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What to Do Before, During and After Emergency or Disaster: A Preparedness Toolkit for Office-Based Health Care Practices

Posted on February 7, 2012 by admin| Leave a comment

What to Do Before, During and After Emergency or Disaster: A Preparedness Toolkit for Office-Based Health Care Practices

What to Do Before, During and After Emergency or Disaster: A Preparedness Toolkit for Office-Based Health Care Practices

When disaster strikes, the ability to keep providing clinical services during and after the event depends on being prepared. With an emergency plan in place and the right information to make rapid decisions, you could save both your health care business and the lives of your patients. TheWhat to do Before, During, and After an Emergency or Disaster: A Preparedness Toolkit for Office-based Health Care Practicesgives health care professionals the tools they need to be ready for the unexpected.


To help you plan for the worst of events, this invaluable resource provides essential information on how to:

” assess likely hazards in your community
” identify the challenges you may encounter during and after an emergency
” define the roles and responsibilities critical to communication
” develop emergency response plans

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Emergency Preparedness Video – 72 Hours PSA – Emergency Management Ontario

Posted on February 2, 2012 by admin| 22 Comments

Public Service Announcement (PSA) From Emergency Management Ontario Called “72 Hours Are You Prepared ?” Discusses having 3 days supply of Food and Water and other Emergency Preparedness.
Video Rating: 4 / 5

CERT Community Emergency Response Team. As a public service, the Ojai Rotary-West Club has teamed with professional, Walk Your Talk Productions to produce an instructional video of the CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) certification classes. This is a nation-wide program that helps families and individuals prepare to work as teams, neighbors, & individuals for emergencies & disasters. Rotary International by “Walk Your Talk Productions.” Full video is 77 min. and available though: walkyourtalkproductions.com “People Like You” gives you the essential information from an actual CERT class given in California. Rich in imagery, fast paced and packed with vital strategies, this film covers Emergency Supplies, Utilities, Communications, Natural & Man-made Threats, Search & Rescue, Travel & Terrorism, Medical Triage, First Aid and Disaster Psychology in lively, easy-viewing chapters. “People Like You” was produced with the certain knowledge that in any kind of a disaster, if you’re not part of the solution, you’ll be part of the problem. It’s the goal of CERT training and this video, to help you become part of your community’s solution.

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Disaster Preparedness: FOOD Preps for disasters or SHTF

Posted on January 30, 2012 by admin| 25 Comments

Another video in the Disaster Preparedness Series. In this video we discuss food preps. Begin building your food stores in order to survive a disaster of any kind. Lets face it folks, you have to EAT. Start buying and stocking food NOW ! I will discuss this more in future videos, this is a basic video as most of these will be in the series. Remember: Its not hoarding if you are stocking and preparing before a disaster. Its hoarding when you are at the store with all of the other idiots impending or after the disaster.
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Disaster Preparedness Summit

Posted on December 22, 2011 by admin| Leave a comment

If you play a key role in the safety and risk management of a successful business or are responsible for tenants in a commercial building you will want to attend this event. REGISTRATION (Input code DPS94 to receive a 0 discount towards the registration fee.) This acclaimed national disaster summit provides current information and networking opportunities to increase success in case of a disaster or emergency of any size. Your takeaways: * Business impact, continuity plans, risk analysis, procedures and project management tools * Environmental issues, air quality control, pandemic, avian flu and other dangerous viruses * Effective communication systems, deploying emergency recovery teams to ground zero * Life/safety techniques, evacuation planning and proper triage training * Procedures to follow in reconstructing and restoring your structure and operations * Insurance claims management to ensure maximum benefits under a policy * Federal, State and Local Government disaster planning, resources and preparations This is an event that you do not want to miss! Register for the premier educational and networking event of the year. For details on agenda, speakers, and future events please visit www.disastersummit.org

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Disaster Preparedness is Essential-Get Your Free Emergency Preparedness Guide at areyou-prepared.us
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ReadyRN: Handbook for Disaster Nursing and Emergency Preparedness

Posted on December 17, 2011 by admin| Leave a comment

ReadyRN: Handbook for Disaster Nursing and Emergency Preparedness

ReadyRN: Handbook for Disaster Nursing and Emergency Preparedness

This color-coded, rapid-reference text includes all of the essential information you need to manage any disaster or emergency with mass casualties. Coverage of each category of disaster-weather-related, public health, infectious disease, chemical, biological, radiological/nuclear, and explosive-offers vital content on dealing with the injuries and nursing protocols for each scenario. Plus, information on disaster sites and clinical management prepares you to take action at the scene or in the hospital setting.

  • Provides the need-to-know information on emerging infectious diseases, such as Swine Flu, including:

    • Distinguishing Pandemic Influenza from annual seasonal influenza.

    • Assessing and managing patients with quarantinable infectous diseases.

    • Preventing further transmission.

  • Critical Info feature highlights the most important points from each chapter.Assessment illustrations show characteristic symptoms and make it easy to identify signs of illness quickly.

  • Icons alert you to important information to consider before approaching a patient, including personal risk, contagion, and reporting obligations.

  • Color-coded sections and coordinated thumb tabs make it easy to find important information at a glance.

  • Chapter outlines provide page references for each major section within the chapter.

  • Glossary and Acronyms section includes the most commonly used acronyms and terms you’ll need in emergency situations.

  • Family Disaster Plan appendix offers vital information on creating a personal disaster plan, and Family Risk icons alert you to dangers that may be carried to your family.

  • Contacts appendix provides federal agency contact information, as well as space for you to fill in local emergency contacts for increased efficiency in a disaster.

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