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Emergency Preparedness
| Title: | American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry | | URL: | http://www.aacap.org/ | | Comment: | Site provides suggestions and recommendations for helping children after a disaster or traumatic experience. On the Home Page select Facts for Families. On the Facts for Families page, scroll down to Disaster. Select Disaster #36 |  | |
| Title: | American Heart Association | | URL: | http://www.americanheart.org/ | | Comment: | The American Heart Association provides a link to find local CPR and First Aid training courses, where child care providers can learn to recognize and treat life-threatening emergencies. | | |
| Title: | American Red Cross | | URL: | http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/0,1082,0_319_00.html | | Comment: | This website provides information on disaster services, how to prepare for disasters and create a disaster plan, and how to help children cope with disasters. Although addressed primarily to families, the information is relevant to child care facilities. | | |
| Title: | Bright Horizons Family Solutions | | URL: | http://www.brighthorizons.com/site/pages/resourceroom.aspx | | Comment: | Bright Horizons has prepared a document aiming to assist child care centers in developing emergency preparedness plans. The Emergency Reponse Plan is under the the Early Care and Education subheading on their Resource Room webpage. This site also has information about helping children cope with disasters. | | |
| Title: | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | | URL: | http://www.bt.cdc.gov | | Comment: | Site provides health alerts, advisories, and updates on bioterrorism and public health emergency preparedness and response efforts. Fact sheets are available on the most prevalent bioterrorism agents such as anthrax and smallpox and also on topics such as "Children and Anthrax." In the left frame, select Frequently Asked Questions for an extensive description of anthrax. Under Content in the left frame, select Agents/Diseases for a complete list of biological agents/diseases and chemical agents. | | |
| Title: | Emergency Medical Services for Children | | URL: | http://www.ems-c.org | | Comment: | This site provides a large amount of information on preventing and responding to childhood emergencies. Some documents relate specifically to emergency situations with children with special needs. A few publications have Spanish versions. Many of the publications are for sale, but many are also available free of charge. At the site, select "Products and Resources". Then, selection of "Product Order Form" will provide a list of publications for sale. Select "Downloadable Files" for free publications. | | |
| Title: | Healthy Childcare (publication) | | URL: | http://www.healthychild.net/volume7.html | | Comment: | The February-March 2004 issue of Healthy Childcare was devoted to emergency preparation, and can be found on this website. The articles include emergency planning tips with information on evacuations, staying healthy during a crisis, managing medications in an emergency, emergency food and water planning, and stress in an emergency. This issue is available online and in print.
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| Title: | International Center to Heal Our Children | | URL: | http://www.childrensnational.org/DepartmentsandPrograms/ICHOC/resources.aspx | | Comment: | Site contains a Fact Sheet titled "Children and War: How Can We Help?" and a "Handbook of Frequently Asked Questions Following Traumatic Events: Violence, Disasters, or Terrorism". To access the Fact Sheet, on the Welcome page, select "A Guide for Helping Kids Cope with War" and download the Fact Sheet. To access the Handbook, select "Learn More about ICHOC" then scroll down almost to the bottom of the page to find the link to the Handbook. | | |
| Title: | KidSource OnLine: Emergency Preparedness Checklist | | URL: | http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content/prepared.html | | Comment: | While not specific to child care, this site provides a good emergency checklist, a sample emergency contact list, emergency kits, escape plan, evacuation plan, and hazard list. | | |
| Title: | National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health | | URL: | http://www.ncemch.org/RefDes/coping.html | | Comment: | This site provides a list of resources for helping children and adolescents cope with tragedy, crisis, and traumatic events. | | |
| Title: | Potassium Iodine (KI) and Radiation Emergencies | | URL: | http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/ki/ki_low.htm | | Comment: | This fact sheet is produced by the New York State Department of Health. It quickly and easily answers questions about KI as a treatment for radiation exposure, and includes dosage recommendations for children of all ages. | | |
| Title: | University of Illinois Extension Disaster Resources | | URL: | http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/~disaster/ | | Comment: | Site provides information on How to Prepare for a
Disaster, What to do After a Disaster, How to Get Help After a Disaster...etc. Under How to Prepare for a Disaster is specific information from FEMA about a Family Disaster Plan, Disaster Supplies Kit, Emergency Preparedness Checklist, etc. To access: on the Home Page, select Information Resources. | | |
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