Role of intensive care and emergency nurses in disasters

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ROLE OF INTENSIVE CARE AND EMERGENCY NURSES IN DISASTERS Jamie Ranse Assistant Professor University of Canberra www.jamieranse.com twitter.com/ jamieranse youtube.com/ jamieranse linkedin.com/in/jamieranse http://lifelineenergy.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/jap-11.jpg

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Ranse J. (2011). Role of intensive care and emergency nurses in disasters; presented to students of the University of Canberra – Postgraduate Critical Care Nursing, Canberra, ACT, 30th August.

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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

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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

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disaster definition

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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

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In-hospital

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role: in-hospital

• What is your role?– Little research / literature, therefore anecdotal – Triage– Decontamination– Accommodate surge

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surge capacity?

• Strategies in surge• Workforce• Influenza

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surge capacity?

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out-of-hospital

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role: out-of-hospital

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project 1: results

mock disaster type

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project 1: results

roles

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project 2: results

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role: out-of-hospital

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willingness

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ability

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• Undergraduate• In-service• Post-graduate

education

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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

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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

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• Undergraduate• In-service• Post-graduate• Other

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other ‘things’

• Disasters happen out of hours• Volunteering

• Disaster tourists• Government / registered NGO? • Your employer• A list? • Response versus recovery

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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