The KEY to surviving natural disaster is to be prepared!

Natural disasters like hurricanes, tornadoes and earthquakes can strike at anytime or any place without warning. They can destroy homes and businesses and even take lives. But the key to any sort of natural disaster, like earthquake or flood, or even a bioterrorist attack is to BE PREPARED.

The old Boy Scout Motto "Be Prepared" applies to virtually any situation. So being prepared means a lot of things and takes a lot of preparation. One thing you can do is create emergency survival kits. If you live in an area prone to earthquakes, prepare an earthquake survival plan and create a survival plan. What will you eat, where will you stay, how will you contact loved ones after the earthquake. Keep supplies of canned and dried food on hand, tons of water, along with plenty of batteries, and even a "go-bag" which has clothes and toiletries for each member of the family. An emergency kit is also good in areas with hurricanes, and flooding. Pack the kit with items you think you might need to last you and your family 3 to 4 days, which is usually the response time for emergency management services.

The kit should include canned food, water, radio and flashlights. It might be a good idea to put some books, and activities for small children to keep them occupied during down time and a deck or two of cards to keep the adults busy as well. Also make copies of important documents and seal them in a waterproof plastic bag to keep in the kit. This is just in case you have to evacuate your home because it was destroyed or deemed unsafe. Copies of important paperwork can speed along red tape processes.

One of the most important items to keep in an emergency survival kit is a first aid kit. A first aid kit can be as basic or extensive as you would like, but should at least have all the necessities such as bandages, antiseptic, gauze, and basic suturing kit. One of the most important survival elements that can not be found in the first aid kit is CPR certification. Every adult should know CPR. Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) is an important lifesaving skill that can help in any natural disaster situation. It can be used to prolong life until emergency services arrive, and performed properly it can save lives.

The best way to learn to perform CPR properly is take a CPR certification class through a qualified CPR training program, like www.CPRAEDCourse.com. They have qualified instructors in an online training environment to produce nationally certified CPR certification classes. Anyone with the potential to be in a natural disaster, from flood, to earthquake, from hurricane to tornado should be CPR certified and prepared. An online CPR classes, like those available at www.cpraedcourse.com can help you "Be Prepared."

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