Operation Shaddock - the Australian Defence Force response to the tsunami disaster in Papua New Guinea

Authors
Taylor, RP Emonson, DL Schlimmer, JE
Citation
Rp. Taylor et al., Operation Shaddock - the Australian Defence Force response to the tsunami disaster in Papua New Guinea, MED J AUST, 169(11-12), 1998, pp. 602-606
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine","Medical Research General Topics
Journal title
MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA
ISSN journal
0025729X → ACNP
Volume
169
Issue
11-12
Year of publication
1998
Pages
602 - 606
Database
ISI
SICI code
0025-729X(199812)169:11-12<602:OS-TAD>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Operation Shaddock was the name given to the deployment of a major field me dical unit of 58 Australian Defence Force medical and other personnel to Va nimo, in northwestern Papua New Guinea. Hundreds of victims of the tsunami disaster were treated and more than 200 surgical procedures performed in a 10-day mission.