From head to toe an airborne soldier

doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7464.512

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Jeremy Sharp, ear, nose, and throat consultant

Derbyshire Royal Infirmary, Derby

As a medical student, I served in a Territorial Airborne unit as an infantry soldier. While on my parachute course, I banged my head on landing and developed a simple headache. At the end of the day's training, back at the RAF base, I reported to the medical reception station and requested some simple analgesia.

I was told that I …