American College of Endocrinology (ACE) focuses on emergency planning for people with diabetes at National Hurricane Conference
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Hurricane Conference to share planning tips for people w/ #diabetes; prgm w/Lilly Diabetes offering emergency tips since '05 - @TheAACE, in partnership with Lilly Diabetes, offers emergency planning tips for people with #diabetes at www.empoweryourhealth.org
For the second consecutive year, the
"After hearing about the Lilly/ACE emergency preparedness program, our practice began routinely distributing checklists to patients to help them prepare for any situation," said Dr.
Seeing the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina, Lilly Diabetes and ACE joined forces in 2005 to create the "My Diabetes Emergency Plan" program, a comprehensive checklist-with supporting video resources-for those with diabetes to use to prepare for and manage their health during an emergency. Since then, ACE reports more than 12.5 million checklists have been distributed throughout
"Informing emergency managers, as well as national and local weather forecasters, about these resources is an essential element in our efforts to help reach people with diabetes who need to know how to prepare for emergencies," said Dr.
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