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Chris Curry

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PubMed2006

Responding to the Boxing Day tsunami disaster in Aceh, Indonesia: Western and South Australian contributions.

OBJECTIVE: To describe the Western and South Australian response to the Boxing Day tsunami disaster in Aceh, Indonesia. METHOD: Reports from three of the responders. RESULTS: Comment has been made on organising a response, the first team to Banda Aceh, the second team to Banda Aceh, and lessons learned. CONCLUSIONS: These experiences have identified areas in which we could be better prepared for the next international disaster response.

Attitude of Health Personnel↗
PubMed2005

HIV antibody seroprevalence in the emergency department at Port Moresby General Hospital, Papua New Guinea.

OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of HIV antibody in patients presenting to the ED at Port Moresby General Hospital in Papua New Guinea. METHOD: Three hundred patients in whom blood samples were taken for investigation of illness or injury between April and July 2003 were surveyed for HIV antibodies. Sex, age and presenting illness were recorded. RESULTS: Fifty-four tests (18%, 95% confidence interval [CI] 14-23%) were positive. Forty-seven per cent were men and 53% were women. The most common presenting illnesses were respiratory tract infections (37%) and gastrointestinal tract infections (26%). Because of resource constraints results were not linked to patients and there was no follow up. CONCLUSION: These limited data support the prediction that the developing HIV/AIDS epidemic in Papua New Guinea will be serious.

AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections↗
PubMed2004

The first year of a formal emergency medicine training programme in Papua New Guinea.

OBJECTIVE: To describe a programme catalyzing the development of emergency medicine in Papua New Guinea (PNG). METHODS: Five emergency physicians rotated through a new position of Senior Lecturer in Emergency Medicine in the University of PNG during 2003. The position was established as a consequence of emergency physician input supported by AusAID in 2002. RESULTS: Fifth (final)-year medical students and medical officers in the Emergency Department at Port Moresby General Hospital undertook formal and bedside problem based learning. The first trainees for a Master of Medicine in Emergency Medicine programme were inducted and supported. Emergency department management was provided with specialist input. Research projects were initiated, dealing with snakebite, chloroquine toxicity and HIV/AIDS. The first year of an emergency nursing curriculum was supported. CONCLUSIONS: There is now considerable enthusiasm for the development of emergency medicine as the hospital generalists' specialty. Emergency nursing training has also made a start. Limitations on resources will require flexibility to sustain the project. Further support by emergency physicians will be needed.

Emergency Medicine↗