Disaster Planning and Preparedness References

General References

Army Field Manual FM 21-76 (Survival, Evasion, and Recovery)

The Official Army Wilderness Survival Manual: Tips and Tactics for Tools, Shelter, Food, Weaponry, Medicine, Tracking, Evasion, and Everything Else You Need to Know to Survive in the Wilderness U.S Army Field Manual 3-05.70, Survival

Arctic Survival Manual, United States Army Air force, World War II (1941-1945)

The Backpacker's Field Manual, Revised and Updated: A Comprehensive Guide to Mastering Backcountry Skills Curtis, Rick, The Backpacker's Field Manual, Revised and Updated: A Comprehensive Guide to Mastering Backcountry Skills , Three Rivers Press (May 24, 2005), ISBN-13: 978-1400053094

The Ultimate Desert Handbook : A Manual for Desert Hikers, Campers and Travelers Johnson, Mark, The Ultimate Desert Handbook : A Manual for Desert Hikers, Campers and Travelers, International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press; 1 edition (March 26, 2003), ISBN-13: 978-0071393034

http://www.alpharubicon.com

The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes - and Why Ripley, Amanda, The Unthinkable Who Survives When Disaster Strikes and Why, Three Rivers Press; Reprint edition (June 16, 2009), ISBN-13: 978-0307352903

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Disaster Preparedness Ramirez, Maurice A., The Complete Idiots Guide to Disaster Preparedness, Alpha (August 4, 2009), ISBN-13: 978-1592578931

Water References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_water_purification

Tellier R, and Keystone JS: Prevention of Traveller's Diarrhea. Inf Disease Clinics of North America, June 1992; 6 (2):333-354.

http://www.survivaltopics.com/survival/better-than-bleach-use-calcium-hypochlorite-to-disinfect-water/

Starke, Jeffrey A, et al., Do Iodine Water Purification Tablets Provide an Effective Barrier against Cryptospporidium parvum?, Military Medicine, Jan 2005,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SODIS

http://almashriq.hiof.no/lebanon/600/610/614/solar-water/unesco/

http://www.clorox.com/products/faqs.php?prod_id=clb#faq2

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_purifier

http://www.epa.gov/safewater/faq/emerg.html

http://www.high-altitude-medicine.com/water.html

http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/MHMI/mmg184.html

Rehydration References

http://www.rehydrate.org/solutions/homemade.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_rehydration_therapy

Food References

How to Live on Wheat Hill, John, How to Live on Wheat, Clear Springs Press (November 19, 2007), ISBN-13: 978-1884979040

Cookin' with Home Storage Layton, Peggy, Cookin With Home Storage, (July 18, 1991), ISBN-13: 978-1893519015

Emergency Food Storage & Survival Handbook: Everything You Need to Know to Keep Your Family Safe in a Crisis Layton, Peggy, Emergency Food Storage & Survival Handbook, Three Rivers Press (October 22, 2002), ISBN-13: 978-0761563679

How to Develop a Low-Cost Family Food-Storage System Evangelista, Anita, How to Develop A Low-Cost Family Food Storage System, Auctoritas Publishing LLC (July 24, 2009), ISBN-13: 978-0615304755

http://www.survivaltopics.com/survival/how-long-can-you-live-without-food/ How Long Can You Live Without Food?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota_Starvation_Experiment

The Great Starvation Experiment: Ancel Keys and the Men Who Starved for Science Todd Tucker, The Great Starvation Experiment: The Heroic Men Who Starved so That Millions Could Live, Free Press, A Division of Simon & Schuster, Inc., New York, New York, ISBN 978-0-7432-7030-4, 2006.

http://grandpappy.info/hshelff.htm

http://www.mealtime.org/content.aspx?id=132

http://www.sproutpeople.com/grow/storage.html

http://www.seedman.com/veggerm.htm

http://www.harvestwizard.com/2009/04/seed_shelf_life.html

http://www.harvestwizard.com/how_to_grow/

http://zenstoves.net/Templates.htm

Medical References

Wilderness Medicine, 5th Edition Auerbach, Paul S., Wilderness Medicine, Mosby; 5th edition (January 19, 2007), ISBN-13: 978-0323032285

Field Guide to Wilderness Medicine Auerbach Paul S., Field Guide to Wilderness Medicine, Mosby; 3 edition (May 13, 2008), ISBN-13: 978-1416046981

Where There Is No Doctor: A Village Health Care Handbook Where There Is No Doctor: A Village Health Care Handbook, Hesperian Foundation; Revised edition (May 25, 1992), ISBN-13: 978-0942364156

Where There Is No Dentist Where There Is No Dentist, Hesperian Foundation; First Edition edition (June 1, 1983), ISBN-13: 978-0942364057

Book for Midwives: A Manual for Traditional Birth Attendants and Community Midwives Book for Midwives: A Manual for Traditional Birth Attendants and Community Midwives, Hesperian Foundation (July 1995), ISBN-13: 978-0942364224

Institutions offering Wilderness First Responder Courses

http://www.nols.edu/portal/wmi/courses/wfr/

http://www.wildmed.com/wilderness-medicine-search-rescue-training-schedule.php

http://www.soloschools.com/courses.cfm

http://www.cboutdoors.com/

http://www.firstlead.com/

http://www.remotemedical.com/wilderness-medicine-training/Wilderness-First-Responder-WFR

http://www.medicalofficer.net/index_files/Course_Schedule.htm

http://www.yamnuska.com/wilderness-first-aid/wfr-course/

http://www.gsmit.org/wfr.html

http://wildernessmedicine.com/Home/tabid/1723/Default.aspx

http://www.desertmountainmedicine.com/home/course-schedule.php

http://www.rescuespec.com/Schedule.html

On-Line Sources for Medical Information and Training Resources

If you have internet access, these resources can be extremely useful. Use them for education and training prior to an emergency where you likely won't have either the time or internet access to engage in learning activities.

Online First Aid and Anatomy Atlas - http://www.anatomyatlases.org/firstaid/index.shtml

Online Merck Manual - http://www.merck.com/pubs/

Online Detmatology Atlas and Information http://dermis.multimedica.de/dermisroot/en/home/index.htm

Online Medical Information - http://www.medicalstudent.com/

Online Medical Dictionary - http://www.stedmans.com/section.cfm/45

PubMed Searchable Database - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=PubMed

Information and Field Medic Training - http://www.medicalcorps.org/

An Online Edition of the Book "Where There is No Doctor"- http://www.healthwrights.org/books/WTINDonline.htm

Important Information on Hydration and Oral Rehydration http://rehydrate.org/rehydration/index.html

Download Link for the Book "Emergency War Surgery" http://bordeninstitute.army.mil/other_pub/ews.html

Links to downloadable videos on Emergency and Combat Medical Procedures - http://www.operationalmedicine.org/Videos.htm

Links to downloadable Textbooks on Emergency and Combat Medical Procedures - http://www.operationalmedicine.org/TextbookFiles/textbooks.htm

Links to downloadable Powerpoint Lectures on Emergency and Combat Medical Procedures - http://www.operationalmedicine.org/Lectures.htm

Links to downloadable Distance Learning Courses on Emergency and Combat Medical Procedures - http://www.operationalmedicine.org/DistanceLearning/DistanceLearning.htm