Onthewards: Onthepods

Script Writer:  Carla Roscoe Interviewee:  Michael Reade James sits down with Brigadier Michael Reade from the Australian Defence Force (ADF) to discuss combat medicine and blood preservation. Above all, Brigadier Reade has a wide range of expertise and experience in this area. His ambition is to establish the ADF as a major contributor to military trauma research and to ensure the ADF’s policies, training and equipment lead world best-practice. In this podcast, you will learn more about combat medicine and the interesting and varied career options in the Defence Force. Brigadier Reade holds the following positions: Australian Defence Force Professor of Military Medicine and Surgery, Joint Health Command, Assistant Surgeon General – Army, Director of General Health Reserve-Army, and Specialist Anaesthetist and Intensive Care Physician. About Brigadier Michael Reade Michael is the inaugural ADF Professor of Military Medicine and Surgery. This is a Defence-Industry co-operation position establishe