If an airplane crash, hurricane, earthquake, terrorist attack or medical emergency struck right now, would you be ready?   

Where is your spouse, your children, the other people you love?  What if they were injured?  Would a doctor know what to do to save their lives, with their specific healthcare needs in mind?  Would the hospital know to call you?

 

For most people, the answer is no. 

 

As human beings, as much as we know we  should be prepared, we’re just not hard-wired to be disaster-minded.  If that’s all we thought about, we’d never make it through the day – at least not without living under the bed.   The good news is, being prepared doesn’t mean we have to be disaster-minded.  Just the opposite.  It means that by taking one afternoon to prepare now, we can relax knowing that if a disaster or medical emergency ever strikes, we’ll, Know what to do,  Know what to take, Know where everything is, Know that we’ve done everything possible not just to survive, but to thrive.

 

Below you’ll find links to many free downloads, articles and videos that were all designed to keep your family, college students and hospital patients safer.  Take your time and go through them, to find the content that will help you the most.   Remember though, this is just a taste of what you get in our Full Action Plans.   With those we can get you ready for nearly anything that your family or college student will face, in just one afternoon.  You’ll find more info about the full plans at the bottom of the page.   So let’s get started with all your free material!

Download Your Free Emergency Tips Guides
To download the guides, right click on each link below, choose "Save Target As", and save the file to your computer. Do you need specific instructions on downloading documents to your computer?  If so, go to this link

Safe Family Emergency Action Tips 

Nineteen pages of tips that will keep you, your family and your home safe in the event of sudden medical, home emergency, or natural disaster. 

 

Safe Student Emergency Action Tips 

Articles on keeping your College Student safe while away at school, whether they face medical emergencies, mass casualties on campus or natural disasters.

 

Seven Steps Next of Kin Notification Tips 

Twenty three pages of tips for hospitals on locating and notifying a patient's next of kin, even when unconscious or unidentified.  It lays the groundwork for our guide, “Creating a Next of Kin Notification program”, which greatly increases patient satisfaction while ensuring your facility’s compliance with HIPAA, local next of kin laws.

 

Safe Family Emergency Action Tips 

How often do YOU go out running or out to run errands without taking your ID with you?  Guess you haven't noticed all those crazy drivers out there!  Find out how to carry your ID the easy way -- just in case you ever need it  This free information is VITAL to keeping your family safe in this busy world.

 

Free Articles

Keep Your Family Safe

Easy Ways to Protect Your Family Before a Disaster Strikes

You Have 5 Minutes to Evacuate!  Surviving the Unexpected

Keeping Your Important Documents Safe During Disasters

Keep Your College Students Safe

Emergency Contact Cards - Do They Really Protect College Students When Emergency Strikes?

Keeping College Students Safe in a Changing World

How To Keep The Latest Generation Safe At College

How To Stay In Touch With Your College Student During University Emergencies

 

Keep Your Hospital Patients Safe

Increasing Patient Safety in Seven Steps

Pediatric Emergency Contact Notifications Made Easier

Facilitating Patient Communication

How To Deal With Patients Who Are John Does or Homeless

Web Therapy - Enhancing Patient Communication with Web Access

Medicare Deadline Spurs Hospitals to Prevent Pressure Ulcers

 

Videos on Emergency and Disaster Safety
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All About Disaster Planning

We all know how important it is, but are you prepared? Colleen Buono, M.D., Department of Emergency Medicine, UCSD, and Katrina disaster worker, educates us on how best to prepare for the next disaster.

 

10 MINUTE EVACUATION CHALLENGE

This is a real-life demonstration of two families dealing with the news that they have 10 minutes to evacuate their home with their little children.  If you had 10 minutes to evacuate your home, would you know what to bring with you?

 

Protecting Valuables Before A Storm Strikes

Great presentation by WXIItv channel 12 TV in North Carolina about how to prepare for a tornado, before it happens, through the eyes of a family who had just experienced a tornado.  What can you do to protect your precious memories and important documents BEFORE a storm strikes?

 

TORNADO PREPARATION

This video is presented by Farm Bureau Insurance, to make sure that their subscribers have a plan should they suddenly experience a tornado warning.  Watch to find out more on how to keep yourself protected in the case of a tornado or sudden windstorm.

 

HURRICANE? BE PREPARED, PLAN NOW

Hurricane preparedness tips from the American Red Cross of Nassau and Suffolk Counties, in cooperation with the Long Island Power Authority.

 

LEEZA GIBBONS SPEAKING OUT FOR THE NOK BILL

Leeza did us the honor of  speaking on behalf of the Next of Kin Bill, which protects hospital patient's right to have their emergency contacts called within 24 hours.  The bill was made into law in California and Illinois and is now under consideration in Congress. 

 

 

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