What to Do 'til the Cavalry Comes: A Family Guide To Preparedness in 21st Century America

What to Do 'til the Cavalry Comes: A Family Guide To Preparedness in 21st Century America Review

The 21st Century has been a time of unparalleled disasters around the world. Tsunamis, floods and earthquakes of seemingly near-biblical proportions have struck worldwide, while the United States has been hammered by hurricanes, seen flooding take lives and been attacked by terrorists who continue to threaten our national security to this day.

Since the attacks of 9/11, our elected leadership has repeatedly issued warnings for all Americans to prepare—yet most have not.

Having seen the government’s failures after Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma, who would you rather depend on to provide for your family’s needs after a disaster?

What to Do ’til the Cavalry Comes gives families a basic plan, one most anybody can live by. It is a must-read for those who wish to improve their readiness for living in 21st Century America, knowing—“When you live prepared, you’re prepared to live!”

Preparedness Principles: The Complete Personal Preparedness Resource Guide for Any Emergency Situation

Preparedness Principles: The Complete Personal Preparedness Resource Guide for Any Emergency Situation Review

News of calamity, disaster, and war got you down? Afraid of how you'll survive if you lose your job? Wondering what to do when the big one hits? Wonder no more. Personal preparedness expert Barbara Salsbury brings together years of research and experience, giving you the know-how to set up an organized, practical, personal preparedness program that will provide for most wants and needs in any emergency situation. Preparedness Principles, the most comprehensive preparedness guide ever published, offers exclusive details about: • Four new categories of preparedness • New bare-bones basics • The Pantry Principle • Storm shelters, safe rooms, and safe havens • And much more! If you're serious about a personalized preparedness action plan, this quintessential reference book is for you!

Emergency Nursing Core Curriculum, 6e (Emergency Nursing Core Curriculum (Jordan))

Emergency Nursing Core Curriculum, 6e (Emergency Nursing Core Curriculum (Jordan)) Review

Whether you are a new or an experienced emergency nurse, you'll find that the Emergency Nursing Core Curriculum, 6th Edition is an essential tool for your practice. Authored by the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA), this highly-respected resource will help you build and verify your knowledge, develop practice standards, improve quality of care, and educate nursing staff as well as patients and families. The Emergency Nursing Core Curriculum, 6th Edition is also the ideal resource to help you prepare for the Certification for Emergency Nurses (CEN) exam.

• Authored by ENA, you can rely on this text to be the most authoritative and up-to-date resource available.
• The text's outline format and alphabetical listing of the Clinical Emergencies chapters mean you can find the information you need - fast!

• The most recent CEN examination content is included to ensure that you're prepared and confident.
• Nine new chapters incorporate the latest information about:
• Triage
• Complementary and Alternative Therapies
• Cultural Dimensions and Emergency Nursing
• End-of-Life Issues in the Emergency Department
• Hemodynamic Monitoring
• Hematologic/Oncologic Emergencies
• Mechanism of Injury
• Weapons of Mass Destruction
• Forensic Nursing Practice
• A new unit on trauma emergencies reorganizes information from the previous edition to help you more easily find the facts you need.
• More illustrations and tables are included to enhance your understanding of key information.

Enhancing Disaster and Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Through Evaluation: New Directions for Evaluation, No. 126 (J-B PE Single Issue (Program) Evaluation)

Enhancing Disaster and Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Through Evaluation: New Directions for Evaluation, No. 126 (J-B PE Single Issue (Program) Evaluation) Review

The first priniciple of humanitarian assistance is "do no harm." The second might be, "do better!" Enter the evaluation of emergency and disaster management. This issue consolidates reflections from evaluation practices in disaster and emergency management. A number of important themes are addressed:

1. systemic assessment of needs
2. interagency coordiantion
3. evaluation of responses in real time
4. evaluation in international and national jurisdictions

Chapters discuss where the evaluation of humanitarian practice and emergency and disaster management currently stands, and where it should be going.

