Planning - #4.2 Special Needs Sanitation

Going back down the rabbit hole for awhile. We need to spend a bit more time on the overlooked subject of sanitation. Why? Because poor sanitation KILLS people, makes them unable to help themselves or others and can be avoided even during an emergency.

This subjects affects all of us during a time of crisis. No matter the crisis you might face if you have people you are caring for or are a person with special needs this affects you. As you read this you should realize everyone is affected by the special needs of people. If you are not, well you need to get some more people into your life........

If one of your family members is reliant on medical aids to make it through another day this ought to strike close to the heart. Should one of your family members need items such as catheters or colostomy bags to survive on a daily basis what are you going to do when the doctors office is closed or it has been washed away with the pharmacy?

Do you have extra? Remember we are not trying to store enough for a year or even a month at this point. Do you have enough of these items you or the person who needs these can take a bus ride for two or three days out of the effected area? Do you have all of the supplies they or you need to properly take care of themselves during the emergency? The last thing we want to deal with is surviving an emergency or to have complications afterward due to the lack of proper supplies for our special needs. 

Are these supplies portable? Can you or your loved one travel with these supplies? Do they have enough to simply stay home during the issue? Odds are if you ask your doctor and be honest with them, let them know you are trying to put together an emergency kit, they will try to work with you to secure extra supplies. 

  
Babies fall into this special needs group also. Nothing is worst as a parent than not being to care for your children. During an emergency you do not want to be searching for diapers for your baby! You want a happy baby, a happy baby with a dry butt takes stress away from you during an emergency and allows you to focus on other issues. 

Having a few extra packages of diapers around the house is always a good idea!!! Heck ask folks for diapers as a birthday gift, the little one is not going to remember grandma gave them diapers for their first birthday!!!

Another option or alternative to have around the house is cloth diapers. Yes they are harder to use! Yes they need to be washed out! Yes you have to wash them out! Yes you have to get a bit more personal with the stuff BUT having a few in the closet could be a god send if you find yourself in an emergency. Having something to use could allow you to stay home instead of going out into a dangerous situation because you need to get supplies. (hint: you have to learn how to fold them properly!!)

Ladies, no laughing at this next part! Fellas, pull up a chair and let's have a conversation. The ladies in your life, mom, wife, daughters all fall into this special needs category..... Nobody cares if you have three months of MREs, the best bear trap and enough guns along with ammo to hold off a battalion of Chinese. If you do not have tampons and sanitary napkins in your supplies you are an idiot!!!

Why are you an idiot? Because you have not looked seriously at your planning and tried to cover as many situations as you could with what you have. Ladies...... if you have allowed your fella to store supplies and make plans without you insisting he address this subject you also are an idiot!!

If you're at a stage in life where these are not an issue for you still should have a few around. Even if you are single guy planning to run to the hills you should have a few of these around. WHY? Because they make great items to barter with during an emergency or maybe even allow you to show some charity to your fellow man.

Prior Planning Prevents Poor Performance

Looking at these subjects now and doing what you can with what you got now. Can go along ways to helping you or a loved one later. The 'you then' will like the 'you now' a whole lot more when a situation comes up and there is an answer or at least something to work with!!

As Always,

Stay Safe