The “Get Ready; Stay Ready” campaign focus for the month of August is on having access to the same prescription/non-prescription medication during a disaster that you do on a daily basis. So, with that said, what’s in you medicine cabinet? Perhaps pain relievers, medical prescriptions, contacts/contact solution or an asthma inhaler. What items did you use this morning when you woke up? Allergy medication, vitamins, nasal spray or lotion/ointment? And after dinner tonight is it possible you might need to take antacids, stool softeners or other comforting digestive supplements? These are a just a few of the many items that most households contain in their medicine cabinets and depending on the severity of need following a disaster, the inability to access some of these could cause a personal state of emergency for its consumer.
We encourage our campus community to take two preparedness actions this month. The first, is to inventory all medicine cabinet items used/consumed by each member of the household; this includes both prescription and non-prescription items. Make multiple copies of this inventory list and store copies in each household member’s “go bags.” This list should be reviewed and updated bi-annually during the time change in spring and fall with other emergency preparedness activities. Secondly, efforts should be made to purchase and store as many of these items as possible in emergency kits and cycle these through your medicine cabinet while constantly re-stocking your emergency supply; thus not to be wasteful. Expiration dates should be monitored and for condition-specific prescription medication consultation should be made with that individual’s doctor or medical professional as to the storing and cycling of these items.
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