Bugging in and Bugging Out by Mr David E Crossley

Author:Mr David E Crossley [Crossley, David E]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781484186602
Google: rKgUnwEACAAJ
Amazon: 1484186605
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2013-06-28T04:00:00+00:00

Potential threats

After an Event occurs, or while it is in progress if it is prolonged, there are likely to be any of several possible threats to your health through injury or illness. These might come about as a result of the effects of the disaster, your own post-Event activities, aggressive or otherwise dangerous animals, or people – either deliberately or through their ignorance.

Injury or illness

Since it isn’t possible to know exactly what the Event might be, nor therefore what its effects could be, identifying the injuries it could cause is difficult. If you are Bugging In then you might not have sustained any injury but that doesn’t mean they couldn’t occur later. Either way, you can minimise the risks of injury by applying the safety and security precautions I explain in the next chapter.

Avoiding illness could be down to avoiding contamination by radioactive particles, which I dealt with in Shelter, or chemicals, which will be dealt with in Safety and Security, or biological hazards, be they natural or from an attack.

That latter threat is one of the most likely causes of you having to Bug In and the intent is to avoid infection or contamination by other people or through objects that they have touched. If a potential threat is suspected but it has not yet been identified as local and you are taking the chance to top up your preps follow these tips to minimise contact with other people:

1. Remember that someone can be infectious for days before they show any symptoms.

2. If you have to shop, remove all surplus packaging from items in your cupboards, empty all your rubbish bins and gather any other garbage. Bag it and take it with you to dump at a refuse site or in supermarket bins while you are out.

3. If possible use a supermarket that does deliveries. If that is no longer an option, choose somewhere that is open 24 hours and go in the early hours of the morning when there will be few customers.

4. Disinfect your hands before you leave the car

5. Wear disposable gloves and wear a mask or cover your mouth and nose with a scarf

6. Cough loudly so that other people keep away from you

7. Do not buy any unwrapped products e.g. only buy fresh vegetables already packed in bags – the absorbent surface of the veg will have been exposed to fewer people and a plastic bag is easier to decontaminate

8. Pay at a self-service checkout

9. Use bags from further back in the pile rather than those at the front

10. Take the maximum offer of cash back in case you need it later but banks are not operating or cash machines are empty. Take the maximum you can on your debit card from an ATM as well.

11. Take each item from its bag, disinfect the packaging, and then place the item into a clean bag in your car. Leave the shop bags, receipts, etc in the trolley

12. Return the trolley, remove your gloves and leave them in the trolley too

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