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Purchase Emergency Items
Identify, and purchase in advance, items you'll need if you have to operate under altered conditions.
In the aftermath of a community-wide disaster, you would likely treat only the most serious emergencies. At the very least you should have:
- Clean water
- Something to numb a patient
- Equipment to extract a tooth
- Access to a pharmacy and minimal first aid supplies
- Store supplies in a watertight and secure place
- Make certain key staff members know their availability and storage location
- Designate who will and will not have access to them
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| Other Items to Keep on Hand |
- Your Disaster Manual
- A supply of heavy-duty boxes to transport files and/or supplies
- Several heavy-duty tarps
- Commercial-weight sheet plastic
- Sealable, plastic bags of varying sizes
- A good supply of duct tape or other waterproof tape
- Plastic or vinyl rope or clothesline
- Flashlights and a supply of fresh batteries
- A cell phone or alternate source of communication, such as a CB or ham radio
- Several disposable cameras, secured in a sealable plastic bag
- A basic tool kit containing a hammer, vice grips, screwdrivers, nails, screws, work gloves, box cutter and scissors
- Bottled water
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