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Black Saturday: The personal recollection of a doctor working during the worst bushfire in Australian history
Author(s) -
Moloney John
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
nursing and health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.563
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1442-2018
pISSN - 1441-0745
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2009.00490.x
Subject(s) - recall , health professionals , health care , personal account , nursing , medicine , history , psychology , political science , art , narrative , law , cognitive psychology , literature
Abstract The date, 7 February 2009, will be known forever in Victoria, Australia as “Black Saturday”. In the worst bushfires in Australian history, 173 lives were lost. Townships were razed. Over 1800 homes were destroyed, resulting in > 7000 people being made homeless. The provision of health care to the injured, and then to the displaced communities, was provided by a range of health professionals, including paramedics, nurses, and doctors. This is a personal recollection of the related events.