Our humanitarian impulse, as in the aftermaths of the Rwandan genocide, Hurricane Katrina, the Indian Ocean tsunami, and the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti, is an enduring quality. The route from donor to affected population is long and varied. When sudden, unprecedented needs are juxtaposed with expectional levels of charitable responses, the question is whether the responses were good enough. Did supply meet demand? Was it the right thing? Was it done well? Who received support? Was it appropriate? Was the timing right? Can it be improved? All are questions for evaluation. For populations traumatized by disaster, the answers have consequences for protection, for restoration of individual and community efficacy, and ultimately for hope and dignity.

This is the 126th volume of the volume of the Jossey-Bass quarterly report series New Directions for Evaluation, an official publication of the American Evaluation Association.

Build the Perfect Bug Out Bag: Your 72-Hour Disaster Survival Kit

Build the Perfect Bug Out Bag: Your 72-Hour Disaster Survival Kit Review

Be Ready When Disaster Strikes

If an unexpected emergency or disaster hits, are you prepared to leave your home--fast? You will be if you follow the advice in this book.

This book shows you how to create a self-contained disaster preparedness kit to help you survive your journey from ground zero to a safer location. Survival expert Creek Stewart details from start to finish everything you need to gather for 72 hours of independent survival--water, food, protection, shelter, survival tools, and so much more.

You'll find:

• A complete Bug Out Bag checklist that tells you exactly what to pack based on your survival skill level
• Photos and explanations of every item you need in your bag
• Resource lists to help you find and purchase gear
• Practice exercises that teach you how to use almost everything in your bag
• Demonstrations for multi-use items that save pack space and weight
• Specific gear recommendations for common disasters

The book even includes special considerations for bugging out with children, the elderly, the physically disabled, and even pets.

A disaster could strike your home at any moment. Are you prepared to face the devastating aftermath? Protect yourself and your family by building a Bug Out Bag today!

An Introduction to Clinical Emergency Medicine

An Introduction to Clinical Emergency Medicine Review

Building on the strengths of its award-winning predecessor, this new edition of An Introduction to Clinical Emergency Medicine is a must-have resource for individuals training and practising in this challenging specialty. Guided by the patient's chief complaint, this text presents a concise, methodical approach to patient evaluation, management and problem solving in the Emergency Department. Unlike other textbooks, which elaborate on known diagnoses, this extraordinary book approaches clinical problems as clinicians approach patients - without full knowledge of the final diagnosis. Fully revised and updated, the second edition includes new chapters on sepsis, bleeding, burns, neonatal, alcohol-related, and dental emergencies. Stunning full-color chapters include clinical images (photographs, ECGs and radiologic studies), detailed illustrations and practical tables. Written and edited by experienced educators, researchers, and practitioners in Emergency Medicine, this text is core reading for students and residents, and an important resource for practising emergency physicians, faculty, and other healthcare providers.

Is America Safe?: Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Emergency Preparedness

Is America Safe?: Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Emergency Preparedness Review

As potential targets, such as military facilities, symbols of democracy, government buildings, and infrastructure are 'hardened' against possible terrorist attack, terrorists will shift to softer targets: churches, schools, malls, mass entertainment centers, high-rise apartments, transportation centers, and energy facilities. Their goal will be to disrupt or destroy our economy, impose fear and uncertainty, break our national will, and deflect our attention and support from the Middle East. We could wait for it to happen, or we can prepare now. This new book empowers Americans by providing them with the knowledge and skills needed to understand terrorist strategies, which, in turn, allow each of us to contribute to disrupting the terrorists' intended goals through observing and reporting suspicious activity, reducing target vulnerabilities, and minimizing casualties through education and preparation. The authors define terrorism and its origins and describe present-day organizations: where they operate, what their philosophies entail, and what their motivation and objectives are. They review different terrorist tactics and their desired effects, providing readers with guidelines and checklists for surviving them. Knowing how to prepare for, and how to survive, an attack is a step toward marginalizing intended casualty rates, psychological impacts, and propaganda values. At the same time, the lifesaving skills presented in this book may also be used in naturally occurring catastrophic events such as hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, or earthquakes.

