An Individual and Family Discussion Exercise Alabama Department of Public Health Center for Emergency Preparedness January 2008 Influenza Flu Terms Seasonal or common flu Respiratory illness ID: 915181
Download Presentation The PPT/PDF document "Personal Pandemic Preparedness:" is the property of its rightful owner. Permission is granted to download and print the materials on this web site for personal, non-commercial use only, and to display it on your personal computer provided you do not modify the materials and that you retain all copyright notices contained in the materials. By downloading content from our website, you accept the terms of this agreement.
Slide1
Personal Pandemic Preparedness:An Individual and Family Discussion Exercise
Alabama Department of Public Health
Center for Emergency Preparedness
January 2008
Slide2Influenza (Flu) Terms
Seasonal (or common) flu
Respiratory illness
Transmitted person to person
Most people have some immunity
Vaccine is available
Only H1N1 and H3N2 are commonly circulating
Avian (or bird) flu
Influenza viruses that occur naturally among wild birds.
Low pathogenic is common in birds
Highly pathogenic H5N1 is deadly to domestic fowl
Can be transmitted from birds to humans
Deadly to humans
Pandemic flu
Human flu that causes a global outbreak
Little natural immunity
Spreads easily from person to person.
Slide3Alabama Influenza & Pneumonia Deaths 1914 - 1919
Annual Report of the State Board of Health, 1919, p. 60
Slide4Cumulative Number of Confirmed Human Cases of H5N1
http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/country/cases_table_2008_01_21/en/index.html
Slide5“
Any community that fails to prepare, with the expectation that the federal government or, for that matter, the state government will be able to step forward and come to their rescue at the final hour, will be tragically wrong, not because the government will lack a will, not because we will lack a collective wallet, but because there is no way that you can respond to every hometown in America at the same time.”
Secretary Michael Leavitt
April 20, 2006
Slide6Forecasted Impact of
Pandemic Influenza
Alabama
Characteristic
Moderate (1958/68-like)
Severe
(1918-like)
Illness (30%)
1.35 million
1.35 million
Outpatient
Medical Care (50%)
675,000
675,000Hospitalization12,975148,500 ICU care1,931 22,275 Mechanical ventilation973 11,183 Deaths3,135 28,545
Based upon Table 1 of HHS Planning Assumptions
Slide7Community VolunteersNeeded During a Pandemic
Comfort Care Centers (CCC)
Patient follow-up data entry
Point of Dispensing (POD) site
Back fill hospitals and other healthcare providers
Grief counseling
Slide8Today’s News
Late Breaking Pandemic Influenza News Video
Slide9Discussion Question Categories
Family Plan
Child
Parents
Pets
Stockpile
Food and water
OTC prescription
Medical Care
Prescription
Home care
Slide10Is your family ready for a pandemic influenza second wave?
Slide11For more information about preparing your family, go online:
Alabama Department of Public Health, Center for Emergency Preparedness
www.adph.org/cep
Health and Human Services
www.pandemicflu.gov
Federal Emergency Management Agency
www.fema.gov
US Department of Homeland Security
www.ready.gov
Contact your local county health department or call the Alabama
Department of Public Health at 1-888-264-4073 or 1-800-ALA-1818