Index

A

accidents, 35, 39, 52

airway blockage, 81

alpha radiation, 42

asteroid, 47, 120, 121

awareness, 96, 100, 101, 107, 117, 118

B

bacteria, 70, 130

bandage, 78, 86, 88

bartering, 53

batteries, 49, 63, 127, 129, 132, 133

beans, 72, 73, 74, 129, 131

beta radiation, 42, 43

biological attack, 40

blood loss, 86-88

bomb, 26, 44, 45, 46, 47

bombers, 44, 46, 47

botulism, 70

breathing, 40, 82, 83, 92, 102, 103

broken bones, 89, 91

bugging in, 52

bugging out, 51, 52, 128

bullets, 53, 132

burns, 88-90, 92

C

canning, 70-71

cardiac arrest, 86

cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), 78, 82-84

carotid pulse, 83

cell tower, 114

certification, 37, 81, 83, 85

cervical spine injury, 79

cervical collar, 80

chemical attack, 39-40

chemicals, 38-40, 52, 88

chest compressions, 83, 85

choking, 81

circulation, 83, 86

cold injuries, 91-92

combat breathing, 102

communication, 28, 38, 106, 112

communications infrastructure, 127

contaminants, 42

convulsions, 40, 93

criminal acts, 36, 38, 52

cyclone, 30

D

defibrillation, 86

dehydration, 78, 93

disaster awareness, 44, 100, 101

disaster kits, 59

disorientation, 40

document binder, 125-126

dried foods, 66, 67, 72

droughts, 26, 27

E

earthquake, 16, 27, 28, 35, 48, 121-122

evacuation, 38, 44, 51, 117, 124, 129

F

fire, 36 see also wildfire

first aid, 78-95

flood, 16, 18, 21, 26, 29, 30, 35, 99, 101, 121-122, 126

food, 19, 44, 53, 54, 58, 62, 63, 66, 67, 68, 70, 72, 75, 106, 107, 111, 117, 125, 126, 129, 130, 131, 134

food cooperative, 70

food safety, 70

food storage, 66-70, 72, 111, 126, 129, 130, 131, 135

foraging, 50

fractures, 89, 91

frostbite, 92

functional drills, 116

G

gamma radiation, 42-43

gear, 19, 50, 51, 64, 111, 127, 129, 130, 133

Geiger-Mueller probe (pancake probe), 42

government, 18, 25, 26, 29, 38, 52, 65, 70, 76, 106, 115, 124, 126

grain mills, 73, 74

group creation, 54

gunshot wounds, 78

H

hazardous material, 21, 26, 29, 38, 39, 41, 44, 52, 121

headache, 93, 95

heat injuries, 93

heat wave, 30

Heimlich maneuver, 81-82

hemostatic agents, 88

home invasion, 121

hurricane, 30

hypothermia, 91-92

I

impalement, 93

inventory, 48, 49, 131

L

lightning, 31

M

man-caused disasters, 35

Meals Ready To Eat (MRE), 68, 69, 126, 127, 131

medicinal knowledge, 78

medicine, 78, 127

military, 86, 107, 130

mitigation, 18, 21, 121, 122

Mormon/LDS system, 72

N

nausea, 40, 93

neighborhood watch, 108

normalcy bias, 44, 100-101

O

OODA loop, 103

P

pandemic flu, 111, 131

poisoning, 94-95

preparedness team, 107

property damage, 29, 35

pulmonary edema, 83

R

radiation, 41, 42, 43, 44, 88

radiological attack, 41-43

S

security, 53, 105, 106

seizure, 95

seventy-two hour kit, 62, 63, 126

Shelter in Place, 52

shooter, 26, 37, 38, 100

situational awareness, 96-99

span of control, 22, 23

starvation, 58, 75, 78

stress, 54, 103, 107, 118, 133

stroke, 95

suffocation, 80

suicide bomber, 46, 47

T

tabletop drills, 115

terrorism, 38, 52

threats, 26, 29, 37, 44, 45, 46, 48, 49, 52, 58, 100, 101, 114, 120, 121

thunderstorm, 131

tornado, 16, 20, 31, 121, 127, 133

transportation accidents, 39

trauma, 78, 86, 108

treatment, 91, 93, 94, 95

U

unconscious patient, 79-80

unresponsiveness, 83

V

volcano, 34-35

vomiting, 80, 93, 94

W

water, 26, 29, 30, 62, 63, 72, 75, 76, 89, 93, 95, 101, 107, 114, 124, 126, 127, 130, 133

water-borne diarrhea, 130

weapons, 53, 105, 106

websites, 17, 118, 126

wildfire, 31, 33

WonderMill, 73

Z

zombie apocalypse, 52, 109, 122