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Information you can use to get ready!
We want your body!
By EAD on
12/5/2012 6:56 PM
The Emergency Operations Center wants you! What is that and why do they want me, you ask? Scenario: So, the big one hits - but you and your family were ready. You have enough food and water for yourselves and your animals to last easily for 10 days and you've called your designated out-of-state contact and let them know you and your family are okay. Your house is strapped to its foundation and your water heater and shelves are still securely bracketed to the walls and clean up is a breeze. You've still got major adrenilin in your system and you're looking around at the homes of friends and neighbors and realizing that there is a mountain of work to do to get the island back on its feet - and you are ready!
Vashon's EOC will need many volunteers to help run every aspect of island recovery from the moment a major event occurs until every member of our island family has food, clothing and permanent shelter.
So, what can you do? Start with what you are good at! If you are well prepared for a disaster then you are good at planning. You can join the Planning Team and help bring everything that islanders will need here and have it ready to support this community.
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Re: What to do if you have confirmed or suspected COVID-19 or are worried that you may have COVID-19
No on ventilators. They require a paramedic to insert the tubes and at that point should be off island in a proper care facility. Low flow oxygen is easily available, but those needing it only for COVID should also be in a proper care facility.
By John Cornelison on: Monday, March 9, 2020
Re: What to do if you have confirmed or suspected COVID-19 or are worried that you may have COVID-19
The large national company, Lab Corp, announced that they can do testing as of last Friday. I believe they are used by both clinics on the island. Local clinicians just do a nasal swab as I understand it and then send those in for testing. The test kits reside at the laboratory.
In addition other test facilities exist, but are unlikely to be used directly by island providers. Contact their websites and offices before you go in with any respiratory issues. Their information is likely to change frequently until more is known about the virus.
I don't know about ventilators, but will ask. Thanks for your comment!
By John Cornelison on: Monday, March 9, 2020
Re: What to do if you have confirmed or suspected COVID-19 or are worried that you may have COVID-19
Will Vashon be getting testing kits soon in the hands of all doctors and first responders on island? Can the Gates Foundation help in this regard? Can we get the Neighborcare Clinic better prepared in this regard?
How many ventilators are on island? This is where critical shortages seem imminent.
By Begreen on: Monday, March 9, 2020
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