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Updated Home Care Guidance

by: DemFromCT

Sat May 23, 2009 at 09:47:14 AM EDT

So for years (literally) we have taken the approach that taking care of your self at home (with phone health care privoder advice) is the best approach. Why? Because in a more severe scenario you can't get seen and in a milder scenario, you don't need to be seen.

This would be a perfect opportunity for PSAs on the topic. But what we do have is manuals and info we and others have put together:

DemFromCT :: Updated Home Care Guidance

Citizen's Guide (ver 2.0, revised including swine flu)
http://www.newfluwiki2.com/upl... (.pdf)
http://www.fluwiki.info/upload... (.pdf)
Get Pandemic Ready (html, also available in .pdf)
http://66.236.6.202/html/First...
http://66.236.6.202/html/Home_...
American Red Cross
http://www.adamscountyredcross...
CDC

Interim Guidance for H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu): Taking Care of a Sick Person in Your Home
http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/gui...
H1N1 FLU AND SEASONAL FLU
Caring for Someone Sick at Home
http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/hom...
Home Care Guidance: Physician Directions to Patient/Parent
http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/gui...
Good Home Treatment of Influenza (Grattan Woodson, MD)
http://www.birdflumanual.com/r...

"Pandemic Flu Home Care: A Detailed Guide for Caring for the Ill at Home" was created for the layperson based on research and clinical practice guidelines from international and national health care organizations. Step-by step resources assist you and your family to be ready to care for the sick at home during a severe flu pandemic. Know how to use national, state and local pandemic flu plans to be prepared.

http://www.pandemichomecare.com/

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Updated Home Care Guidance | 6 comments

Thanks for putting this all in one spot -

great for newbies. Is it on the main page also?

Note: If you haven't done so already, print out copies in case you don't have pc/internet access if and when TSHTF.

by: LauraB @ Sun May 24, 2009 at 12:23:58 PM UTC

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it wasn't... it's on the FP of flu wiki proper

but it's now on the fp in the box called "subjects" to the left, under home care.

by: DemFromCT @ Sun May 24, 2009 at 22:35:34 PM UTC

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Checklist for setting up a sick room

Link to pdf file from PandemicHomeCare.com

by: AlohaOR @ Fri Jul 03, 2009 at 22:52:51 PM UTC

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Pandemic Flu Home Care

Downloadable ebook (81 pages) by Sandra L. Schwanberg, PhD, RN, and Maurine R. Renville, M Ed, LISW, with contributions from Lesley J Mortimer, MSN, MPH, FNP
September 15, 2008
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Available free from http://www.pandemichomecare.com/
Note: The site asks you to provide contact information, but the ebook is downloadable without filling in any of the requested fields.

by: AlohaOR @ Fri Jul 03, 2009 at 23:06:28 PM UTC

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Setting up a sick room

I brought this over last year from ole yeller.

Setting Up A Sick Room

http://www.newfluwiki2.com/dia...

It is SusanC's thread from ole yeller and the links no longer work, it might be helpful for folks to get some ideas. Hope it helps.

cottontop

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by: cottontop @ Sat Jul 04, 2009 at 03:00:36 AM UTC

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