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EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
Taylor Ratcliff, MD, Emergency Medicine, Baylor Scott & White Health

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KEEP AN EYE ON YOUR LOCAL FORECAST THIS WEEK- AND PREPARE FOR POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER BY PACKING AN EMERGENCY BAG.

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EMERGENCY MEDICINE PHYSICIAN TAYLOR RATCLIFF SAYS HE WATCHED TEXANS LEARN SOME HARD LESSONS DURING LAST YEAR’S BIG-FREEZE. JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF WHY HE RECOMMENDS EVERYONE HAS EMERGENCY SUPPLIES AND AN EMERGENCY PLAN …
HERE ARE A FEW THINGS HE SUGGESTS PUTTING ON YOUR EMERGENCY CHECKLIST…

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Taylor Ratcliff, MD
Baylor Scott and White Health
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I'm gonna have a way to communicate. I'm gonna have a way to charge my items. Um, I'm gonna have some kind of a lighting source. I'm gonna have some kind of way to protect myself from the elements.  We're gonna want to take food and water. I think those are gonna be the basics. And again, medications, if you're on medications.

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ANOTHER TIP FROM DOCTOR RATCLIFF- FIGURE OUT HOW AND WHEN YOU WILL CHECK IN WITH FAMILY MEMBERS IF YOUR CELL PHONE GOES DEAD.