Camping/Preparedness Checklist

Who doesn't like checklists?  This one may be helpful as you evaluate your self-sufficiency in the event of a loss of our creature comforts in a disaster, or for just plain camping!

More Food Storage Recipes

Last year I posted here about some printable recipe resources for basic long-term food storage foods.  HERE is another printable recipe book that uses only items in the "One Month Basic Supply Kit" from the LDS Church, which includes wheat and flour, oil, sugar, dry milk, macaroni, rolled oats, pinto beans, and salt.  Super great for your food storage library!

O2 Absorbers and Sealing Mylar Bags

Here is some quick info I ran across.  The PDF can be printed and helps you determine how many O2 absorbers you need to pack your food in various containers.  I did not make this chart so I don't know if it is 100% accurate.  The video demonstrates how to seal mylar bags with an iron.  You can also use a flat iron if you have one!

PDF Chart
Video

Homemade Electrolyte Drink

Most likely, you are aware of the dangers of diarrhea and dehydration, especially in the event of an emergency.  In fact, if you do not have clean water and proper sanitation, you can bet you will have to deal with it.  Diarrhea and dehydration is life threatening!  Here, from Rehydrate.com, is a recipe to making your own electrolyte drink, because plain water won't be enough! 

An inexpensive home-made solution (for adults) consists of:

• 1  litre of water (about 34 ounces or a little over 4 cups), mixed with
• 8  teaspoons of sugar,
• 1 teaspoon of  table salt.

A half cup of orange juice or half of a mashed banana can be added to each liter to add potassium and improve taste.

The amount of rehydration that is needed depends on the size of the individual and the degree of dehydration. Rehydration is generally adequate when the person no longer feels thirsty and has a normal urine output. A rough guide to the amount of oral rehydration solution (or ORS) needed in the first 4-6 hours of treatment for a mildly dehydrated person is:

• Up to 11 lb: 200 – 400 ml
• 11-22 lb: 400 – 600 ml
• 22-33 lb: 600 – 800 ml
• 33–44 lb: 800 – 1000 ml
• 44-66 lb: 1000 – 1500 ml
• 66-88 lb: 1500 – 2000 ml
• 88 lb +: 2000-4000 ml

Click here for a printable guide on rehydrating your children!


Don't forget zinc tablets!
"The best treatment for diarrhoea is to (1) drink lots of liquids and oral rehydration salts (ORS), properly mixed with clean water from a safe source, and (2) take zinc tablets or syrup for 10–14 days."

"Medical Corps" Website

Look through these safety handouts and print them for your preparedness notebook.

Also consider printing the medical info on this page for reference, especially this one on antibiotics.  I will be discussing the purchasing and storing of antibiotics for long term soon.

Basic Storage Recipes

Here's some resources for recipes with "basic" food storage, which is what most cannery items are considered to be. This may help some who do not know what to do with these items! The internet is also FULL of LDS blogs and resources for recipes. Try to PRINT whatever you find useful.

Cannery Cookbook "Deseret Recipes"

New Ideas For Cooking with Basic Home Storage

This is also a good resource, although it is not a recipe book. 
Essentials of Home Production and Storage

There are also some good books on my sidebar.  Usually cheapest at Amazon.

LDS Preparedness Manual

One of the best guides on preparedness that I have looked into is the LDS Preparedness Manual.  It is not distributed or published through the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, but is many writings compiled by an LDS member.  You can download and print this 222-page manual for FREE (make sure to choose "duplex" on your printer settings to print double-sided!  Less paper, less bulk).

Medical References?

Thanks to another blog, I found these printable references: Where There Is No Doctor and Where There Is No Dentist. You can also purchase them on Amazon.com.  These are 2010 editions.  I cannot speak for the correctness of the information, but this is something you may want to look into for your emergency library!

Some of the basic topics of No Doctor include:

• How to properly administer medicine and dosage instructions
• The proper methods of injecting medicine
• How to deliver a baby
• How to heal without medicines
• Guidelines for the use of antibiotics
• Home cures
• Medicinal plants
• Homemade casts

Some of the basic topics of No Dentist include:

• How to properly examine and diagnose dental issues
• How to treat cavities, abscesses, infected sinuses, and more
• How to prepare and insert homemade fillings
• How to inject inside the mouth
• How to safely and correctly remove a tooth