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Personal Pandemic Preparedness: An Individual and Family Discussion Exercise

Personal Pandemic Preparedness: An Individual and Family Discussion Exercise. Alabama Department of Public Health Center for Emergency Preparedness January 2008. Influenza (Flu) Terms. Seasonal (or common) flu Respiratory illness Transmitted person to person

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Personal Pandemic Preparedness: An Individual and Family Discussion Exercise

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  1. Personal Pandemic Preparedness:An Individual and Family Discussion Exercise Alabama Department of Public Health Center for Emergency Preparedness January 2008

  2. Influenza (Flu) Terms • Seasonal (or common) flu • Respiratory illness • Transmitted person to person • Most people have some immunity • Vaccine is available • Only H1N1 and H3N2 are commonly circulating • Avian (or bird) flu • Influenza viruses that occur naturally among wild birds. • Low pathogenic is common in birds • Highly pathogenic H5N1 is deadly to domestic fowl • Can be transmitted from birds to humans • Deadly to humans • Pandemic flu • Human flu that causes a global outbreak • Little natural immunity • Spreads easily from person to person.

  3. Alabama Influenza & Pneumonia Deaths 1914 - 1919 Annual Report of the State Board of Health, 1919, p. 60

  4. Cumulative Number of Confirmed Human Cases of H5N1 http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/country/cases_table_2008_01_21/en/index.html

  5. “Any community that fails to prepare, with the expectation that the federal government or, for that matter, the state government will be able to step forward and come to their rescue at the final hour, will be tragically wrong, not because the government will lack a will, not because we will lack a collective wallet, but because there is no way that you can respond to every hometown in America at the same time.” Secretary Michael Leavitt April 20, 2006

  6. Forecasted Impact of Pandemic Influenza Based upon Table 1 of HHS Planning Assumptions

  7. Community VolunteersNeeded During a Pandemic • Comfort Care Centers (CCC) • Patient follow-up data entry • Point of Dispensing (POD) site • Back fill hospitals and other healthcare providers • Grief counseling

  8. Today’s News Late Breaking Pandemic Influenza News Video

  9. Discussion Question Categories • Family Plan • Child • Parents • Pets • Stockpile • Food and water • OTC prescription • Medical Care • Prescription • Home care

  10. Is your family ready for a pandemic influenza second wave?

  11. For more information about preparing your family, go online: • Alabama Department of Public Health, Center for Emergency Preparedness www.adph.org/cep • Health and Human Services www.pandemicflu.gov • Federal Emergency Management Agency www.fema.gov • US Department of Homeland Security www.ready.gov Contact your local county health department or call the Alabama Department of Public Health at 1-888-264-4073 or 1-800-ALA-1818

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