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

What to Do Before, During, and After an Emergency or Disaster.... a Preparedness Toolkit for Office-Based Health Care Practices Review

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

When All Hell Breaks Loose: Stuff You Need To Survive When Disaster Strikes

When All Hell Breaks Loose: Stuff You Need To Survive When Disaster Strikes Review

Survival expert Cody Lundin's new book, When All Hell Breaks Loose:Stuff You Need To Survive When Disaster Strikes is what every family needs to prepare and educate themselves about survival psychology and the skills necessary to negotiate a disaster whether you are at home, in the office, or in your car.

This is not your father's scout manual or a sterile FEMA handout. It entertains as it informs, describing how to maximize a survival mind-set necessary for self-reliance. According to the book, living through an emergency scenario is 90 percent psychology, and 10 percent methodology and gear. Relevant quotes and tips are placed throughout the pages to help readers remember important survival strategies while under stress and anxiety. Lundin also addresses basic first aid and hygiene skills and makes recommendations for survival kit items for the home, office, and car.

Watch naturalist Cody Lundin in "Dual Survival" on The Discovery Channel as he uses many of the same skills and techniques taught in his books. When All Hell Breaks Loose provides solutions on how to survive a catastrophe. Lundin addresses topics such as:

• Potable drinking water
• Storing super-nutritious foods
• Heating or cooling without conventional power
• How to create alternative lighting options
• Building a makeshift toilet & composting the results
• Catching rodents for food
• Safely disposing of a corpse

Disaster Preparedness for EMP Attacks and Solar Storms

Disaster Preparedness for EMP Attacks and Solar Storms Review

This book will help you to prepare for two end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it (TEOTWAWKI) events: the EMP attack and the solar storm. Each threat is carefully studied with analyses of its likelihood and potential impacts on our nation’s critical infrastructures. Practical preparations are outlined, including steps to meet the fourteen basic needs in the absence of modern utilities, and the use of Faraday cages and uninterruptible power supplies to protect personal electronics. Several techniques for constructing ad-hoc Faraday cages are presented. The shielding effectiveness of homemade Faraday cages is measured and compared, including metal garbage cans, foil-wrapped boxes, fire safes, static bags, ammo cans, and microwave ovens. Finally, a low-cost method of constructing a room-sized Faraday cage is presented.

How to Survive An Earthquake: The Simple 5 Step Plan For Disaster & Emergency Preparedness, Response and Recovery - Buy It Now!

How to Survive An Earthquake: The Simple 5 Step Plan For Disaster & Emergency Preparedness, Response and Recovery - Buy It Now! Review

If your family is involved in and survives a major earthquake, and you can dial 911, how long do you think it will take to get help?

Most people think hours. In fact it could be days, if ever.

Will you survive?  Will your family?

Everyone wants to believe they and their families are safe. Unfortunately most people respond to the growing awareness of potential disasters by ignoring the issue and doing nothing.

Think about this question. Have you ever had the chance to save someone's life? If you could spend a couple hours of your time to save your own life and your whole families, would you take the time to learn something important?

In just a few short hours it is possible to create a simple but effective earthquake plan, engage and educate your family, feel safer and be prepared. It can even be fun!

How To Survive An Earthquake gives you a simple, 5-step plan that you can put into action in just a few hours that will make a huge difference when the next disaster hits.

Complete with check-lists and simple (and fun) ways to get the whole family involved in preparing.

Scroll up, click "Buy Now" and be one of the lucky ones who survives the next big disaster.

Food Storage Secrets: How to Easily Store Food That Will Last Years for Any Emergency

Food Storage Secrets: How to Easily Store Food That Will Last Years for Any Emergency Review

Food Storage Secrets outlines the methods of long term food storage so you can instantly start storing food for the coming crisis. Inside you will discover:

-How to store foods that will last up to 10 years without refrigeration
-The food you should NEVER store long term – ignoring this advice will leave you with spoiled, useless food in a crisis
-A sample grocery list with 8 essential foods. You can utilize this list to start storing food immediately

The fact is that you can go 3 weeks without food but only after 3 days without water most people will die! So additionally within the guide you will unveil:

-Why you should never store water in this common household container – many people make this mistake!
-The best ways to purify water-ignore these tactics and you risk being infected with dysentery, giardiasis or typhoid fever
-Exactly how much water you should store for each person in your family for each day of a crisis
-Water sources found around your home that you can utilize in an emergency

Food Storage Secrets is a step-by-step, easy to follow guide for storing food so you're almost guaranteed to not make any mistakes. Discover how to start storing food and water for any emergency immediately.

