Jamie has research interests in the areas of disaster and mass gathering health. More specifically, health care professionals willingness, preparedness and experience in disasters; and mass gathering health care delivery and impact on health facilities. To date, his work has been supported by competitive research grants, published in peer-reviewed journals and presented at national and international conferences. Jamie is an Associate Editor for the Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal, holding the pre-hospital portfolio, and peer-reviews for a number of national and international journals relating to disaster, emergency and primary health care.

Jamie holds an adjunct position as a Research Associate at the Flinders University Research Centre for Disaster Resilience and Health. Additionally, Jamie volunteers with St John Ambulance Australia, holding the high-level strategic position of Chief Nurse. In this role, Jamie develops nursing policy and guidelines, and provides strategic advice on clinical and professional topics to the organisation. Additionally, Jamie promotes internally and externally, to professional nursing organisations and government, the variety of roles and activities nurses undertake in the pre-hospital environment.

Throughout his nursing career, Jamie has held various clinical, education, research and management roles, primarily within the critical care environment. Most recently, Jamie was employed as a Clinical Manager of the Emergency Department at Calvary Health Care ACT. In this role Jamie contributed to elements of clinical leadership and research facilitation. Jamie guided and mentored staff in research design and writing for publication.

Qualifications

•  2009 Graduate Certificate in Clinical Epidemiology [GCertClinEpid], University of Newcastle.
  
•  2006 Master of Critical Care Nursing [MCritCareNurs], University of Canberra.
  
•  2005 Graduate Diploma in Critical Care Nursing [GDipCritCareNurs], University of Canberra.
  
•  2004 Graduate Certificate in Clinical Education [GCertClinEd], Charles Sturt University.
  
•  2002 Degree of Bachelor of Nursing [BNurs], University of Canberra.

Publications

Invited guest speaker

• Ranse J. Inspiring, progressing and promoting the profession of nursing in disaster health; Orator for the Royal College of Nursing, Australia 2010 Nursing Summit – 44th Patricia Chomley Memorial Oration, Canberra, ACT, 26th May 2010.
• Ranse J. Medical response to mass gatherings; presentation to the ACT Ambulance Service Continuing Medical Education, 25th March 2010.
• Ranse J. Emergency departments: community interface during disasters; presentation to the Australian Institute of Emergency Services, ACT Chapter, 6th October 2009.

Book chapters

• Ranse J, Zeitz K. Chapter 5: Disaster Triage in Power R, Daily E (eds). International Disaster Nursing. 2010. World Association of Disaster and Emergency Medicine with Cambridge Press. pp:57-79.

Publications refereed

• Ranse J, Zeitz K. The chain of survival at mass gatherings: A case series of resuscitation events. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. 2010;25(5):[accepted]
• Ranse J, Lenson S, Luther M, Xiao L. H1N1 2009 influenza (human swine influenza): A descriptive study of the response of an influenza assessment clinic collaborating with an emergency department in Australia. Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal. 2010;pp7 [in-press]
• Ranse J, Carter S. Engaging volunteers in an emergency management organisation. Australian Journal of Emergency Management. 2010;25(1):36-41.
• Ranse J, Luther M, Sargent L. R-on-T resulting in ventricular fibrillation post elective cardioversion: A case study. Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal. 2009;12(3):120-122.
• Ranse J, Hayes C. A novice’s guide to preparing and presenting an oral presentation at a Scientific Conference. Journal of Emergency Primary Health Care. 2009;7(1):1-8.
• Arbon P, Zeitz K, Ranse J, Wren H, Driscoll K, Elliott R. The reality of multiple casualty triage: putting triage theory into practice at the scene of multiple casualty vehicular accidents. Emergency Medicine Journal. 2008;25(4):230-234.
• Ranse J, Arbon P. Graduate nurses’ lived experience of in-hospital resuscitation – a hermeneutic phenomenological approach. Australian Critical Care. 2008;21(1):38-47.
• Ranse J, Aitken C. Preparing and presenting a successful poster at a scientific conference. Journal of Emergency Primary Health Care. 2008;6(1):9p.
• Ranse J, Burke B. Exploring the volunteer first aiders’ experience post-resuscitation. Journal of Emergency Primary Health Care. 2006;4(3):10p.
• Ranse J. Cardiac arrest: can the in-hospital chain of survival be improved? Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal. 2006;9(1):23-27.

