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- People in Disasters Conference - A Qualitative Study of Paramedic Duty to Treat During Disaster Response
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A video of a presentation by Dr Erin Smith during the Community Resilience Stream of the 2016 People in Disasters Conference. The presentation is titled, "A Qualitative Study of Paramedic Duty to Treat During Disaster Response".
The abstract for this presentation reads as follows:
Disasters place unprecedented demands on emergency medical services and test paramedic personal commitment to the health care profession. Despite this challenge, legal guidelines, professional codes of ethics and ambulance service management guidelines are largely silent on the issue of professional obligations during disasters. They provide little to no guidance on what is expected of paramedics or how they ought to approach their duty to treat in the face of risk. This research explores how paramedics view their duty to treat during disasters. Reasons that may limit or override such a duty are examined. Understanding these issues is important in enabling paramedics to make informed and defensible decisions during disasters. The authors employed qualitative methods to gather Australian paramedic perspectives. Participants' views were analysed and organised according to three emerging themes: the scope of individual paramedic obligations, the role and obligations of ambulance services, and the broader ethical context. Our findings suggest that paramedic decisions around duty to treat will largely depend on their individual perception of risk and competing obligations. A reciprocal obligation is expected of paramedic employers. Ambulance services need to provide their employees with the best current information about risks in order to assist paramedics in making defensible decisions in difficult circumstances. Education plays a key role in providing paramedics with an understanding and appreciation of fundamental professional obligations by focusing attention on both the medical and ethical challenges involved with disaster response. Finally, codes of ethics might be useful, but ultimately paramedic decisions around professional obligations will largely depend on their individual risk assessment, perception of risk, and personal value systems.
- Creator(s)
- Erin Smith,
- Date
- 2:09am 27th February 2016
- Tags
- People in Disasters, conference, Dr Erin Smith, disaster, response, paramedic, duty to treat, duty of care, Community Resilience Stream, Health and Wellbeing
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- People in Disasters Conference - A Community Wellbeing Centric Approach to Disaster Resilience
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A video of a presentation by Dr Scott Miles during the Community Resilience Stream of the 2016 People in Disasters Conference. The presentation is titled, "A Community Wellbeing Centric Approach to Disaster Resilience".
The abstract for this presentation reads as follows:
A higher bar for advancing community disaster resilience can be set by conducting research and developing capacity-building initiatives that are based on understanding and monitoring community wellbeing. This presentation jumps off from this view, arguing that wellbeing is the most important concept for improving the disaster resilience of communities. The presentation uses examples from the 2010 and 2011 Canterbury earthquakes to illustrate the need and effectiveness of a wellbeing-centric approach. While wellbeing has been integrated in the Canterbury recovery process, community wellbeing and resilience need to guide research and planning. The presentation unpacks wellbeing in order to synthesize it with other concepts that are relevant to community disaster resilience. Conceptualizing wellbeing as either the opportunity for or achievement of affiliation, autonomy, health, material needs, satisfaction, and security is common and relatively accepted across non-disaster fields. These six variables can be systematically linked to fundamental elements of resilience. The wellbeing variables are subject to potential loss, recovery, and adaptation based on the empirically established ties to community identity, such as sense of place. Variables of community identity are what translate the disruption, damage, restoration, reconstruction, and reconfiguration of a community's different critical services and capital resources to different states of wellbeing across a community that has been impacted by a hazard event. With reference to empirical research and the Canterbury case study, the presentation integrates these insights into a robust framework to facilitate meeting the challenge of raising the standard of community disaster resilience research and capacity building through development of wellbeing-centric approaches.
- Creator(s)
- Scott Miles,
- Date
- 1:47am 27th February 2016
- Tags
- People in Disasters, conference, Dr Scott Miles, disaster, resilience, wellbeing, community, identity, Community Resilience Stream, Health and Wellbeing
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- People in Disasters Conference - Resilience, Poverty, and Seismic Culture
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A video of a presentation by Richard Conlin during the Community Resilience Stream of the 2016 People in Disasters Conference. The presentation is titled, "Resilience, Poverty, and Seismic Culture".
