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title: Responding to disasters – Joanne Grindlay | PAC 2014
description: What happens to first line healthcare response when a disaster happens? Joanne Grindlay on disaster response planning from a paediatric emergency perspective. From the APLS PAC Conference 2014.
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# [Responding to disasters – Joanne Grindlay | PAC 2014](https://www.apls.org.au/pac-on-demand/responding-to-disasters)

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[Responding to disasters – Joanne Grindlay | PAC 2014](https://vimeo.com/142579552) from [APLS Australia](https://vimeo.com/aplsaustralia) on [Vimeo](https://vimeo.com).

 

What happens to our first line healthcare response when a disaster happens? Dr Joanne Grindlay of Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne on disaster response planning from a paediatric emergency perspective.

**Speaker biography:**  
Joanne is an Emergency Physician at the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne. She has been an APLS instructor for 13 years and has instructed on disaster-related courses such as MIMMS and Emergo-train. She has an interest in disaster response, both locally and internationally, is actively involved in disaster preparedness at RCH and is a member of the Disaster Subcommittee of the ACEM.

From the 2014 APLS Paediatric Acute Care Conference in Sydney.

[View full post](https://www.apls.org.au/pac-on-demand/responding-to-disasters)

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