Preparation Is Personal for Those with Chronic Illnesses
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- .@TheAACE and @LillyDiabetes highlight the My Diabetes Emergency Plan at the 2015 @NatHurricaneCon
- .@TheAACE and @LillyDiabetes at @NatHurricaneCon to encourage you to be prepared to manage your #diabetes before emergencies strike
ACE and Lilly Diabetes, recognizing the importance of advance planning, created the My Diabetes Emergency Plan to help people with diabetes make a plan to manage their care before emergencies strike. The plan highlights a checklist of essential items needed in an emergency kit in the event of a disaster. Among the items are a 30-day supply of all medications, blood glucose testing supplies, contact information for all healthcare providers, food, water, and a source of fast-acting carbohydrates to treat low blood glucose reactions.
People with chronic diseases such as diabetes are especially vulnerable during disasters when they are displaced from their homes. Medications, food and other vital supplies can be a matter of life and death to these patients.
"Patient education and community outreach are an integral part of ACE's activities, as evidenced in programs such as the My Diabetes Emergency Plan," said Dr.
"With record-breaking amounts of precipitation this winter and severe summer storms still in recent memory, the
The video and downloadable checklists are available for free download at www.mydiabetesemergencyplan.com.
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