This presentation provided an overview of research relating to the role of nurses in the pre-hospital setting of the 2009 Victorian bushfires. It highlighted that nurses undertake roles beyond that of a purely clinical nature, including: emotional support, coordination of care and problem solving. Additionally, this presentation illustrated the varied amount and type of resources taken to the disaster environment, and the usefulness of these resources.
Ranse J, Lenson S. (2011). Role, response and clinical and educational backgrounds of nurses who participated in the pre-hospital response to the 2009 Bushfires in Victoria, Australia; paper presented at the 17th World Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine, Beijing, China, 1st June.
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Hi Jamie
If time permits I would be pleased to hear how you feel a high level conceptual framework could inform your work? The framework I have in mind is Hodges' model. Useful for personal and group reflection across all domains and disciplines in health and disaster medicine.
There's a website and blog with more information:
http://hodges-model.blogspot.com/
Please advise re. future conferences, perhaps I can assist a little with publicity.
Kind regards,
Peter Jones
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