Fires And Wildfires: A Practical Survival Guide (The Library of Emergency Preparedness)

Fires And Wildfires: A Practical Survival Guide (The Library of Emergency Preparedness) Review

Learn about fire prevention and awareness as well as how to handle fire safety equipment.

Mass Notification and Crisis Communications: Planning, Preparedness, and Systems

Mass Notification and Crisis Communications: Planning, Preparedness, and Systems Review

Mass communication in the midst of a crisis must be done in a targeted and timely manner to mitigate the impact and ultimately save lives. Based on sound research, real-world case studies, and the author’s own experiences, Mass Notification and Crisis Communications: Planning, Preparedness, and Systems helps emergency planning professionals create a crisis communications plan that works by establishing upfront relationships with responders, enacting protocols, and utilizing technology to effectively message the intended audience.

Providing communication best practices to professionals, the book:

• Reviews the challenges organizations face with communications in the face of various types of disasters
• Helps to outline the target audience of the communiqué
• Describes different communication techniques used throughout history during peace and wartime
• Provides methods for getting the right message across the first time
• Explores how social media can be a powerful tool in message dissemination
• Examines the legal landscape to ensure managers are in compliance with international, federal, state, and local regulatory requirements

Aligned with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s National Emergency Communications Plan—as well as the U.S. strategic plan to improve emergency response communications—the book provides recommendations to key decision makers given all considerations that must be weighed and factored in during a crisis.

Emergency Food Storage - A Primer On Long Term Food Storage And Emergency Preparedness

Emergency Food Storage - A Primer On Long Term Food Storage And Emergency Preparedness Review

Emergency Food Storage is a critical part of any emergency preparedness plan. This book covers reasons to store food, the ways and types of food to store. It also discusses sprouting, seed storage and using food in barter situations. This primer on long term food storage and emergency preparedness is a excellent resource for both the seasoned and the beginner prepper. In a survivalist situation you'll be glad you had Emergency Food Storage - A Primer On Long Term Food Storage And Emergency Preparedness.

The proposed fiscal year 2007 budget: enhancing preparedness for first responders: hearing before the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Science, ... of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congre

The proposed fiscal year 2007 budget: enhancing preparedness for first responders: hearing before the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Science, ... of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congre Review

LC Number: KF27 .H573 2006c OCLC Number: (OCoLC)181184218 Subject: Emergency management -- United States -- Finance. Excerpt: ...curity. Indeed, no other administration in the history of our great country has requested more funds for first responders. Since September 11, 2001 the administration and Congress have made an enormous investment, over 28 billion in State, regional and local preparedness programs. Much of this funding, however, remains unspent. If the President's budget request is combined with yet to be awarded funds for 2006 and amounts from prior years that State and local governments have not yet obligated, the result is that more than 5 billion in funding will be available for State and local preparedness activities in fiscal year 2007. Until the problems causing these backlogs are resolved, the reductions in certain homeland security grants programs demonstrate the President's fiscal discipline. So rather than merely continuing to increase Federal funding, the administration's proposed budget attempts to resolve this problem by reforming the grant making system, consistent with the reform contained in H.R. 1544, the Faster and Smarter Funding for First Responders Act. The administration intends to allocate the vast majority of Federal preparedness grants on the basis of risk and need and to assure that States and local governments use such funding to achieve minimum baseline levels of preparedness in accordance with the national preparedness guidance. It is also important to note that the administration's budget request substantially increases funding for certain grant programs. For example, the President's budget includes an over million increase for the Urban Area Security Initiative, a 4 million increase in grant programs dedicated to critical infrastructure protection, and million of increase for the State homeland security grant program. The budget request for the Preparedness Directorat...

Blackouts: A Practical Survival Guide (The Library of Emergency Preparedness)

Blackouts: A Practical Survival Guide (The Library of Emergency Preparedness) Review

This practical guide describes how to prepare for a blackout. Includes developing a contingency plan and how to gauge if perishable foods are safe once the power is back on.