Family Fit Lifestyle Month Emergency Weather Plan

Prepare. Plan. Stay informed.

Prepare yourself first, and plan before the storm arrives. Check and update your plan monthly.  When a weather emergency occurs, your family should have a plan.  Your contact list should include agencies listed below including local numbers and websites for your area.  If you have a condition that requires special assistance, many of these agencies have contact information for preparations before, during, and after the storm. For example, most state power and utility companies have special assistance programs for thse in need of power to run medical supportive devices.

Preparation tips include:

• stay well rested 
• avoid unnecessary distractions
• know the facts, be present and up to date on storms and emergency preparation by reading and listening to lectures 
  
• prepare and check medical provider list to include your primary care doctors including specialists, nearest urgent care community health centers and hospital
• contact electric company to help with medical provisions like home oxygen should power failure occur
• contact community emergency services for listing if medical condition requires extra attention
• prepare food and water stock for two weeks or more
• freeze water for ice enough to fill two or more coolers
• keep prescription medication current with adequate supply for two months
• stay informed with neighbors and community resources
• get batteries for lights, radio, fans, medical devices like glucometer, blood pressure monitor
• charge all sources of power for telephones, limit use and keep turned off if not in use

During a weather emergency many resources are used quickly.  Make your emergency plan a family priority.to prevent and avoid unhealthy adverse events.  Best health!

Emergency Contact List

RED CROSS
http://www.redcross.org/
Phone: 1-800-REDCROSS (1-800-733-2767 / 1-800-257-7575 (Español)

Ready
http://www.ready.gov/
Phone: 1-800- BEREADY (1-800-237-3239)

CDC Emergency Preparedness for Flood, Hurricane, Wildfires and more
http://emergency.cdc.gov/

CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/
Phone: (800) CDC-INFO/(800) 232-4636) TTY (888) 232-6348

National Weather Service
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/
http://www.weather.gov/

NOAA (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration)
http://www.noaa.gov/
NOAA in Your State
http://www.legislative.noaa.gov/NIYS0107/noaainyourstate.html

FEMA
http://www.fema.gov/
Disaster Assistance: (800) 621-FEMA, TTY (800) 462-7585

Flood Smart (NFIP - National Flood Insurance Program}
http://www.floodsmart.gov/
Phone: 1- 888-379-9531

National Association of County and City Health Officials
http://www.naccho.org/
local public health resource

National Guard
http://www.nationalguard.com/

Stay healthy.  Stay safe.  Stay prepared. Best health!

Healthy Holidays

Live healthy. Live simply healthy.  “Healthy Life Lines: Simple Tips to Improve Your Health” is a book that helps you attain good health and keep it stable.   This short book consists of one line health tips that promote wellness and good health.  These tips will encourage you to live a lifestyle of good health.  “Healthy Life Lines: Simple Tips to Improve Your Health” is free on Kindle Unlimited and available in large print paperback book. 

Check it out https://amzn.to/2WCH7oM 

Healthy life lines include;

·       Be literate in health.

·       Focus on prevention to avoid intervention.

·       Constantly do things to improve your health

·       Embrace healthy routines.

·       Limit and avoid multitasking.

·       Find funny and laugh daily.

·       Keep a health diary.

·       Know your family medical history.

Best health!

Health Literacy Month Healthy Life Line: Read

 Read what you need. Learn about what you need to maintain good health and well-being.  Health literacy is an important part of your self-care health care.  It helps promote better health and quality of life. During this Health Literacy Month make your health healthier with more medical information.

Medical science progresses so rapidly!  It is impossible for health care providers to keep up with all these new developments. Be aware of treatments your doctors and healthcare team have yet to hear about or are unlikely to ever find out about.  The overwhelming amount of new health information that comes out is far too much for many to stay current on every disease and treatment.  This should not stop you the patient from finding out all you can.  The same goes for wellness.  Participating in your health care is mandatory to maintain good health, achieve wellness, and overcome illness.

There are so many different treatments and modalities that compliment traditional medicine.  As many lack training in these areas they are unable to tell the patient.  Asking your doctor is a good starting place as is telling your doctor about the things you have read about or tried that helped.  In turn this may evoke a response by your physician to find out more,and even share with other patients and colleagues who may in turn share their “new” information which your doctor can share with you.

Reading and learning are vital to good health. Health literacy helps you make healthier, informed choices based on facts that have proven to yield better health outcomes.  Be health literate.  Best health!

Good health maintenance reads: 

Healthy Life Lines Amazon.com: Healthy Life Lines: Simple Tips to Improve Your Health eBook : Richardson M.D., J L: Kindle Store

Patient Handbook to Medical Care Amazon.com: Patient Handbook to Medical Care: Your Personal Health Guide eBook : Richardson M.D., J. L.: Kindle Store

Cooking for Your Health

Food as medicine is hardly a new treatment.  Hippocrates quoted it thousands of years ago.  Research continues to show that proper nutrition with natural foods keeps low risk for disease lower, and it also keep high risk conditions from progressing and perhaps even occurring. Starting before birth is the optimal time.  Early good nutrition is important.

Cooking is good medicine.  What you cook is better medicine. Culinary medicine can help you feel better and stay healthy. The healthy food and the cooking help health and healing. This is what healthcare providers are learning to pass on to their patients instead of a prescription.  

Make your healthy more wealthy by learning to shop for healthy food to prepare healthy meals.  This can save your money as well as your health.  Let it begin and/or continue with education and action with the intent of adding it to your healthy lifestyle.  Best health and eating!

Wellness Month Every Month

Prevention and early disease detection are important for your health and wellness. During National Wellness Month and every month, it is important to know about your health maintenance. Chronic disease is medical diagnosis that lasts beyond three months.  Many patients have at least one like arthritis or obesity.  As age increases so does more chronic disease. Preventive healthcare such as routine checkups are necessary to keep wellness while keeping chronic disease stable and/or absent. 

These Patient Handbook blog posts encourage wellness:

MY PATIENT HANDBOOK: Chronic Disease Month Prevention Health 

MY PATIENT HANDBOOK: Cook Your Way to Good Health! 

MY PATIENT HANDBOOK: Health Literacy Month: Read Health

MY PATIENT HANDBOOK: Healthy Life Line: Make Medical Test Screen Part of Healthy Routine 

MY PATIENT HANDBOOK: Women's Health Month Wellness 

MY PATIENT HANDBOOK: Men's Health Month Means Checkup Time 

Patient Handbook to Medical Care: Your Personal Health Guide is an excellent book resource to inform you about basic proper physical exams and tests every patient may need. This link http://bit.ly/dpEGyA with Google Books has excerpts from the book.  You can also click on "Find a library" and see bookstores where the title is available.  Patient Handbook to Medical Care is in the Kindle library.  It is free to Kindle Unlimited users.  

Read how to make your healthcare the best. YOU are your most important asset! Your health and care of your health is a primary priority. Best health!