The abstract for this presentation reads as follows:
A strategy of resilience is built around the recognition that effective emergency response requires community involvement and mobilization. It further recognizes that many of the characteristics that equip communities to respond most effectively to short term emergencies are also characteristics that build strong communities over the long term. Building resilient communities means integrating our approaches to poverty, community engagement, economic development, and housing into a coherent strategy that empowers community members to engage with each other and with other communities. In this way, resilience becomes a complementary concept to sustainability. This requires an asset-based change strategy where external agencies meet communities where they are, in their own space, and use collective impact approaches to work in partnership. This also requires understanding and assessing poverty, including physical, financial, and social capital in their myriad manifestations. Poverty is not exclusively a matter of class. It is a complex subject, and different communities manifest multiple versions of poverty, which must be respected and understood through the asset-based lens. Resilience is a quality of a community and a system, and develops over time as a result of careful analysis of strengths and vulnerabilities and taking actions to increase competencies and reduce risk situations. Resilience requires maintenance and must be developed in a way that includes practicing continuous improvement and adaptation. The characteristics of a resilient community include both physical qualities and 'soft infrastructure', such as community knowledge, resourcefulness, and overall health. This presentation reviews the experience of some earlier disasters, outlines a working model of how emergency response, resilience, and poverty interact and can be addressed in concert, and concludes with a summary of what the 2010 Chilean earthquake tells us about how a 'seismic culture' can function effectively in communities even when government suffers from unexpected shortcomings.
- Creator(s)
- Richard Conlin,
- Date
- 1:27am 27th February 2016
- Tags
- People in Disasters, conference, Richard Conlin, resilience, poverty, community, Seattle, Chile, Community Resilience Stream, Health and Wellbeing
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- People in Disasters Conference - Investing in Connectedness: Building social capital to save lives and aid recovery
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A video of a presentation by Matthew Pratt during the Resilience and Response Stream of the 2016 People in Disasters Conference. The presentation is titled, "Investing in Connectedness: Building social capital to save lives and aid recovery".
The abstract for this presentation reads as follows:
Traditionally experts have developed plans to prepare communities for disasters. This presentation discusses the importance of relationship-building and social capital in building resilient communities that are both 'prepared' to respond to disaster events, and 'enabled' to lead their own recovery. As a member of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority's Community Resilience Team, I will present the work I undertook to catalyse community recovery. I will draw from case studies of initiatives that have built community connectedness, community capacity, and provided new opportunities for social cohesion and neighbourhood planning. I will compare three case studies that highlight how social capital can aid recovery. Investment in relationships is crucial to aid preparedness and recovery.
- Creator(s)
- Matthew Pratt,
- Date
- 11:09pm 26th February 2016
- Tags
- People in Disasters, conference, Matthew Pratt, community resilience, resilience, CERA, Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority, Resilience and Response Stream, Health and Wellbeing
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- Jennifer Middendorf's Blog 14/08/2014: All Right?
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- An entry from Jennifer Middendorf's blog for 14 August 2014 entitled, "All Right?".
- Creator(s)
- Jennifer Middendorf
- Date
- 12:00pm 14th August 2014
- Tags
- community recovery, community resilience, psychological recovery, psychological impact, psychological trauma, earthquake trauma, trauma recovery
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- Ruth Gardner's Blog 20/06/2014: Doctor's Discussion
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- An entry from Ruth Gardner's Blog for 20 June 2014 entitled, "Doctor's Discussion".
- Creator(s)
- Ruth Gardner
- Date
- 12:00pm 20th June 2014
- Tags
- quakecore, psychological impact, cultural impact, cultural resilience, community, community resilience, community recovery, recovery, earthquake recovery, EQC, cultural heritage, cultural history, architecture, psychological resilience
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- Ruth Gardner's Blog 24/05/2014: Asking for Assistance
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- An entry from Ruth Gardner's Blog for 24 May 2014 entitled, "Asking for Assistance".
- Creator(s)
- Ruth Gardner
- Date
- 12:00pm 24th May 2014
- Tags
- quakecore, community, community resilience, communication, media, cultural heritage
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- CanCERN Newsletter 120, 28 March 2014
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- A copy of the CanCERN online newsletter published on 28 March 2014
- Date
- 1:00pm 28th March 2014
- Tags
- recovery, community resilience, quakecore, community recovery, earthquake recovery, community activism, communication, community organisations, disaster management, CERA, EQC, building damage, insurance, infrastructure damage, community, media
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- Jennifer Middendorf's Blog 24/02/2014: VIPs, flowers and hail
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- An entry from Jennifer Middendorf's blog for 24 February 2014 entitled, "VIPs, flowers and hail".
- Creator(s)
- Jennifer Middendorf
- Date
- 1:00pm 24th February 2014
- Tags
- quakecore, earthquake archive, community resilience, community recovery, cultural history, community narrative, cultural narrative
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- Alice Ridley's Story
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- Summary of oral history interview with Alice Ridley about her experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes.
