Prepping Special Needs

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Prepping With Special Needs
Special needs would be anything considered beyond normal, and the so-called normal is not the same for everyone or every family. Therefore, it is up to you as an individual or family to determine special needs when it comes to prepping.
Obvious special needs would include needed medications and syringes for diabetes. Prosthetics for loss of limbs and needed devices or service animals for those that have lost or have limited eyesight or other physical or mental disabilities that require special foods, medicines, medical devices, and even specialized living quarters.
Pregnancy, while temporary has to be considered, as well as, the newborn child, who will, of course, have very special needs. You also have to consider …show more content…

Now you may take a family member to a specialist, or therapist, for example, but what happens when the hospitals and doctor's offices are shuttered, do you have the required training?
You will need a plan to refrigerate medicines, such as insulin when the power goes out. Your typical 30 day supply of insulin that is administered through a needle can be kept out of refrigeration for 28 days but if you have a 90 day supply then the 60 day supply needs to be chilled.
You need a way of keeping it cool, and so you need a generator that can supply electricity to a refrigerator. Solar, wind, and hydropower are options, as well, but you will need a backup plan when there is no sun, wind, or running water strong enough to keep your refrigerator operating at the proper temperature.
You will need to discuss emergency planning with your primary care physician. If you obtain medicines on a monthly basis then you would have at the most a 30-day supply if something were to happen. If the crisis strikes two weeks after obtaining your medicines, however, then you only have a 14-day supply on hand, this may not be …show more content…

Narcotics for pain, for example, cannot be written for more than 30 days at a time, and only after a revisit to your doctor, in most instances.
Discuss your concerns with your doctor. They are well aware of the problems associated with emergencies and obtaining medications during such.
You always have to keep in mind that if you or someone else needs "it" now to survive, then it is needed to survive during a crisis. You know what is needed now, so you have to plan to have it during a power outage, or when the SHTF and the stores and hospitals are shut down.
You have to consider power for any equipment you need, batteries for devices, and a way to charge those batteries and how much do you need of essential medical items, how many days of medicines, of special foods for diabetics and for those with high blood pressure or ulcers for example.
If you can purchase what you need now, then you need to buy extra for emergencies. This has to be a priority because it is a matter of life and

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