Colleen MacGregor was born and grew up in Whakatane, later returning to practice at Whakatane Hospital. Colleen has held a community & inpatient clinical, education & project management positions but the Emergency Department is where she has spent the majority of her nursing career. Colleen is the Clinical Nurse Manager of the Whakatane 18 bed ED and was on shift when Whakaari-White Island erupted and played one of the coordinating roles in the ED over that 24 hr period.
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Originally from Wales, Tamsin undertook her medical degree in Liverpool, but has been living in Whakatane for the last 16years. She is the Clinical Lead of Whakatane Emergency Department, and was the doctor on shift when Whakaari-White Island erupted. She is a logistics expert due partly to her involvement in adventure racing at the slow end of the field, and partly to having 2 very active teenage boys involved in many sporting activities. She is currently undertaking a Masters in Emergency Medicine alongside working full time.
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A Rural Hospital Perspective of Whakaari/White Island
Colleen MacGregor, the Clinical Nurse Manager, and Tamsin Davies, the Clinical Lead of Whakatane Emergency Department will be leading you through their experiences of 9th December 2019 following the eruption of Whakaari – White Island.
They will be talking about how a normal Monday unfolded into a major incident response, involving not just the Emergency Department but the whole hospital – both the physical space and all the people. Sharing insights from their individual experiences, but also those of an entire rural hospital and community responding to a significant number of seriously injured patients all arriving over a short time period, they will discuss the events of the day, the challenges and the achievements of our team.
He aha te mea nui o te ao
He tangata, he tangata, he tangata
What is the most important thing in the world?
It is the people, it is the people, it is the people
Colleen MacGregor, the Clinical Nurse Manager, and Tamsin Davies, the Clinical Lead of Whakatane Emergency Department will be leading you through their experiences of 9th December 2019 following the eruption of Whakaari – White Island.
They will be talking about how a normal Monday unfolded into a major incident response, involving not just the Emergency Department but the whole hospital – both the physical space and all the people. Sharing insights from their individual experiences, but also those of an entire rural hospital and community responding to a significant number of seriously injured patients all arriving over a short time period, they will discuss the events of the day, the challenges and the achievements of our team.
He aha te mea nui o te ao
He tangata, he tangata, he tangata
What is the most important thing in the world?
It is the people, it is the people, it is the people