Non refereed

• Ranse J. A cultural perspective in the health response to an offshore disaster. Connections [Royal College of Nursing, Australia – newsletter publication]. 2010 [accepted]
• Cusack L, Arbon P, Ranse J. Pre-hospital clinical management of heat stress. Australian Nursing Journal. 2010;17(8):30-33.
• Lenson S, Luther M, Ranse J. Influenza pathology screening: flocked swabbing. Nursing Review [Royal College of Nursing, Australia – newsletter publication]. 2009; August:12-13.
• Lenson S, Ranse J, Smith J. A process of care for new nurses in the Emergency Department. Connections [Royal College of Nursing, Australia – newsletter publication]. 2009;12(1):16
• Ranse J. A nurses guide to presenting and publishing: dare to share, by Heinrich K. Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal [book review]. 2009;12(1):23
• Ranse J. Public health care emergencies: the role of nurses volunteering. Connections [Royal College of Nursing, Australia – newsletter publication]. 2008;11(2):15-16.
• Ranse J. Future directions, future challenges … beyond tomorrow. 6th International Conference for Emergency Nurses. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. 11-13 October 2007. Journal of Emergency Primary Health Care [conference report]. 2007;5(4):2p.

Abstracts

• Ranse J, Arbon P, Kako M. Evaluating the influential factors in mass-gathering casualty presentations - World Youth Day, Sydney, Australia 2008. Journal of Emergency Nursing Australasia [abstract – paper presentation]. 2009:12(4):150.
• Ranse J, Aimers B, Lenson S. The pre-hospital role of nurses during the Victorian Bushfires. Journal of Emergency Nursing Australasia [abstract – paper presentation]. 2009:12(4):151.
• Arbon P, Ranse J. Evaluating the influential factors in mass-gathering casualty presentations - World Youth Day, Sydney, Australia 2008. Pre-hospital and Disaster Medicine [abstract – paper presentation]. 2009:24(2):s36-s37.
• Bailey A, Leditschke A, Ranse J, Grove K. Impact of a pandemic triage tool on intensive care admissions [abstract – poster presentation]. Critical Care. 2008;12(s2):P349.
• Ranse J. Medical emergency teams: graduate nurses interactions, attitudes and perceptions during resuscitation events in the non-critical care environment [abstract – paper presentation]. Australian Critical Care. 2008;21(1):54.
• Arbon P, Zeitz K, Ranse J, Wren H, Driscoll K, Elliott R. The realities of triage. Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal [abstract – paper presentation]. 2007;10(4):210.
• Ranse J. Graduate nurses’ lived experience of in-hospital resuscitation – a hermeneutic phenomenological approach [abstract – poster presentation]. Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal. 2007;10(4):224-225.
• Ranse J, Arbon P, Zeitz K, Wren H, Driscoll K, Elliott R. Putting triage theory into practice at the scene of multiple casualty vehicular accidents: the reality of multiple casualty triage [abstract – paper presentation]. Journal of Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. 2007;22(2):s71.

