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13.
"Resupply revisited - Neostigmine and Diathermy"
In
a large proportion of anaesthetics all the patients muscles are
paralysed with a curare like substance and artificial
ventilation is used. At the end of the operation the paralysis
is reversed with a drug named Neostigmine. In spite of repeated
requests............
Diathermy electrodes are used to
arrest bleeding.
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19.
"Other incarnations of 55FST"
A long article by Ivan Houghton with
a number of photographs. This is an account of other
incarnations of 55FST.
Other related matters are also included about anaesthetic machines and
their development
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20.
"Adoo medical provision"
The provision of medical care by the adoo for the adoo was
hampered by poor provision of materials
and by few trained first aiders. In addition did not appear to
have any casevac helicopters.........
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21.
"Death from natural causes"
There were a number of service men
who died from natural causes. The relatives of this particular
man
found it difficult to accept that he had died from electrocution
and not from enemy action.
A consular official
sought me out on a sandy beach in Caorle (yes my wife had
arranged a sandy beach holiday.........) to confirm that
the death had been from electrocution and not from enemy action.
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28.
"Battle Casualties"
This article Melsom et al deals with
December 72 to March 73. Unfortunately the Publications
Manager from the Royal College of Surgeons in unwilling
to allow me to publish it.
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31. "The last
FST in Oman"
Journal of the Royal Navy
Medical Services. Vol 63, No 3 (Winter 1978)
pp 167 - 176
Osborne, A.H. & Raitt, D.G.
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short precis can be found by "clicking" on the white
ensign.
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35.
"Casualty Mortality"
Casualty survival
after the injured have reached advanced medical and
surgical care following wounding is naturally a matter of supreme interest. It has gradually
improved (!) as the years and conflicts have gone by.
However obvious it may seem, the variables
involved have changed so much over the years that it is
invidious to compare the results obtained by one surgical team with the
results obtained by another.
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36.
"The last FST - Tail End Charlies"
This article shows how
the emphasis of the FST changed. More and more civilians
were now being treated. In fact the FST could have done
with some paediatricians, GPs, a gynaecologist and a
dermatologist to win what was now the peace. The changes
implemented in DCS15 in
the 90's of course have ensured that there are virtually
none of these specialists available for forward
deployment. The figures given in this article show that
there is an absolute need for such specialists. The use of such specialists in Afghanistan
would not only be humanitarian but help to win over the local
population and prove to be a "force multiplier"
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40. "The Surgeon's Tale"
John Soul retired
from the RN as a Surgeon Captain and wrote an
account of his time in the RN for the benefit of
his grandchildren. One of the chapters refers to
his time in Oman. One evening he "Googled"
himself and came across this website. His
account makes fascinating reading and is
complementary to the previous document.
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44. "Station brief for
incoming team"
The FST that deployed
in early 1972 did not have quite the military
uniform and clothing that appropriate to a
sojourn in RAF Salalah. Indeed it would have
been difficult to decide what was best but
webbing suitable for BAOR was certainly out of
place.
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46. "Website Statistics"
Each and every
webmaster is keen to know how many people visit
his site. A graph with a trendline is attached
of the number of Mb per month of data downloaded
from the site.
Considering that it is very much a niche website
about an obscure war it does seem to attract a
number of visitors that make its continuance
worthwhile.
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47. "Visitors"
55FST was always
happy to welcome visitors who sometimes filled a
need when mumps degraded the tactical
effectiveness of the regular incumbents. Lacking
in a Michelin starred restaurant a fish curry in
the Dhobi mens' lines was the best that we could
offer in appreciation of their efforts.
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50.
"Radiographer's
Report"
Roger Hicks suggested
that better radiological protection be given, a
higher power machine be provided, a standby
machine be provided and that better facilities
for the development of the plates were also
needed. Again did this happen ?
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51. "Incoming FST"
The composition of
the "incoming FST" was of no small interest to
the "outgoing team". We had tested ourselves
after the Officers' Mess RCL and Mirbat and
whilst quite happy to hand over the baton had
some concerns that a competent crew should take
over from us.
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52.
"Operating
Theatre Book"
Sitting in the Croxton sunshine the former OC
and anaesthetist felt that it was proper to
publish the Operating Theatre Book but conscious
of BATT's sensitivities removed their names from
the document. This drew attention to the fact
that they appeared to be less afraid of the adoo
than they were of the Hereford dentist !
Please note this is a large 10Mb file and takes
a while to download.
Each entry consists of two facing pages but they
are on separate sheets. The early entries have
anaesthetic detail recorded but as this was a
tedious duplication of the entries on the
Nosworthy cards these details were omitted.
Some of the later entries have been "inked over"
so that they could be copied more easily with a
simpler photocopier. It is difficult enough to
obtain a reasonable copy with a modern
photocopier.
09/05/09
Additionally a
"fair copy" of the Operating
Theatre Book is included. Those entries in red
are enties that were not decipherable in the
original document> There are more than a fair
few mistakes in spelling names.
13/05/09
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53.
"Anaesthetist's
Reports"
There is some
variance between the numbering of the various
reports when comparing them with the surgeon's
reports. Patients who had procedures under local
anaesthetic were not recorded on the Nosworthy
cards. Some of the views expressed have a
certain bias but the webmaster has to have some
privileges !
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54. "The Mirbat Gun"
The Mirbat Gun was transported to the UK in 1985
and after a brief period of time outside the
Artillery Pavilion in Woolwich has now been
moved inside under cover.
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The Sultan of Oman's Airforce had relatively few
aircraft at the beginning of the war.
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57. "Snowdrops in Salalah"
Steve "Taff" Culliford has provided some insight
into the operation of the Provost Flight at
Salalah and some record of the entertaintments
enjoyed in that far flung land in the times
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59. "The Affair at Mirbat"
There were two notable events in the spring of
1972 which involved the FST; the RCL attack on
the Officers' Mess and the battle at Mirbat.
Perhaps the site would be incomplete without an
account of that battle this has been drawn from
several sources. A great deal of attention is
focussed on Marbat and it is easy to forget the
importance of Operations 'Jaguar' and 'Simba'
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A new section of the website linking the
patients who were admitted to the FST with the
military events taking place at the time that
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64. "Operational
Record Book"
The RAF administration compiled an ORB for each
RAF Station on form F540. The F540s for RAF
Salalah contain considerable information about
the medical services and the statistics of
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