{"id":26010,"date":"2017-09-22T16:30:43","date_gmt":"2017-09-22T21:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=26010"},"modified":"2017-09-22T16:30:43","modified_gmt":"2017-09-22T21:30:43","slug":"a-crash-course-in-preparedness-week-2-medicine-sanitation-and-surviving-disaster-diseases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=26010","title":{"rendered":"A Crash Course in Preparedness \u2013 Week 2 \u2013 Medicine, Sanitation, and Surviving Disaster Diseases"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/readynutrition.com\/resources\/a-crash-course-in-preparedness-week-2-medicine-sanitation-and-surviving-disaster-diseases_11092017\/\">A Crash Course in Preparedness \u2013 Week 2 \u2013 Medicine, Sanitation, and Surviving Disaster Diseases<\/a><\/h3>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44359\" src=\"http:\/\/readynutrition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/crash-course-week-2.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/readynutrition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/crash-course-week-2.jpg 500w, http:\/\/readynutrition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/crash-course-week-2-300x225.jpg 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Welcome back to week 2 in our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/readynutrition.com\/resources\/national-preparedness-month-a-month-of-getting-prepped-and-giveaways_02092017\/\">Crash Course into Preparedness<\/a>. Last week we discussed the <a href=\"http:\/\/readynutrition.com\/resources\/a-crash-course-in-preparedness-week-1-the-survival-basics_04092017\/\">basics of survival<\/a> and gear needed for a short-lived event. One of the comments from last week\u2019s class mentioned that it isn\u2019t hard to prepare, you just have to start. I couldn\u2019t agree more! My only addition I would make to this comment is in order to start you must prioritize your needs and know what you\u2019re planning for. This week, we are taking the same concept from last week \u2013 prioritizing, planning and preparing to another facet of disaster planning and highlighting the more dirty side of preparedness \u2013 medical and sanitation needs.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the greatest threats in an emergency occur <em>after<\/em> the disaster. Lack of accessible clean water following\u00a0major disasters can quickly escalate and create\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/readynutrition.com\/resources\/what-to-do-when-the-sanitation-hits-the-fan_22122010\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">secondary problems<\/a>\u00a0in a post SHTF situation. Additionally, those unsanitary conditions can exacerbate the spreading of diseases, infections and health risks. In this preparedness course, we will cover the most common issues that occur following a disaster that relates to hygiene, sanitary and medical condition.<\/p>\n<p>Sanitation, good hygiene, and medical preparedness all go hand-in-hand. But as you will see after reading this guide, it takes a lot of planning and a lot of preparation. Simply put, there are many wrong turns a person could take in the aftermath of a storm and their health could suffer as a result. Therefore it is paramount that you understand the magnitude of these types of disasters and how to avoid them.\u00a0As Ready Nutrition writer, Jeremiah Johnson noted in a <a href=\"http:\/\/readynutrition.com\/resources\/why-hygiene-and-sanitation-keeps-you-safer-when-the-shtf_12092017\/\">recent article<\/a>, \u201chygiene\u00a0protects you from germs and diseases, as well as preventing the body from falling apart.\u201d In the aftermath of disasters, this needs to stay at the forefront of our priorities.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Crash Course in Preparedness \u2013 Week 2 \u2013 Medicine, Sanitation, and Surviving Disaster Diseases &nbsp; Welcome back to week 2 in our\u00a0Crash Course into Preparedness. Last week we discussed the basics of survival and gear needed for a short-lived event. One of the comments from last week\u2019s class mentioned that it isn\u2019t hard to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[3262,3364,648,649,6787,5754,12602],"class_list":["post-26010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-survival-2","tag-disease","tag-medicine","tag-preparations","tag-preparedness","tag-ready-nutrition","tag-sanitation","tag-tess-pennington"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26010"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26011,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26010\/revisions\/26011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}