Week 1

ORG

ASSESSMENT

Identify each member of your group and begin a medical chart or notebook to include each individual

· Identify current and probably future medical needs of each member, including reproductive concerns
· Identify current medical training and abilities within your group
· Identify needed medical training within your group (First Aid, CPR, suturing, casting, special concerns)
· Identify transportation concerns
· Designate one or more go-to individuals who will be responsible for the medical needs of your group
· Determine an approximate budget for your medical prepping and how costs will be distributed
· Schedule weekly to monthly meetings to assess your prepping progress

OTC

WOUND CARE and MEDICATIONS DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN IN QUANTITY

Begin purchasing items with a long shelf life:

· Dressings, gauze, Band-Aids, Telfa pads, medical tape, Coban, Ace wraps,
· Kotex for large wounds
· Wound cleaning supplies including antibacterial soap and/or Hibiclens, clean or sterile water or saline
· Wound closure supplies including suture kits, suture, staplers, staple removers, and Steri-Strips
· Thermometers, blood pressure cuffs, stethoscopes, adult and pediatric scale

Begin acquiring medications that cannot be purchased in bulk, and continue purchasing these as desired throughout your preparation period

· “Real” Sudafed (pseudoephedrine – requires signature; can only be purchased in small amounts)
· OTC Insulin, if needed
· OTC Primatene Tablets (or preferably Mist, if available)

Rx

MEDICATION-DEPENDENT PERSONS

Medication-dependent persons should assess their long-term needs and make a list of needed long-term prescription refills to request from their physician.  This is best done in person, per Week 2, below.

· Diabetics should also request testing strips, lancets, needles, and other supplies from their physicians.
· Hypothyroid patients should consider stocking up on nutraceutical desiccated thyroid, and/or locate an adequate source of mammalian thyroid tissue to make their own.
· Asthmatic patients should request nebulizer medications in quantities of 100 vials.
· Oxygen-dependent persons should obtain a concentrator and reliable power supply.

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RECORD-KEEPING

· Obtain or create forms for medical record keeping