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ROLE OF INTENSIVE CARE AND EMERGENCY NURSES IN DISASTERS
Jamie RanseAssistant Professor
University of Canberra
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overview
• Define disaster• Role
• In-hospital• Out-of-hospital
• Willingness• Ability• Education• Other ‘things’
Img: http://www.prcs.org.pk/disaster.asp
disaster definition
disaster definition
Queensland and Victorian extreme weather events, 2011
Cyclone Tracy, 1974Granville train crash and bridge collapse, 1977
Ash Wednesday, 1983
Newcastle earthquake, 1989
Canberra bushfires, 2003
Black Saturday and Victorian bushfires, 2009
Pandemic (H1N1), 2009
SARS outbreak, 2003
Indian Ocean tsunami, 2004
Bali bombings, 2005
Java earthquake, 2006
Yogyakarta air crash, 2007
SIEV explosion Ashmore Reef, 2009
Pacific tsunami, 2009
Pakistan floods, 2010
SIEV sinking Christmas Island, 2010
Christchurch Earthquake, 2011
role
In-hospital
role: in-hospital
• What is your role?– Little research / literature, therefore anecdotal – Triage– Decontamination– Accommodate surge
surge capacity?
• Strategies in surge• Workforce• Influenza
surge capacity?
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Total Influenza Presentations
Mean Influenza Presentations
Mean Total Presentations
Mean Total Presentations - Excluding Influenza
surge capacity?
surge capacity?
role
out-of-hospital
role: out-of-hospital
project 1: results
mock disaster type
project 1: results
roles
project 2: results
role
role: out-of-hospital
willingness
ability
• Undergraduate• In-service• Post-graduate
education
aim
Describe the disaster content in post-graduate emergency nursing programs in Australia
Img http://tenancyplus.blogspot.com/2011/06/natural-disasters-and-their-effect-on.html
results: disaster content overview
Elements of disaster content in courses:Community and public health responsePre-hospital responseHospital responseDisaster triageSustainabilityDisaster exercisesIncident systemsNursing role in disasterCommunications TechniquesManagement of the dead and dyingDisaster plansRole of other organisations in disaster responseMental health in relation to disastersPopulations with specific needsTypes of disastersExamples of disastersHealth effects of disasters
• Undergraduate• In-service• Post-graduate• Other
education
other ‘things’
• Disasters happen out of hours• Volunteering
• Disaster tourists• Government / registered NGO? • Your employer• A list? • Response versus recovery
ROLE OF INTENSIVE CARE AND EMERGENCY NURSES IN DISASTERS
Jamie RanseAssistant Professor
University of Canberra
www.jamieranse.com
twitter.com/jamieranse
youtube.com/jamieranse
linkedin.com/in/jamieransehttp://lifelineenergy.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/jap-11.jpg