- Creator(s)
- Elizabeth Ashby
- Date
- 1:00pm 27th January 2014
- Tags
- volunteerism, community, community resilience, community recovery, cultural impact, cultural response, Gapfiller, government response, disaster management, disaster response, infrastructure, infrastructure damage, aftermath, disaster narrative, earthquake behaviour, death, preparedness, earthquake safety, earthquake safety protocol, psychological impact, psychological trauma, quakecore, community organisations, personal narrative, restoration
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- Emily's Story
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- Summary of oral history interview with Emily about her experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes.
- Creator(s)
- Rosemary Du Plessis
- Date
- 1:00pm 23rd January 2014
- Tags
- earthquake behaviour, government response, community, community resilience, infrastructure, infrastructure damage, building damage, aftermath, psychological impact, disaster response, disaster management, property loss, quakecore, personal narrative, disaster narrative, community organisations, territorial army
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- Michelle's Story
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- Summary of oral history interview with Michelle about her experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes.
- Creator(s)
- Rosemary Du Plessis
- Date
- 1:00pm 17th January 2014
- Tags
- community, community resilience, community recovery, aftermath, psychological trauma, psychological impact, earthquake trauma, death, building damage, infrastructure damage, infrastructure, EQC, insurance, government response, personal narrative, disaster narrative, quakecore, earthquake behaviour
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- Nippy's Story
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- Summary of oral history interview with Nippy about her experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes.
- Creator(s)
- Liz Gordon
- Date
- 1:00pm 21st December 2013
- Tags
- quakecore, unemployment, economic effect, community, infrastructure damage, building damage, infrastructure, EQC, insurance, psychological impact, occupational impact, transport, psychological trauma, earthquake trauma, community resilience, personal narrative, disaster narrative, earthquake behaviour
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- Michelle Whitaker's Story
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- Summary of oral history interview with Michelle Whitaker about her experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes.
- Creator(s)
- Billa Field
- Date
- 1:00pm 21st November 2013
- Tags
- quakecore, community, community recovery, community resilience, community narrative, aftermath, property loss, infrastructure damage, infrastructure, building damage, earthquake recovery, community organisations, restoration, psychological impact, economic effect, economic stress, personal narrative, disaster narrative, psychological recovery, insurance
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- Nellie's Story
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- Summary of oral history interview with Nellie about her experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes.
- Creator(s)
- Brigid Buckenham
- Date
- 1:00pm 4th November 2013
- Tags
- quakecore, community, community resilience, legal action, psychological impact, earthquake behaviour, preparedness, economic stress, infrastructure damage, infrastructure, building damage, EQC, personal narrative, disaster narrative, aftermath, relocation, earthquake safety
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- Kristy Constable-Brown's Story
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- Summary of oral history interview with Kristy Constable-Brown about her experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes.
- Creator(s)
- Brigid Buckenham
- Date
- 1:00pm 14th October 2013
- Tags
- quakecore, economic effect, economic stress, property loss, relocation, preparedness, earthquake safety, psychological impact, psychological trauma, earthquake trauma, building damage, infrastructure damage, infrastructure, community resilience, community, psychological recovery, community recovery, EQC, aftermath, personal narrative, disaster narrative
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- Transcript of Lavina's earthquake story
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- Transcript of Lavina's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
- Creator(s)
- Alia Hope-Wilson
- Date
- 1:00pm 14th October 2013
- Tags
- quakecore, frontline workers, community organisations, restoration, community, community resilience, cultural impact, cultural response, cultural heritage, aftermath, preparedness, death, disaster response, disaster management, recovery, psychological impact, personal narrative, disaster narrative, infrastructure damage, building damage, earthquake behaviour
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- Transcript of John's earthquake story
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- Transcript of John's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
- Creator(s)
- Morgana Mountfort-Davies
- Date
- 1:00pm 10th October 2013
- Tags
- quakecore, community, civil defence, disaster response, aftermath, community resilience, EQC, property loss, personal narrative, disaster narrative
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- Estelle Laugesen's Story
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- Summary of oral history interview with Estelle Laugesen about her experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes.
- Creator(s)
- Judith Sutherland
- Date
- 1:00pm 5th October 2013
- Tags
- quakecore, infrastructure damage, infrastructure, building damage, EQC, community, community resilience, community recovery, insurance, personal narrative, disaster narrative, restoration, cultural history, disability
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- Deb Robertson's Blog 04/09/2013: We've been living our new life post earthquake for three years now....
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- An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 4 September 2013 entitled, "We've been living our new life post earthquake for three years now....".
- Creator(s)
- Deb Robertson
- Date
- 12:00pm 4th September 2013
- Tags
- quakecore, community, psychological impact, psychological resilience, cultural impact, community resilience