SURVIVAL GEAR: The Emergency Preparedness Supplies You Need

Since the flip of the Millennium, it has change into clear that we must be ready for beforehand unthinkable acts—organic, chemical, and nuclear terrorism inside our personal borders. Viruses and pandemics worldwide. Standard first-aid contents similar to gauze and antiseptics are nonetheless vital, however new gadgets like povodine iodine and activated charcoal have change into crucial family emergency provides. This e book will show you how to assemble every little thing you’ll want to shelter-in-place: first-aid treatments and instruments for widespread emergencies, similar to minor cuts, scrapes, burns, or unintentional poisonings, in addition to important provides crucial to reply to organic, chemical, radiological, and nuclear emergencies.

A panel of physicians, emergency specialists, and first responders developed this next-generation first-aid info information and survival gear guidelines for immediately’s setting. It has been designed to Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) and the American Red Cross’s revealed specs and suggestions, and contains info and suggestions about over-the-counter medicines, bandages, cleaning provides, facial safety, latex gloves, and emergency aids and instruments. It is a brand new, albeit unlucky, time in historical past, and we have to replace our enthusiastic about what it means to be ready for an emergency when time is of the essence.

About the Author:

Angelo Acquista, M.D. acquired his medical diploma from the New York University School of Medicine and is affiliated with Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan as an attending doctor and scientific teacher. He is board-certified in inner medication, pulmonary medication, and tropical ailments. He served as medical director of the New York City Mayor’s Office of Emergency Management and following the assaults of September 11, 2001, he served on Mayor Guiliani’s job pressure on bioterrorism. He is a New York Times bestselling writer and lives in New York City. His different e-books embrace CHEMICAL DISASTER: The Personal Emergency Response System, NUCLEAR DISASTER: The Personal Emergency Response System, and BIOTERRORISM: The Personal Emergency Response System.