When the Grid Fails: Chronic Illness Continuity Planning

About this episode

This episode discusses chronic illness emergency preparedness for real-world disruptions.

Most preparedness advice is built around a healthy, mobile adult who can adapt on the fly. But real life looks different for millions of households. If you rely on dialysis, insulin, oxygen, CPAP, a ventilator, or time sensitive prescriptions, your safety is tied to systems that can and do break. This episode focuses on chronic illness emergency preparedness that works for real world disruptions, not movie scenarios. We are talking about interruption, not apocalypse, and how to build a plan t...

People in this episode

Hosts: Mark Lawley, Krista Lawley

Topics covered

• chronic illness
• emergency preparedness
• continuity planning
• healthcare disruption
• real world scenarios

Keywords

• chronic illness
• preparedness
• emergency planning
• healthcare
• disruption

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: dialysis, insulin, oxygen, CPAP, ventilator, prescriptions

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