Welcome back home! Last night, 17 AUSMAT members from Team Bravo returned to Australia after their deployment to assist #Vanuatu in its health emergency response following the recent #earthquake. During the deployment, Team Bravo worked alongside Vanuatu's Medical Assistance Team (VANMAT), Japan Disaster Relief Team (JDRT, JICA) and the Indonesian EMT to support the local health system. The team operated as a surgical specialist cell, focusing on addressing critical injuries, mentoring local clinical staff on managing wound fractures and repairing biomedical equipment damaged during the disaster. Through demonstrations and interactive teaching sessions, the team ensured that local healthcare staff gained essential skills and knowledge to continue providing care long after Team Bravo’s departure.
National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre
Hospitals and Health Care
Darwin, Northern Territory 2,278 followers
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About us
The National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre is a key element of the Australian Government’s disaster and emergency medical response to incidents of national and international significance. In 2005 the Australian Government funded the establishment of the National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre (NCCTRC) following the Bali 1 and 2 Responses. Training and education are key priorities for the NCCTRC, - offering more than 1300 places annually - with significant investment to ensure trauma and disaster training for all clinicians across the NT and Australia. It strives to enhance preparedness through teaching, training and practice, while providing ready response teams equipped to rescue and resuscitate victims of various disaster events, and then as appropriate repatriate them to other centres across Australia. The National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre has the ability to rapidly deploy skilled and trained clinical personnel and this is being enhanced with the development of interstate working partnerships. The National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre has responded to incidents in 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2009 and 2010. These have been respectively the second Bali Bombing, East Timor Unrest, East Timor Presidential assassination attempt, the Ashmore Reef Siev 36 incident and the Pakistan floods. In 2011, the NCCTRC deployed a medical team to provide support for the annual Tour de Timor.
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http://www.nationaltraumacentre.nt.gov.au
External link for National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre
- Industry
- Hospitals and Health Care
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- Darwin, Northern Territory
- Type
- Government Agency
- Founded
- 2004
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Level 8, Royal Darwin Hospital
Tiwi
Darwin, Northern Territory 0810, AU
Employees at National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre
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Anthony Carpenter
Physician executive, Public Health Physician and experienced clinical data scientist
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Mark Handby
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Abigail Trewin
A/Director Disaster Preparedness and Response. National Critical Care and Trauma Response Center
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Simon Gallagher
Intensive Care paramedic at ACT Ambulance Service
Updates
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The AUSMAT Bravo Team continues to support health colleagues throughout the festive season and into the New Year, assisting the #Vanuatu Government's recovery efforts following the 7.2 magnitude #earthquake on 17 December 2024. Earlier today, Kylie Dunn, Physiotherapist, and Matt Luther, Nurse Practitioner, provided wound care to a patient - offering a moment of fresh air and positivity during ongoing recovery efforts.
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Team Alpha is on their way home! The team has completed their week on the ground in #Vanuatu, supporting the Vanuatu Government’s emergency response following last week’s 7.2 magnitude earthquake. They now pass the baton to Team Bravo, who arrived in the country today. Team Bravo is expected to stay for 14 days, continuing to work alongside local health services to assist in addressing critical injuries.
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In response to the 7.2 magnitude earthquake on 17 December 2024 in #Vanuatu, the NCCTRC will deploy a 16-person Australian Medical Assistance Team (AUSMAT) tomorrow on behalf of the Australian Government. The team, drawn from across Australia, will support the next phase of the Vanuatu Government’s emergency response, continuing efforts to assist local health services in addressing critical injuries. We extend our gratitude to the AUSMAT team for their contribution, especially during the holiday season. Our thoughts remain with the people of Vanuatu during this challenging time.
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Dr Maya Cherian, NCCTRC’s Acting Director of Public Health and Acting PHOENIX Director of Education, recently represented the Centre at the GOARN - Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network Regional Partners Meeting in Tokyo, Japan. Hosted by the World Health Organization Western Pacific Region, the meeting offered a valuable opportunity to strengthen networks and collaborations for the PHOENIX program. The PHOENIX program focuses on strengthening pandemic preparedness and outbreak response systems and capacity in the Indo-Pacific, reinforcing NCCTRC’s commitment to supporting health emergency preparedness and response in the region. #gowithGOARN
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Earlier today, the NCCTRC deployed a six-person AUSMAT team to #Vanuatu on behalf of the Australian Government in response to the 7.2 magnitude earthquake, which struck yesterday at 12:45pm. The team was deployed on the CareFlight jet funded by the Australian Government. The team will assist the Vanuatu Ministry of Health by assessing health emergency response needs and are expected to remain in-country for up to seven days.
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The NCCTRC has been actively contributing to the development of the Global Health Emergency Corps (GHEC) over the past six months through online meetings and document reviews. NCCTRC’s Meredith Neilson, Acting PHOENIX Director of Engagement, joined Carita Davis, Acting First Assistant Secretary for Health Security and Emergency Management at the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care, to recently travel to Montreux, Switzerland, to participate in the GHEC Workshop. The workshop brought together global health leaders, World Health Organization representatives, partners, donors, and the GHEC Design Group to finalise guidance for operationalising the GHEC. The vision of the GHEC is to establish a country-centered, regionally and globally coordinated health emergency workforce that includes: • Connected health emergency leaders • Health emergency surge capacities • A robust health emergency workforce The NCCTRC will continue to support these critical efforts as the GHEC moves toward finalisation and implementation. #GlobalHealthEmergencyCorps #GHEC #globalhealthsecurity #healthemergencies #preparednessandresponse #globalhealth #collaboration #healthequity #healthworkforce
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The NCCTRC Education team recently delivered the Hospital Major Incident Medical Management Systems (HMIMMS) course Darwin. The two-day course focuses on the priorities and responsibilities of clinical and administrative responders during a mass casualty incident in a hospital. Participants came from both clinical and non-clinical backgrounds engaged in small group workshops, tabletop simulation sessions and discussions about the challenges hospital staff face during the phases of patient reception, definitive care and recovery. Congratulations to all 17 participants who successfully completed the course!
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The NCCTRC was delighted to host Jordana Cox, Consular Chief of the United States of America, during her recent visit to Darwin. Led by Rhiannon Winter, Acting Director Education & NCCTRC Specialist Clinical Workforce alongside Hollie Sekulich, Acting Director Disaster Preparedness and Response, the Consular Chief toured our Headquarters to explore the Centre’s deployable capabilities. During the visit, she also met with Dr Lizanne Koning and Jenny Santhosh, Directors of the RDH Trauma Service, to discuss the critical role of the Trauma Service in civil-military integration. Their discussion focused on supporting the US Marine Rotational Force Darwin (MRF-D) through health planning for their scheduled exercises in Northern Australia. This meeting reinforced the strong ongoing collaboration between the RDH Trauma Service and MRF-D, particularly in planning and coordinating healthcare delivery during mass casualty incidents. It also provided an opportunity to explore future clinical training and educational initiatives.
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