7 Day Emergency Preparedness Challenge: DAY 3 – HEALTH

Mock Emergency Alert – Day 3: Medical Battles! Scenario: Medical Battles – Navigating Healthcare Challenges

Picture this challenging scenario: Health care costs have skyrocketed, and wait times for medical care stretch for months. Battles are raging between government agencies, doctors, hospitals, and insurance companies, leading to a state of healthcare crisis. To make matters worse, local doctors have gone on strike! Today, we confront the reality of navigating healthcare challenges during trying times. It’s a reminder that preparedness extends to all aspects of our lives, including our well-being.

As we face this scenario together, let’s share our thoughts, ideas, and solutions in the comments below. Discuss strategies for staying healthy, alternative healthcare options, and how we can support each other in these trying times. Remember, the challenge continues with new scenarios throughout the week. Stay engaged, stay informed, and let’s emerge from this challenge stronger and more resilient!

Today will focus on what you will need to do to prepare your family for all kinds of medical emergencies, including getting yourselves healthier to avoid dependence on medication if possible and medical interventions. 

Goal: Get your family’s medical history, documentation and supplies – including prescriptions in order.  Make it a priority and come up with a plan to GET HEALTHY!

Today’s Tasks:

1. Prepare a family medical plan to include in your Emergency Binder (if you don’t’ have one, make do for now – we’ll address this important tool in the future).  Be as thorough as your family currently requires.
2. Do an inventory of your home medical supplies. Add items to your daily report card that you need to purchase ie: bandaids and bigger bandages, topical alcohol, cotton swabs etc
3. Print out instructions or otherwise obtain basic first aid procedures
4. Find a First Aid class in your community and SIGN UP for it
5. Research any specific medicines you are taking, find out how much you can stock ahead and do so.  Make a plan for how to keep them refrigerated if necessary, etc. (Also consider if making lifestyle changes could help reduce your dependency on some of them)
6. Since living a healthy lifestyle is so important for disease prevention, cook healthy meals AND do a physical activity as a family today.  This is serious stuff.  If you need to make some changes, face it and be honest with yourself.
7. SHARING TIME: share your experiences in our facebook group, about experiences you’ve had providing home medical care and what items were helpful for you.
8. Remember that Learning from each other is a huge part of the benefit of taking this exploratory journey together, so be part of the dialogue.

Today’s Limitations:

1. For this day, and ALL days of the challenge: no spending money, no going to stores, and no restaurants.
2. No eating fattening foods, sugary treats, or drinking pop/soda or alcohol today. (Yes, you can do this – it’s only for one day for goodness sakes!)

Advanced Tasks because you’re a super hero:

1. Purchase additional manuals on first aid and emergency medicine
2. Learn more about holistic approaches to medicine and wellness
3. Practice treating a pretend injury using supplies from your house
4. We’re serious – register for a first aid class

REMEMBER, TOMORROW’S CHALLENGE WILL BE DIFFERENT.

Make sure your fill out today’s REPORT CARD to see how well you did, to keep track of areas you can improve, to remember things you need to do, and things you need to buy.  Use the data you gathered to make a game plan to take you to the next level of preparedness, whatever that may be.

 7 Day Challenge REPORT CARD

Today we focused on what we will need to do to prepare your family for all kinds of medical emergencies, including first aid and getting yourselves healthier to avoid dependence on medication (if possible) and medical interventions.

Goal: Get your family’s medical history and supplies in order, and assess your family’s level of HEALTH.  What can you do to improve it? 

Daily Evaluation Questions to ask Yourself

1. Did you already have a medical plan in place?  If not, did you start one today?   
2. How well stocked are you for medical emergencies?  Add to your buy list?   
3. What 1^st aid procedures do you need to know if medical assistance is not available?   
4. Do you have instructions on knowing how to deal with them.  
5. Have you taken a CPR – 1^st Aid class recently?  Or have you signed up for one?  
6. How can you properly store necessary medications?
7. What changes are you committed to making starting right now, in your lifestyle to get heathier?   

Daily Notes

Cindy, Karen and Linda