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You might be an ER nurse if…
You might be an ER nurse if... Michael Jon Seaver
Introduction This highly entertaining session will explore the benefits of humour as we examine some of the ways that we have come to know that we are emergency nurses. You will quickly recognize your families, your co-workers, your patients and even yourselves, as we share a humorous look at our chosen profession. Caution: This session is not for the faint of heart, as attendees will be expected to participate in a good cardiovascular workout (chuckles, laughs, and guffaws). Michael, aka 'Goofy', is the author of the internationally recognized collection of humor that shares its name with the session title. Objectives At the conclusion of this program, participants will be able to: 1.
identify the unique aspects of our sense ofhumour
2.
recognize ways that allow us to use humour to help maintain physical, psychological and spiritual well-being apply a light-hearted approach to help cope with the everyday struggles that is our life in the emergency department.
3.
Presentation Outline Beginning with definitions of humour and laughter, this session will examine the physical and psychological benefits of humour and laughing. We will discuss how we use humour to cope with the reality and stress of our profession, and how our ability to laugh adds to our resiliency and insulates us from burnout. There will be an opportunity to discuss the nature of 'Gallows' humour, emphasizing the importance of recognizing the appropriate time and place for our humour. We will revel in the uniqueness of our jobs, our lives and our surroundings as we find the humour in everything from anatomy to appetites, from procedures to paediatrics, from voices to vices, and much, much more. Emergency department response to the Canberra bushfire disaster Isabel Harvey & lan Miller
This presentation will focus on the bushfire disaster that confronted the Canberra Hospital Emergency Department on 18th January 2003 and the days that followed. It will include a summary of the injuries sustained by disaster victims, an analysis of our response to this overwhelming challenge and lessons learned. The emergency department treated 117 victims in the first nine hours of the disaster and went on to treat 278 bushfire related cases over the course of the next few days. The emergency department struggled with power failures, IT failures, poor communications with the ACT Disaster Control Centre and staff who needed to return home periodically as the fires approached their suburbs. Mobile phone grids were overwhelmed and landlines to many Canberra suburbs were disrupted making communication impossible. This was the biggest disaster confronted by a single health facility since Cyclone Tracy. It was a disaster that predominantly affected the emergency department.
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Supplement to AEN.]Volume 6 Number 2,College of Emergency Nursing Australasia Ltd.
Introduction This highly entertaining session will explore the benefits of humour as we examine some of the ways that we have come to know that we are emergency nurses. You will quickly recognize your families, your co-workers, your patients and even yourselves, as we share a humorous look at our chosen profession. Caution: This session is not for the faint of heart, as attendees will be expected to participate in a good cardiovascular workout (chuckles, laughs, and guffaws). Michael, aka 'Goofy', is the author of the internationally recognized collection of humor that shares its name with the session title. Objectives At the conclusion of this program, participants will be able to: 1.
identify the unique aspects of our sense ofhumour
2.
recognize ways that allow us to use humour to help maintain physical, psychological and spiritual well-being apply a light-hearted approach to help cope with the everyday struggles that is our life in the emergency department.
3.
Presentation Outline Beginning with definitions of humour and laughter, this session will examine the physical and psychological benefits of humour and laughing. We will discuss how we use humour to cope with the reality and stress of our profession, and how our ability to laugh adds to our resiliency and insulates us from burnout. There will be an opportunity to discuss the nature of 'Gallows' humour, emphasizing the importance of recognizing the appropriate time and place for our humour. We will revel in the uniqueness of our jobs, our lives and our surroundings as we find the humour in everything from anatomy to appetites, from procedures to paediatrics, from voices to vices, and much, much more. Emergency department response to the Canberra bushfire disaster Isabel Harvey & lan Miller
This presentation will focus on the bushfire disaster that confronted the Canberra Hospital Emergency Department on 18th January 2003 and the days that followed. It will include a summary of the injuries sustained by disaster victims, an analysis of our response to this overwhelming challenge and lessons learned. The emergency department treated 117 victims in the first nine hours of the disaster and went on to treat 278 bushfire related cases over the course of the next few days. The emergency department struggled with power failures, IT failures, poor communications with the ACT Disaster Control Centre and staff who needed to return home periodically as the fires approached their suburbs. Mobile phone grids were overwhelmed and landlines to many Canberra suburbs were disrupted making communication impossible. This was the biggest disaster confronted by a single health facility since Cyclone Tracy. It was a disaster that predominantly affected the emergency department.
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Supplement to AEN.]Volume 6 Number 2,College of Emergency Nursing Australasia Ltd.