DISASTER HEALTH: AN AUSTRALIAN NURSING PERSPECTIVE www.jamieranse.com youtube.com/ jamieranse twitter.com/ jamieranse linkedin.com/in/jamieranse Jamie Ranse RN FRCNA BN, GCClinEd, GCClinEpi, MCritCarNurs, PhD (Candidate) Assistant Professor University of Canberra
Disaster health: An Australian nursing perspective
Jun 12, 2015
Ranse J. (2011). Disaster health: An Australian nursing perspective; paper presented to delegates of the Mahidol University Thailand, University of Canberra, ACT, 21st October.
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DISASTER HEALTH:AN AUSTRALIAN NURSING PERSPECTIVE
www.jamieranse.com
youtube.com/jamieranse
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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
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