PACIFIC STORIES | PacificEmergencyEdu

The Pacific is overflowing with empowering stories that detail the development of nursing in the Pacific. We are a small part of a much larger picture and use this page to share not only our stories in the Pacific but also the stories of others that are making an impact in the region.

Kiribati BEC (2025)

We have had the privilege of being back in Kiribati as part of an ACEM IDFG project to roll out the WHO Basic Emergency Care course...

SCIP:

Safe Care

in Practice

SCIP is a one day course designed to outline key concepts of safe nursing care for ward and clinic nurses. It is designed to be taught by local trainers who have completed the PENT program and are familiar with core concepts....

Vanuatu Emergency Nurse Training
Program & Safe Care in Practice (2022)

The Pacific Emergency Education team are very excited to get back to face-to-face training now....

Kiribati Emergency Nurse Training
Program

(2017)

Kiribati is a nation of scattered atolls and islands spread across 3.5 million square kilometres of the Central Pacific, bringing unique challenges to its....

Vanuatu Emergency Nurse Training Program

(July 2019)

The PENTP was held in Port Vila in June/July with a diverse group of 18 nurses: The course had nurses from....

Solomon Islands Triage Scale

Starting a new system in any setting is difficult and there is much groundwork to be done first. It is very important to decide who the key stakeholders in your setting and involve them from...

Introducing the IITT to Kiribati (July 2023)

In July 2023 we were proud to work with the dynamic ED team at Tungaru Central Hospital (TCH) and the smaller Betio hospital to introduce the Interagency Integrated Triage Tool (IITT), a 3 tier triage system purpose designed for the kind of....

Kiribati Pacific Emergency Nurse Training & Safe Care In Practice Train-the-Trainer

(2022)

In November the PEE team returned to where it all began and ran the PENT....

Developing COVID-19 Health Worker Safety Guidelines

Preventing transmission of covid between health workers and their families is an important area of concern for many....

Tuvalu Emergency Medicine Training Program

(2018)

A very successful combined program of PENTP and BEC training was held with the New Zealand MFAT support...

Vanuatu Emergency
Nurse Training
Program

(December 2019)

This capacity building being undertaken at VCH aims to both strengthen the culture of emergency nursing as a specialty...

Yolanda makes an I-BAR _phone call_ to hand over a child her team have resuscitated after

South Pacific Nurses Forum

Starting a new system in any setting is difficult and there is much groundwork to be done first. It is very important to decide who the key stakeholders in your setting and involve them from...