Conference presentations refereed

• Ranse J, Arbon P, Shaban R, Considine J, Mitchell B, Lenson S. Exploring the disaster content in Australian postgraduate emergency nursing programs; paper presented at the 8th International Conference for Emergency Nurses, Canberra, Australia, 16th October 2010. [accepted]
• Ranse J, Arbon P, Shaban R, Considine J, Mitchell B, Hammond K, Cusack L, Kako M, Bahnisch L. Understanding the Willingness of Australian Emergency Nurses to Respond to a Health Care Disaster; paper presented at the 8th International Conference for Emergency Nurses, Canberra, Australia, 14th October 2010. [accepted]
• Ranse J, Lenson S, Luther M, Xiao L. H1N1 2009 influenza (human swine influenza): A descriptive study of the response of an influenza assessment clinic collaborating with an emergency department in Australia; paper presented at the 8th International Conference for Emergency Nurses, Canberra, Australia, 16th October 2010. [accepted]
• Ranse J, Aimers B, Lenson S. The pre-hospital role of nurses during the Victorian Bushfires; paper presented at the 7th International Conference for Emergency Nurses, Gold Coast, Australia, 8th October 2009.
• Ranse J, Arbon P. Evaluating the influential factors in mass gathering casualty presentation characteristics – World Youth Day, Sydney, Australia, 2008; paper presented at the 7th International Conference for Emergency Nurses, Gold Coast, Australia, 8th October 2009.
• Ranse J, Zeitz K. Facilitators and barriers in the chain of survival at mass gatherings: A case series of resuscitation events; paper presented at the St John Ambulance Australia National Conference, Gold Coast, Australia, 19th June 2009.Ranse J. Health care professionals: more than the current crop; paper presented at the St John Ambulance Australia National Conference, Gold Coast, Australia, 19th June 2009.
• Arbon P*, Ranse J. Evaluating the influential factors in mass-gathering casualty presentations - World Youth Day, Sydney, Australia 2008; oral presentation at the 16th World Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine. Victoria, Canada, 13th May 2009.
• Bailey A, Ranse J, Leditschke A, Grove K. Impact of a pandemic triage tool on intensive care admissions; poster presented at the Asia Pacific Critical Care Congress. Sydney, Australia, 30th October – 2nd November 2008.
• Ranse J, Taylor N. Mountain biking events: presentation characteristics and medical needs; paper presented at the 8th Rural Critical Care Conference. Batemans Bay, Australia, 23rd August 2008.
• Taylor N*, Ranse J. Factors influencing mountain biking injuries in Australia; paper presented at the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine (ACEM) Winter Symposium. Newcastle, Australia, 3rd July 2008.
• Ranse J, Hayes C. Casualties referred to hospital by volunteer first aiders: a retrospective analysis of casualty presentations; paper presented at the St John Ambulance Australia National Conference, Adelaide, Australia, 20th June 2008.
• Ranse J, Taylor N. Medical needs at the world largest mountain biking event; paper presented at the St John Ambulance Australia National Conference, Adelaide, Australia, 20th June 2008.
• Ranse J, Carter S. Engaging volunteers in emergency services: the St John Ambulance Australia perspective; paper presented at the St John Ambulance Australia National Conference, Adelaide, Australia, 20th June 2008.
• Bailey A, Leditschke A*, Ranse J, Grove K. Impact of a pandemic triage tool on intensive care admissions; poster presented at the 28th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine. Brussels, Belgium, 18th – 21st March 2008.
• Ranse J. Medical emergency teams: graduate nurses interactions, attitudes and perceptions during resuscitation events in the non-critical care environment; paper presented at the ANZICS/ACCCN Intensive Care Annual Scientific Meeting, Rotorua, New Zealand, 26th October 2007.
• Arbon P, Zeitz K, Ranse J, Wren H, Driscoll K, Elliott R. The realities of triage; paper presented at the 6th International Conference for Emergency Nurses, Melbourne, Australia, 12th October 2007.
• Ranse J. Graduate nurses’ lived experience of in-hospital resuscitation – a hermeneutic phenomenological approach, poster presented at the 6th International Conference for Emergency Nurses, Melbourne, Australia, 12th October 2007.
• Ranse J. Exploring the volunteer first aiders’ experience post-resuscitation; paper presented at the St John Ambulance Australia National Conference, Canberra, Australia, 22nd June 2007.
• Arbon P*, Zeitz K, Ranse J, Wren H, Driscoll K, Elliott R. Multi-casualty triage – putting triage theory into practice at the scene of multiple casualty vehicular accidents; paper presented at the15th World Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 14th May 2007.
• Arbon P, Zeitz K, Ranse J, Wren H, Driscoll K, Elliott R. Putting triage theory into practice at the scene of multiple casualty vehicular accidents: the reality of multiple casualty triage; paper presented at the ACT Public Health Forum, Canberra, Australia, 16th November 2006.
• Arbon P*, Zeitz K, Ranse J, Wren H, Driscoll K, Elliott R. Multi-casualty triage - putting triage theory into practice at the scene of multiple casualty vehicular accidents; paper presented at the Australian Convention of Ambulance Professionals Conference, Adelaide, Australia, November 2006.

* These presentations were conducted by this member of the research team.

Non-refereed

• Ranse J, Lenson S, Aimers B. The clinical background and disaster experience of nurses who participated in the 2009 Victorians Bushfire; paper presented at the Canberra Hospital – Clinical Grand Rounds for Nurses and Midwives, Canberra, ACT, 25th March 2010.
• Ranse J. H1N1 Influenza: a descriptive study of the response of an influenza assessment clinic collaborating with an emergency department in Australia; paper presented at the Calvary Hospital – Medical Grand Rounds, Canberra, ACT, 18th March 2010.Ranse J. Graduate nurses’ lived experience of in-hospital resuscitation; paper presented at the Canberra Hospital – Clinical Grand Rounds for Nurses and Midwives, Canberra, ACT, 17th August 2007.
• Ranse J. Challenges in leadership: the journey of a new board director; paper presented at the Chancellors Leadership Development Program Seminar: St John Ambulance Australia National Conference, Perth, WA, 18th June 2006.
• Ranse J. Can we improve the in-hospital chain of survival? Semi-automatic external defibrillation; paper presented at the Graduate Seminar Day: New Knowledge – Making a Difference, The Canberra Hospital, ACT, 24th October 2005.