Preppers’ PING!
Bonus to storing Sodium Hypochlorite you can make gallons of bleach!
Dehydration can be fatal.
/johnny
There are several things to look out for: Hantavirus, Cholera, Giardia, Rocky mountain spotted tick fever.
Not sure that everyone knows bleach has a rather short self life. About 9 months.
Until I was 5 we lived in the country in the Florida Panhandle. There was no electricity so we had to get our water from a well. There was also an artesian spring not far away which was probably more pure than well water.
It was not possible to keep as clean as we do now with an easy shower or tub bath every day but it was not difficult to stay reasonably clean either.
Mother always kept a bucket of water, a dipper and a pan on the back porch. Anyone coming in or after using the outdoor toilet would wash their hands then rinse. Daily baths were just with a washcloth and water. Once a week you took one in a tub and really scrubbed.
If one were thirsty and did not mind walking a hundred yards the flowing spring was better. Daddy always kept a glass on a stob of wood. You would drink from the flowing part then wash the glass for the next person.
My ggrandparents were affluent and had hot and cold running water and a huge old bathtub. They did this without electricity, tho it did require some ingenuity from GGrandpa who was an inventor.
Bookmarked.
bfl
Drinking fluids isn’t sufficient for re-hydration from diarrhea, etc. You also need to rebalance your electrolytes. One of the replies to the article contains this recipe, which looks like it would do the trick.
“Here’s a recipe for a rehydration solution (homemade Gatorade) if you do get dehydrated.
2 quarts (liters) Water
5-10 Tsp. Sugar (to taste)
1 Tsp. Salt
1 Tsp. Baking Soda
1/2 Tsp. Salt Substitute (Potassium Chloride)
1 Pack unsweetened drink mix (Kool Aid) optional for flavoring”
Since the time Of Moses the simplest way of dealing with waste was burial. If a person can add lime all the better but the goal is keeping flies away from contact with waste.
Next using a small amount of lime in a hand washing rinse will help if soap is not available.
A major part of our preps is to get and store the same soaps and cleaners we normally use. Keeping clean just as we do today is extremely important, regardless of any medical preps we may have. People often underestimate the actual level of cleanliness they live in and would be very surprised by the dirt and filth they would otherwise have without such things as soap and vacuum cleaners.
P4L
Even today, it’s best to wash your hands before putting away items from the grocery store.
ping
1. Bed pans - bedside commode - other toileting solutions you might think of, depending on the ability of the patient - and care giver
2. Plastic Sheeting/mattress protector
3. Adult diapers - start with some manufactured products, but think about the possibility that they may not be available at some point. Perhaps obtain some cotton flannel or soft cotton muslin to be able to make some
5. Baby Wipes - or possibly could make your own with some paper towels and a few drops of baby shampoo and lemon juice and water in a tupper ware container - Also consider having a pile of cheap washcloths on hand which also could be used for this purpose.
4. Face Tissues - But again consider that they may not be available at some point, so perhaps a small pile of handkerchiefs (or those cheap washcloths) might be in order
5. Extra pillows and pillow cases
6. Bath blanket or large soft beach towel(s)
7. Large bowl or basin
8. Disposable gloves
9. Baby powder (obtain the corn starch kind rather than the talcum powder kind)
10. Learn how to give a proper bed bath.
Rule of Thumb:
Go from clean to dirty. (In other words, wash the face first, then the cleaner parts of the body then the perineal area, continually following that rule - ie, avoid contaminating the cleaner parts of the body with your cloth that has gone over a dirty part. Corollary: clean the anus last!
If the patient is soiled by bowel movement, then certainly clean that first, THEN do your proper bed bath following the Rule of Thumb.
http://www.drugs.com/cg/how-to-give-a-bed-bath.html
http://www.ehow.com/how_6746745_nursing_-give-bed-bath.html
11. Learn how to make up a bed with a person in it.
http://www.drugs.com/cg/making-a-bed-with-a-person-in-it.html
There probably is more, but this might get your mind rolling in this direction to think of them.