Black Saturday and the Victorian Bushfires of February 2009: A descriptive survey of nurses who assisted in the pre-hospital setting

Collegian

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 153-159

  Ranse, Jamie ^a,b,c   Lenson, Shane ^d   Aimers, Brett ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c St John Ambulance ^*  (Australia)

^d Royal College of Nursing   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bushfire; Disaster; Education; Emergency response; Medical response; Nurse; Preparedness; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FIRE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RESCUE WORK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; EDUCATION, NURSING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; FIRES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; RESCUE WORK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VICTORIA;

EID: 78649632091     PISSN: 13227696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colegn.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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