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Remote Medicine the Defence Perspective

Remote Medicine the Defence Perspective. Colonel Leonard Brennan Director Health. ACRRM 5 th Scientific Forum and Rural Doctors Conference 2008. Scope. Personal perspective Health support to current ADF operations Military medicine is remote and often rural Clinical military medicine

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Remote Medicine the Defence Perspective

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  1. Remote Medicine the Defence Perspective Colonel Leonard Brennan Director Health ACRRM 5th Scientific Forum and Rural Doctors Conference 2008 UNCLASSIFIED

  2. Scope • Personal perspective • Health support to current ADF operations • Military medicine is remote and often rural • Clinical military medicine • Military medicine training UNCLASSIFIED

  3. Personal perspective • Undergraduate • Parachute Battalion • High Commission PNG • Parachute Surgical Team • 3rd (UK) Armoured Field Ambulance • 1st Field Hospital • HQ 3rd Brigade • 1st Health Support Battalion UNCLASSIFIED

  4. 1998 PNG Tsunami UNCLASSIFIED

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  6. Bougainville UNCLASSIFIED

  7. East Timor UNCLASSIFIED

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  9. Solomon Islands UNCLASSIFIED

  10. DOMESTIC OPERATIONS RESOLUTE Australian Border Protection COUNTER TERRORISM DISATER RESPONSE TESTAMENT World Youth Day 08 OUTREACH UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED

  11. HMAS LARRAKIA • Armidale class “patrol boat” • 21 sailors • Coxswain UNCLASSIFIED

  12. REGIONAL OPERATIONS KIRIBATI ASSIST Kiribati PNG ASSIST Papua New Guinea ASTUTE East Timor ANODE Solomon Islands UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED

  13. East Timor Battle Group • 3 RAR (Para) • 500+ UNCLASSIFIED

  14. GLOBAL OPERATIONS PALADIN Israel/Lebanon MAZURKA Sinai CATALYST / SLIPPER MEAO AZURE / HEDGEROW Sudan UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED

  15. Special Operations Task Group • SAS & Commando • Operating in Southern Afghanistan UNCLASSIFIED

  16. Oruzgan Province UNCLASSIFIED

  17. Remote and often rural • Remote • Physical • Professional • Cultural UNCLASSIFIED

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  22. Clinical military medicine • Fit healthy population • Acute general practice • Sports medicine ++ • Gastro/URTI/Skin conditions • Acute trauma • Underwater medicine • Aviation medicine • Aero-medical evacuation • Tropical medicine • Chemical, Biological, Radiological & Nuclear UNCLASSIFIED

  23. Less common • Communicable diseases • Malaria • Dengue fever • Battle casualties • PTSD • Traumatic brain injury • Syndromes “Shell Shock”, “Agent Orange”, “Gulf War” • Humanitarian Aid • Paediatrics • Obstetrics • Third world general practice! UNCLASSIFIED

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  26. Military Medical Training • Undergraduate / GMS +GP training PGY2 • Military Medicine Courses • EMST Course with military module • FW or RW AME • Underwater Medicine Cse • Aviation medicine Cse • Medical Officer CBRN Cse • Occupational & Environmental Health Cse • Military Officer Courses UNCLASSIFIED

  27. Not just Doctors • Medical assistant • Nursing officers – extended roles • Operating theatre technicians UNCLASSIFIED

  28. UNCLASSIFIED PALADIN Israel/Lebanon RESOLUTE Australian Border Protection ASTUTE East Timor MAZURKA Sinai Questions AZURE / HEDGEROW Sudan CATALYST / SLIPPER MEAO ANODE Solomon Islands TESTAMENT World Youth Day 08 OUTREACH UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED

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