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Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal (2011) 14S, S1—S44 Available online at www.sciencedirect.com journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/aenj Abstracts 9th International Conference for Emergency Nurses, 28 September—1 October, 2011 Adelaide, Australia How does a disaster work? Paul Arbon Torrens Research Institute & Flinders University, Australia Keywords: Disasters; Evaluation E-mail address: paul.arbon@flinders.edu.au. This paper presents a model, based on the Utstein Guide- lines for Disaster Evaluation and Research of the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine, for under- standing the way in which the interactions between hazards, risk and resilience work to prevent or mitigate the impact of Disaster. Understanding how threats transform into the events that we define as disasters can assist in preparing for and mitigation of the damage that disaster can cause. The development of absorbing capacity to strengthen communi- ties and reduce the level of damage to basic community functions and strategies to bolster buffering capacity in order that the damage to a community has less impact on people and essential community services are fundamental aspects of disaster planning and preparedness. These con- cepts will be utilised to provide a model for understanding how disasters work. doi:10.1016/j.aenj.2011.09.004 Newborn resuscitation Julie Bernardo Neonatal Nurse Practitioner, Flinders Medical Centre, Australia Working in the emergency department (ED) presents a huge variety of clinical conditions to recognise and man- age, however the majority of these are related to adults and children. These are some of the scenarios where newborn resus- citation may be required in the ED. A woman has delivered at home and been brought in by ambulance or delivered en-route to hospital and her baby has failed to establish respirations. A women presents with a concealed/unknown pregnancy and delivers in your ED or a delivery may occur as a result of other illness/injury (MVA). How would you manage the resuscitation of a newborn baby? 1—10% hospital births require some resuscitation, with 50% of these resuscitations being unexpected. These are women who have been managed by midwives in hospital. However very few require ventilation and it is very unusual to need cardiac compression. Babies born under adverse circumstances without midwifery care may be at a higher risk of requiring resuscitation. It is important to have an understanding of newly born resuscitation This presentation will give a condensed synopsis of how to familiarise and check resuscitation equipment and how to perform newly born resuscitation. The key to extra-uterine life is the FIRST BREATH. doi:10.1016/j.aenj.2011.09.005 Once bitten, twice shy: How consistent is the man- agement of snake bite victims in Australian emergency departments? Victoria Kain , Andrew Jesberg The University of Queensland, School of Nursing and Mid- wifery, 11 Salisbury Rd, Ipswich, Qld. 4305, Australia Keywords: Envenomation; Snakebite; Clinical protocols; Evidence based practice Background: There are approximately 3000 snakebite presentations to emergency departments in Australia each year; of these, almost 500 patients will require anti-venom treatment. The complexities of clinical symptoms can 1574-6267/$ — see front matter doi:10.1016/j.aenj.2011.09.003

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How does a disaster work?

Paul Arbon

Torrens Research Institute & Flinders University, AustraliaKeywords: Disasters; Evaluation

E-mail address: [email protected].

This paper presents a model, based on the Utstein Guide-lines for Disaster Evaluation and Research of the WorldAssociation for Disaster and Emergency Medicine, for under-standing the way in which the interactions between hazards,risk and resilience work to prevent or mitigate the impactof Disaster. Understanding how threats transform into theevents that we define as disasters can assist in preparing forand mitigation of the damage that disaster can cause. Thedevelopment of absorbing capacity to strengthen communi-ties and reduce the level of damage to basic communityfunctions and strategies to bolster buffering capacity inorder that the damage to a community has less impact onpeople and essential community services are fundamentalaspects of disaster planning and preparedness. These con-cepts will be utilised to provide a model for understandinghow disasters work.

doi:10.1016/j.aenj.2011.09.004

Newborn resuscitation

Julie Bernardo

Neonatal Nurse Practitioner, Flinders Medical Centre,Australia

Working in the emergency department (ED) presents a

huge variety of clinical conditions to recognise and man-age, however the majority of these are related to adultsand children.

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1574-6267/$ — see front matterdoi:10.1016/j.aenj.2011.09.003

These are some of the scenarios where newborn resus-itation may be required in the ED. A woman has deliveredt home and been brought in by ambulance or deliveredn-route to hospital and her baby has failed to establishespirations. A women presents with a concealed/unknownregnancy and delivers in your ED or a delivery may occur asresult of other illness/injury (MVA). How would you manage

he resuscitation of a newborn baby?1—10% hospital births require some resuscitation, with

0% of these resuscitations being unexpected. These areomen who have been managed by midwives in hospital.owever very few require ventilation and it is very unusualo need cardiac compression. Babies born under adverseircumstances without midwifery care may be at a higherisk of requiring resuscitation. It is important to have annderstanding of newly born resuscitation

This presentation will give a condensed synopsis of howo familiarise and check resuscitation equipment and how toerform newly born resuscitation. The key to extra-uterineife is the FIRST BREATH.

oi:10.1016/j.aenj.2011.09.005

nce bitten, twice shy: How consistent is the man-gement of snake bite victims in Australian emergencyepartments?

ictoria Kain ∗, Andrew Jesberg

The University of Queensland, School of Nursing and Mid-ifery, 11 Salisbury Rd, Ipswich, Qld. 4305, Australiaeywords: Envenomation; Snakebite; Clinical protocols;vidence based practice

Background: There are approximately 3000 snakebiteresentations to emergency departments in Australia eachear; of these, almost 500 patients will require anti-venomreatment. The complexities of clinical symptoms can