Capt Jenny Plummer, Medical Officer (right) assesses the condition of a local woman who had ...

Accession Number P04643.005
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film original negative other
Maker Walker, Private
Place made East Timor: Dili
Date made December 1999 -February 2000
Conflict East Timor, 1999-2013
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Description

Capt Jenny Plummer, Medical Officer (right) assesses the condition of a local woman who had fallen off the back of a truck, while Captain (Capt) Kristy Sturtevant, Nursing Officer, keeps control of the woman's cervical spine (the vulnerable part of the spine in the neck), with the help of a collar. The Australian soldiers are members of the 1st (Australian) Field Hospital (1 Fd Hosp) resuscitation team, on deployment with INTERFET, the International Force in East Timor.

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