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Journal of Military and Veterans' Health Volume 16 Number 2 January 2008 Journal of Military and Veterans’ Health Abstracts from the 2007 AMMA Conference The Journal of the Australian Military Medicine Association 17th Annual AMMA Conference Come to Hobart for the 17th Annual AMMA Conference and experience the beautiful scenery, wonderful people and gastronomic delights. It will be held at the Wrest Point Conference Centre, Hobart, Tasmania from 17-19 October 2008. The call for papers will be distributed in March 2008. Registrations will open in April. We look forward to seeing you in Hobart! Journal of Military and Veterans’ Health Table of Contents President’s message............................................................................................................................................3 2007 AMMA Conference Abstracts ................................................................................................................. 4 Trauma Control Surgery .............................................................................................................................4 Psychology I ..................................................................................................................................................6 Operational Health ..................................................................................................................................... 7 Research and Ethics ................................................................................................................................... 9 Equipment Developments ......................................................................................................................... 12 Trauma ........................................................................................................................................................ 14 Health Surveillance ................................................................................................................................... 16 Veterans’ Health ......................................................................................................................................... 18 Human Performance ................................................................................................................................. 19 Psychology II ............................................................................................................................................... 20 Workforce Issues I ...................................................................................................................................... 2 Dental and other Health Research ......................................................................................................... 23 Rehabilitation and Health Promotion .................................................................................................... 25 Workforce Issues II .................................................................................................................................... 26 Medical Standards .................................................................................................................................... 27 Clinical ........................................................................................................................................................ 29 Health Capability ...................................................................................................................................... 30 Miscellaneous ............................................................................................................................................ 32 Australian Military Medicine Association News ......................................................................................... 35 Instruction to Authors ................................................................................................................................... 37 Inside this edition This edition of the Journal is given over to the A full conference report follows the abstracts, publication of the abstracts from a highly successful highlighting the success and benefits to members and Association Annual Scientific Conference held in the disciplines of health and medicine in the military Melbourne in October 2007. and veterans’ contexts. Around 70 papers were read from a wide range of international and local speakers ranging across all the health professions. Volume 6 Number 2; January 2008 Page Journal of Military and Veterans’ Health EDITORIAL BOARD Dr Russell Schedlich (Editor in Chief) Australian Military Medicine Association Dr Graeme Cannell Centre for Military and Veterans Health Dr Mark Gardener New Zealand Defence Health Services Dr Keith Horsley Department of Veterans’ Affairs Assoc. Prof. Scott Kitchener Australian Military Medicine Association Dr Peter Leggat Australian Defence Health Services Prof Malcolm Sim Monash University Dr Bob Stacy University of Ballarat Australian Military Medicine Association PATRON Rear Admiral Graeme Shirtley RANR Surgeon General Australian Defence Force COUNCIL President Russell Schedlich Vice President Nader Abou-Seif Treasurer Scott Kitchener Secretary Janet Scott Council Members Kerry Clifford Greg Mahoney Andrew Robertson Geoff Robinson Public Officer Leishman Associates STATEMENT OF OBJECTIVES The Australian Military Association is an independent, professional scientific organisation of health professions with the objectives of: • Promoting the study of military medicine • Bringing together those with an interest in military medicine • Disseminating knowledge of military medicine • Publishing and distributing a journal in military medicine • Promoting research in military medicine Membership of the Association is open to doctors, dentists, nurses, pharmacists, paramedics and anyone with a professional interest in any of the disciplines of military medicine. The Association is totally independent of the Australian Defence Force. ISSN No. 1835-1271 Page 2 Journal of Military and Veterans’ Health Editorial President’s message Another year has passed. The new Government has also committed to supporting a Lifecycle Approach to Mental Health that will seek to For psephologists, the six weeks of October and integrate the psychological and mental health needs November were intriguing, with a result that was of Defence personnel across the continuum of entry unclear to the last but ultimately became convincing. through to resettlement into civilian life. And so the next few years will be dominated by a Government of a different persuasion with some This last proposal, transcending the active military different strategic aims and directions. member and the veteran, is remarkably congruent with the strategic focus that has been adopted by the Many of these are of only passing relevance (if not Association’s new Journal. We can therefore expect interest) to the Defence community and are similarly that the Journal of Military and Veterans’ Health will not critical to the military health professions. But contribute profoundly in supporting this continuum some may be critical. concept. At the forefront will be the Government’s strategic This year has also seen two important events for defence outlook and policy. There is already a clear AMMA. difference in relation to Iraq, but much similarity with the remaining focus on Afghanistan. There is talk of a First was a highly successful conference. Building greater interest in our immediate region, and how this on the joint meeting in 2006, over 350 delegates might play out in relation to troubled areas closer to attended a full three-day conference in Melbourne. By home such as the South Pacific remains to be seen. far the largest attendance at any stand-alone AMMA conference was treated to world-class international It can be expected that Defence capability will not and national speakers as well as nearly 70 papers change to a great extent, but the potential introduction prepared and presented by Association members and of a separate Coastguard may have some implications others with an interest in military medicine. A full in relation to maritime health care. conference report is included in this journal. One initiative that was announced was the provision The second event was the launch of this journal. for free health care to be provided to Defence families, Much has already been said and written about the particularly in remoter Defence locations. How this Journal of Military and Veterans’ Health and you are develops in practice will be interesting to observe, now holding the second issue. The Association has as there will be key challenges of providing health heavily invested in the Journal, aiming to take it to care practitioners from a workforce that is already one of international standing. The journal web site stretched thin across the nation. – www.jmvh.org - complements the hard copy, with Dependent care is a thorny issue for Defence Health full access to each issue. Organisations around the world. It has been seen as And so as we move into 2008, the Association can one way of developing a Defence Health Service that is look forward to another year of success, with our bigger and has a wider representation of specialties. conference in Hobart in October, and a continually In contrast, it is also seen as a potential liability as the evolving journal. We will continue to support and political imperative to deliver care to dependents often encourage the development
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