WADEM - Research Repository

RESEARCHER: TYTTI MÄKINEN; SUPERVISOR: SARI MIETTINEN The mental wellbeing of internationally deployed disaster relief workers has become an issue of concern. Many disaster situations to wher...

http://research.wadem.org/2014/04/researcher-tytti-makinen-supervisor.html

RESEARCHER: Kossioris Aristomenis Background: Disasters, as regards the health sector, are considered a sudden or gradual disease of an entire community, which is impossible to confront adequ...

http://research.wadem.org/2014/02/disaster-preparedness-among-medical-and.html

RESEARCHER: Anthony Bevers Introduction The purpose of this study is to explore the need for tactical medicine training for civilian law enforcement. Currently, there are gaps in the training...

http://research.wadem.org/2014/01/battlefield-first-aid-training-for.html

RESEARCHERS: Karen Hammad, Paul Arbon, Kristine Gebbie, Alison Hutton Nurses working in the emergency department play an important role in the healthcare response to disaster, yet very little i...

http://research.wadem.org/2013/11/emergency-nurses-and-disasters.html

Researcher: Lev Zhuravsky Introduction An Intensive Care Unit is a geographically distinct area of a hospital where critically ill and injured patients undergo continuous monitoring and suppo...

http://research.wadem.org/2013/10/crisis-leadership-in-acute-clinical.html

RESEARCHERS: Jamie Ranse , Allison Hutton In the last two decades, the amount of literature pertaining to nurses in disasters has increased. However, whilst research and evaluation of disaster...

http://research.wadem.org/2013/04/what-are-research-needs-for-field-of.html

RESEARCHER: Anthony Bevers The purpose of this study is to explore the need for specialized first responder type training for the National Guard. Currently, there are gaps in specialized first ...

http://research.wadem.org/2013/03/identifying-need-for-first-responder.html

RESEARCHERS: ALISON HUTTON, JAMIE RANSE, PAUL ARBON. The aim of this research was to understand the nature of patient presentations at music festivals around Australia. This study used a minim...

http://research.wadem.org/2012/12/understanding-and-identifying-potential.html

RESEARCHERS: ALISON HUTTON, BRETT AIMERS, JAMIE RANSE, PAUL ARBON. It is generally accepted that mass gathering events have a heightened potential to produce a higher incidence of illness, inj...

http://research.wadem.org/2012/12/the-role-of-on-site-care-in-hospital.html

RESEARCHER: Ondrej Prudel Czech Republic became an important transit country for international road transport after joining the EU. This led to an increasing traffic situation with many buses...

http://research.wadem.org/2012/12/study-of-czech-republic-ems.html

RESEARCHERS: Nana Rochana, Virginia Plummer, Julia Morphet Increasing numbers of people seeking emergency care in emergency departments (EDs) around the world with different medical problems ...

http://research.wadem.org/2012/08/an-analysis-of-triage-system-in.html

RESEARCHER: OLEG MAZURENKO Problems of international response after natural disasters are well known, consisting in "too many and too late" resources. Frequently local authorities can't make a ...

http://research.wadem.org/2012/08/coordination-of-national-and.html

RESEARCHERS: SULTAN AL-SHAQSI (MBCHB/PHD CANDIDATE) ROBIN GAULD (SUPERVISOR) DAVID MCBRIDE (SUPERVISOR) AMMAR AL-KASHMIRI (SUPERVISOR) ABDULLAH AL-HARTHY (SUPERVISOR) This project analyses str...

http://research.wadem.org/2012/08/mass-emergency-preparedness-of-acute.html

RESEARCHERS: WALEED ALSHEHRI, VIRGINIA PLUMMER, KELLI INNES In Saudi Arabia, Emergency Department nurses anecdotally report high levels of stress which affects them and has a negative impact on...

http://research.wadem.org/2012/05/occupational-stress-among-emergency.html

RESEARCHERS: ABDULELLAH AL THOBAITY, VIRGINIA PLUMMER, KELLI INNES, BEVERLEY COPNELL This study seeks to document the preparedness of nurses in Saudi Arabia, based on a study by Murad A. Al Kha...

http://research.wadem.org/2012/05/perceptions-of-preparedness-among.html

RESEARCHERS: PAUL ARBON, JAMIE RANSE This project aims to establish a databases of patient presentations and mass gathering event profiles across all events during the four days of World Youth...

http://research.wadem.org/2011/09/researchers-prof-paul-arbon-jamie-ranse.html

RESEARCHERS: PAUL ARBON, JAMIE RANSE, LYNETTE CUSACK Disaster response is an emergency nursing responsibility. However responding to disasters is becoming more hazardous as terrorism, pandemic...

http://research.wadem.org/2011/09/understanding-willingness-of-emergency.html

RESEARCHER: ALISON HUTTON Schoolies festivals are events that give young people the opportunity to celebrate the end of their school life. These festivals provide a ‘safe zone’ in designat...

http://research.wadem.org/2011/09/staying-safe-and-healthy-at-schoolies.html

RESEARCHERS: THOMPSON TELEPO, VIRGINIA PLUMMER, JENNY NEWTON This study focuses on simulation education used as a teaching strategy in educating nurses’ in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The nurse...

http://research.wadem.org/2011/09/simulation-education-and-papua-new.html

RESEARCHER: DAWN HIGGINS Disaster Response Preparedness, to be effective, needs to become as close to second nature as possible.  Without regular and repetitive practice, contingency plans w...

http://research.wadem.org/2011/09/perceptions-of-military-medical.html

RESEARCHERS: ABBAS AL MUTAIR, VIRGINIA PLUMMER, BEVERLEY COPNELL In Saudi Arabia, when patients are resuscitated their families do not commonly attend, including when children are involved. �...

http://research.wadem.org/2011/09/nurses-attitude-toward-family-presence.html

RESEARCHER: LIDIA MAYNER When natural disasters occur people with chronic diseases who depend on a constant supply of medication become highly vulnerable. In many cases medication is essential...

http://research.wadem.org/2011/09/medication-management-for-chronic.html

RESEARCHERS: PAUL ARBON This project explores whether or not there is an increase in the absentee rate of nurses from health services in rural South Australia, when a catastrophic fire rating ...

http://research.wadem.org/2011/09/implications-for-nursing-workforce-of.html

RESEARCHER: PAUL ARBON Homelessness is a major cause of poor health. Exposure to extreme weather is one of the numerous risks faced by people who are homeless. Governments and non‐government...

http://research.wadem.org/2011/09/identification-of-health-care-needs-of.html

RESEARCHER: PAUL ARBON This project responds to the urgent call for research to assess the impact of the 2009 outbreak of H1N1 influenza in Australia. The project surveys members of nursing an...

http://research.wadem.org/2011/09/emergency-department-impact-and-patient.html