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Map Your Neighborhood – The Most Important Emergency Preparedness Activity!
What About Emergency Supplies and Plans? What a claim for me to make – Map Your Neighborhood is the most important preparedness step! What about standard recommendations of emergency supplies and...
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The Medical Reserve Corps – Not Military, Not Reserve, But Definitely Medical
When I first heard of the Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) a few years ago, I thought it sounded like a branch of the military – something like a medical national guard. In any case, my automatic response...
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Emergency Medical Services – Firemen, Paramedics, or What?
Who Are These People? Why does a doctor care about firefighters (other than putting out fires, of course)? As a Disaster doc, I try to envision an ideal healthcare disaster plan for my entire community...
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We All Get A Little Crazy – Mental Health In Disasters
Can you guess the one health problem experienced by just about everyone involved in a disaster? It’s not cuts and bruises, not colds or flu, and not exposure or unsafe water. Whether victim, bystander,...
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Be Certain With CERT – Community Emergency Response Teams
We Need Trained Volunteers Are you ready to take it one step beyond getting to know your neighbors and mapping your neighborhood? (If you don’t know what this is, see Map Your Neighborhood – the Most...
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Will You Be Working After A Disaster? – Factors in Keeping Your Job
I’ve preached about including doctors in emergency healthcare planning. If docs don’t know what we’re supposed to do, we might just stay home. But is it different for anyone else? Let’s assume most of...
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Disaster Myths and Misconceptions
Do you believe in the Easter Bunny? The edge of the world? Superman? If you’ve outgrown these myths, perhaps it’s time to look at some disaster myths and see if these have also been left behind. We’ll...
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Shelter From The Storm (or Earthquake, Flood, or Whatever)
Why You Can’t Plan on Remaining at Home No matter how good your preparations, there will still be times you cannot stay in your home. You might need to evacuate before a disaster – either making a run...
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The Strategic National Stockpile – The Parts That Are Not Top Secret!
Raise Your Hand if You’ve Heard of the Strategic National Stockpile Until my involvement in disaster preparedness, I was unaware of the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS). In fact, it wasn’t until my...
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Alphabet City – The Acronyms Controlling Your Health in a Disaster
Just when I think I’m getting this whole disaster thing, someone throws a new acronym at me. My personal theory is that the higher you go in government, the more acronyms you find. I’ve spent the last...
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