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Last month in APHA: Some Clever Valentines Day Preparedness Messages I highlighted some preparedness e-cards available from the American Public Health Association’s Get Ready Campaign.
Today I’ve a couple of dozen preparedness podcasts available through APHA, on a wide variety of topics.
The latest one is on what you ought to have in your first aid kit (you do have a kit at home, at work, and another in your car, don’t you?).
Get Ready Report Podcast, episode 25: “Tips for creating a useful first-aid kit”
Released: March 7, 2012. Running time: 21:14
Description: What should you put in your first-aid kit? Richard Bradley, MD, a member of the American Red Cross Scientific Advisory Council and an associate professor of emergency medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, provides tips on what you need to have on hand for an emergency.
- Play podcast
- Read transcript
- Download a Healthy You tipsheet from The Nation's Health (PDF)
You’ll find 24 podcasts available (and growing), along with transcripts, and other toolkits, on this page. A few of the topics covered include:
- Get Ready Report Podcast, episode 24: “Preparing for disasters: Information for people with disabilities."
- Get Ready Report Podcast, episode 22: “Workplace preparedness: Protecting your employees — and your bottom line — during emergencies"
- Get Ready Report Podcast, episode 19: “It takes more than duct tape to prepare for emergencies: Preparedness tips from the Maine Public Health Association"
- Get Ready Report Podcast, episode 15: “Sheltering in place during an emergency"
- Get Ready Report Podcast, episode 6: “Healthy stockpiling tips"
Despite the popular depiction on cable TV shows like Doomsday Preppers, most preppers are not road-kill eating, tomahawk wielding, hardcore survivalists with plans to bug out to a homemade bunker in the foothills of Idaho, expecting to survive some feared future asteroid impact, global thermonuclear war, or a zombie apocalypse.
The average prepper is simply someone who recognizes that just about every year hundreds of thousands of Americans are thrust into a difficult emergency situation due to a natural or man-made disaster.
And millions more are faced with dealing with smaller emergencies, like household accidents, heart attacks, car wrecks, and house fires.
Being prepared – having a good first aid kit (and knowing how to use it), a family emergency plan, some emergency supplies, and a bug-out bag - can make a huge difference in how well you, and your family, will come through an emergency.
While cable shows focusing on folks preparing for a massive solar flares or a the eruption of the Yellowstone super caldera have a certain degree of entertainment value, real preparedness comes from being ready to deal with a wide variety of likely emergencies.
- Floods
- Tornadoes
- Hurricanes
- Wildfires
- Blizzards & Ice storms
- Earthquakes
- Household accidents
- and yes . . . even Pandemics
A mainstream enough concern that the folks at APHA, READY.GOV , FEMA, the American Red Cross, and many other agencies continue to urge you to become better prepared today.
