Disaster health: An Australian nursing perspective

DISASTER HEALTH:AN AUSTRALIAN NURSING PERSPECTIVE

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Jamie Ranse RN FRCNABN, GCClinEd, GCClinEpi, MCritCarNurs, PhD (Candidate)

Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Canberra

overview

• Disaster definition• Australian participation in disasters• Education• Role• Future research opportunities

disaster definition

Hazard May cause danger

Risk Probability of an event

Event Negative influences

Impact Action of force

Damage Destruction

Disaster

Australian participation: on-shore

• Cyclone Tracy, 1974• Granville train crash and bridge collapse, 1977• Ash Wednesday, 1983• Newcastle earthquake, 1989• Canberra bushfires, 2003• Black Saturday and Victorian bushfires, 2009• Pandemic (H1N1), 2009• Queensland and Victorian extreme weather events,

2011

Australian participation: off-shore

• 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

• Undergraduate• Postgraduate• Other

education

education

role: out-of-hospital

out-of-hospital

role: out-of-hospital

role: out-of-hospital

role: out-of-hospital

role: out-of-hospital

role: in-hospital

In-hospital

role: in-hospital

• Little research / literature, therefore anecdotal – Triage (prioritisation)– Decontamination– Accommodate surge

• Disasters happen out-of-hours– Minimal support out-of-hours

future opportunities

• Queensland extreme weather events, 2011• Christchurch, New Zealand earthquake, 2011• Bangkok, Thailand flood, 2011

DISASTER HEALTH:AN AUSTRALIAN NURSING PERSPECTIVE

www.jamieranse.com

youtube.com/jamieranse

twitter.com/jamieranse

linkedin.com/in/jamieranse

Jamie Ranse RN FRCNABN, GCClinEd, GCClinEpi, MCritCarNurs, PhD (Candidate)

Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Canberra