Category: Emergency Plan

Preparing Your Medicine Cabinet for an Emergency: A Checklist

Closeup view of an eighty year old senior woman's hands as she sorts her prescription medicine.

If you read our blog on a regular basis you can probably recite the mantra “Make a kit. Have a plan. Be informed.” in your sleep. You are probably familiar with the important items you should keep in your emergency kit – water, food, a flashlight, and a battery-powered radio. What you may not think Read More >

October 16, 2017 by CDR Ibad Khan, Pharmacist, Division of Emergency Operations, Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response5 Comments

natural disasters, preparedness

disaster, Emergency kit, Emergency Plan, go bag, health insurance, medical supplies, medicine, pharmacy, prescription drugs

Pediatrics and Public Health: Working Together to Prepare for Emergencies

Girl in bed cuddling a teddy with bandage

Did you know that one in four people in the United States are children? Children represent a considerable portion of our population and they are among our nation’s most vulnerable citizens. When a public health emergency or disaster strikes, children are often the most severely affected. Think back on recent public health emergencies, like the Read More >

July 21, 2017 by Blog Administrator1 Comment

preparedness, response

children, Children's, Emergency kit, Emergency Plan, kids, Pediatric Exercise, preparedness, Preparedness Unit, public health, Vulnerable Populations