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Preparedness: Preparing a first aid kit for emergencies ... being ready can save your life (for persons with IDD)

Center:

PR-Institute on Developmental Disabilities, UCEDD

Fiscal Year:

2019

Contact Information:

Carmen Milagros Rodriguez
[email protected]
787-758-2525 x1492

Product Description:

How to prepare a backpack with medicines and first aid kit for persons with IDD to manage for emergency and natural disasters. This is a basic guide with information on the medical essentials and personalized emergency kit for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) to cover their special health and communication needs and their service or assistance animal in case of evacuation and how to carry out to a shelter.

Keyword(s):

intellectual and developmental disabilities, preparedness, first aid backpack, emergencies, disasters

Product/Publication Type(s):

Pamphlets, Brochures, or Fact sheets

Target Audience:

Consumers/Families, Professionals, Policymakers, Students

Alternative Format:

Visual Format or Large Print, Language other than English

To Obtain Copies (URL or Email):

http://iddpr.rcm.upr.edu; [email protected]

COVID-19 Related Data:

N/A