substantial. In 1999, Rudzki and Cunningham estimated the cost of recruiting and training a new Australian Defence Force (ADF) member to be $A9000, with a net cost of $A14 245 if they were discharged after 10 weeks.1 This cost will be significantly higher in […]
Emergency Medicine Comes of Age in the ADF
M Little, J Williams, A Holley, A Parkin, D Ward , C Balfour, B Butson, D Cooksley, A Pearce Abstract Background: Emergency medicine is a well-established specialty in Australia and New Zealand. The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has progressively identified the value of this discipline across a range of domestic and deployed activities, with EM […]