Disasters

Disasters in Australia can include bushfires, flooding, earthquakes and drought. 

Follow the links below to find information about disasters and critical incidents.

Reviewed January 2012

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Title:   Trauma and children - two to five years
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Preschoolers are vulnerable to traumatic events such as disasters, bushfires, life-threatening accidents or illness, crime, violence or abuse. They may not yet be able to use words but their distress will show itself through changes in behaviour and functioning. Preschool age children need the assistance of parents and carers to feel safe, understand the experience and recover.
Date:   Nov 2011
Title:   Trauma and teenagers - tips for parents
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Teenagers in your family who have experienced a traumatic event need both your support and your adult perspective. The way you help them to handle distressing events will influence their behaviour in future crises. A teenager's friends are also an important source of support.
Date:   Nov 2011
Title:   Trauma and teenagers - common reactions
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   A teenager will handle the experience of distressing events differently to young children or adults. In order to help them, parents or carers need to understand the ways in which a teenager manages distress and trauma.
Date:   Nov 2011
Title:   Trauma and families - tips for parents
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   In families affected by distressing experiences, each person reacts in their own way. Understanding each other and some of the common reactions to look out for can help your family avoid communication breakdown and other problems. If you are concerned about family members, please seek professional help.
Date:   Nov 2011
Title:   Trauma and families
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   If your family is affected by a distressing experience, it is important to understand each other' s experience of the event and reactions. This will help to avoid communication breakdowns and other problems. There are many strategies to reduce complications and support family recovery.
Date:   Nov 2011
Title:   Trauma and children - tips for parents
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Parents or carers can do many things to help a child recover from distressing or frightening experiences. Time and support can help a child to cope with trauma. If you are concerned about a child, or feel that you aren't coping yourself, seek professional advice.
Date:   Nov 2011
Title:   Media release. Advice on exposure to radiation arising from the nuclear accident in Japan
Publisher:   Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)
Description:   Advice for Australians remaining in Japan on food and water precautions, the availability and use of potassium iodide tablets and on appropriate sheltering from radiation if required have been provided by Australia's Chief Medical Officer and the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA).
Date:   Dec 2011
Title:   Workplace health - coping with a critical incident
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   A critical incident is any event or series of events that is sudden, overwhelming, threatening or protracted. This may be an assault, threats, severe injury, death, fire or a bomb threat. Critical Incident Stress Management aims to help workers deal with the normal emotional reactions that may result from involvement in or exposure to critical incidents in the workplace.
Date:   Jun 2011
Title:   Advice on exposure to radiation arising from nuclear incidents in Japan
Publisher:   HealthInsite Editorial Team
Description:   The Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA) has been closely monitoring the situation in Japan following the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan on Friday 11 March. Those events caused major damage to a number of nuclear reactors on the east coast of Japan. The Japanese Government has established an evacuation zone around the affected reactors.
Date:   May 2011
Title:   Dealing with natural disasters
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Nature is wonderful but is sometimes frighteningly powerful and threatening.
Date:   Apr 2011
Title:   Trauma and primary school age children
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Children respond to a distressing or frightening experience in different ways, depending on a wide range of factors. The nature of their experience, previous experiences, their age and stage of development, and the impact of the experience on their parents or carers all affect a child's response to trauma.
Date:   Mar 2011
Title:   Trauma and disaster recovery: psychological first aid
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   Traumatic events include things like serious accidents, physical or sexual assault, or natural disasters such as bushfires or floods. Psychological first aid (PFA) for trauma and disaster recovery is an evidence-informed approach to assisting individuals and families in the immediate aftermath of a disaster.
Date:   Mar 2011
Title:   Looking after yourself and your family after a disaster
Publisher:   beyondblue
Description:   When a person experiences a stressful or traumatic event such as a disaster, it can have a profound impact on the persons psychological well being. Its important to know the difference between a normal reaction to a stressful or potentially traumatic event and the signs that indicate you should seek additional assistance.
Date:   Mar 2011
Title:   Support for Flood Affected Australians
Publisher:   HealthInsite Editorial Team
Description:   The Acting Minister for Health and Ageing, Mark Butler, has announced that Department of Health and Ageing National Incident Room (NIR) has been activated to ensure that the Commonwealth can provide support to state health authorities affected by flooding
Date:   Jan 2011
Title:   Trauma - how our body reacts
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   An event that endangers life or property can provoke distress reactions in the people involved. Brain chemicals put the mind on high alert and prime the nervous system, circulation and muscles to respond to the threat. This instinctive response helps us to deal with trauma and crisis, but leaves after effects.
Date:   Nov 2010
Title:   Trauma - after effects
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Trauma and distress can trigger powerful physical and emotional reactions hours, days, weeks or even months after such events. Common emotional reactions include guilt, fear, anxiety, depression and feeling overwhelmed. Physical reactions can include fatigue, nausea and vomiting, headaches, dizziness and aches and pains. Seek professional help if your level of distress is not reducing.
Date:   Nov 2010
Title:   Special assistance schemes
Publisher:   Medicare Australia
Description:   Information about the special assistance Medicare Australia provides for disasters
Date:   Nov 2010
Title:   Trauma and children - newborns to two years
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Babies and toddlers can be affected by trauma. Anything that has a serious effect on the family is likely to also affect a young child. This may include bushfires, disasters, serious accidents or illness, crime, violence or abuse. Supporting the family to rebuild a safe, secure and nurturing home will help the baby or toddler to recover.
Date:   Nov 2010
Title:   Tsunami
Publisher:   Inspire Foundation
Description:   A young person shares her story of how the tsunami affected her and her family.
Date:   Sep 2010
Title:   Dealing with a tragedy
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   When we hear about tragedies in which people are hurt or killed, we can experience many strong emotions, which can seem overwhelming.
Date:   Jun 2010

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