Flood Season Survival: Go-Bag Checklist for Dialysis, Oxygen & Heart Patients (Video)

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Ever wonder how 7 days of meds can save you during floods?

Ever wonder how 7 days of meds can save you during floods?

Flood-Season Health Prep

In this video you'll learn how to protect dialysis, oxygen and heart patients when monsoon floods hit, and the key habit that can save a life.

Go-bag Essentials

One bag per patient, kept by the door from the first warning. Seal every paper item in zip bags or double plastic. Photograph the list and reports on two phones, because paper gets wet.

Medication supply

Aim for at least a week of medicines, inhalers and spacers, all in original packaging, so a flood won’t cut you off.

Kidney Dialysis Tips

Missing dialysis lets potassium and fluid build up, risking dangerous heart rhythms. Ask your unit where to go if they close, get a backup clinic’s name, keep a copy of the schedule, and protect the fistula or catheter site from floodwater.

Dialysis window

If your next session is within two days and roads might close, evacuate early and stay near a higher-ground clinic.

Lung Oxygen Prep

A concentrator stops when power fails, so keep at least one full backup cylinder. Store cylinders upright, away from flames, and bring reliever and preventer inhalers with a spacer. A pulse oximeter helps track oxygen levels if your doctor set a threshold.

Weight gain alert

A sudden two-kilogram rise in two to three days can signal fluid overload in heart failure, watch the scale if you have one.

The one thing to do

Pack a sealed, seven-day go-bag, have a higher-ground clinic ready, and evacuate at the first flood warning, don’t wait for water at your door.

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The full guide is on thecareonline.com. General information only, so check with your doctor for your own case.