
I received this email and thought this is quite a wake up call and I should share it. We all need to be prepared for any emergency that a family member may need to have medical care when none is available. What would you do?
Wed, September 1, 2010 12: 7:00 PM
Medical care when no doctor is available
From: Off The Grid News
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To: Emma Hunt
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Dear Emma,
Astronomers from around the world are warning that a massive solar storm with the equivalent force of 100 million hydrogen bombs is likely to strike the earth in 2012, and while the media is focused on the likely damage to the global electric grid, medical professionals and consumers alike are beginning to contemplate what an off-grid scenario would mean for medical care.
Analysts are concerned that if the damage is as extensive as leading experts say it may be, medical care could be set back a century or more. Insiders point to the difficulty maintaining perishable or refrigerated medicines, proper sanitation of medical equipment and facilities and even basics like keeping the lights on in buildings that have largely been constructed with little consideration for natural light.
Some skeptics have pointed out that many medical facilities have robust back-up generators, but as Brian Brawdy, a journalist and survivalist says, fuel supplies will eventually run out and may not be replenished.
“The medical industry has undertaken great efforts to continue to provide high quality medical care even under extraordinary off-grid type situations, but if the grid itself has collapsed because of damage to transformers, then simple things we are all dependent on-like regular fuel deliveries-will be a thing of the past, rendering diesel generators useless.”
Although a journalist by profession, Mr. Brawdy’s passion is for adventure and off-grid living. He has traveled in a truck that has been converted to part RV, part studio, and spends much of his time investigating how modern society is likely to respond to a crisis situation. The future of medical care in America is one of his greatest concerns.
“We are a resilient people and I’m impressed by the huge numbers of people who see the writing on the wall and are preparing for life after electricity by working towards personal energy and food independence, but one of the most neglected areas is health care, because people who are healthy don’t want to think about illness and those who are already suffering from a chronic condition can’t imagine life without modern medicine. Addressing this issue and finding solutions is one of my passions.”
While Mr. Brawdy’s preeminent concern is the much talked about series of solar storms predicted by NASA for 2012, other emergency preparedness experts see threats in more worldly forms. Natural disasters can devastate entire regions, be they hurricanes, tsunamis, floods, blizzards or earthquakes. The devastation in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina demonstrates just how quickly a functioning, modern city can become a toxic wasteland, leaving residents not only without food, water and electricity, but without access to even the most basic medical care.
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Similarly, a terrorist attack on a major city would not only cripple the area’s infrastructure but would likely impact medical personnel and facilities disproportionately as victims overwhelm emergency care facilities.
Still others fear the impact ObamaCare will have on the quality and availability of health care in the United States. Beyond the expected deterioration in care and rationing, the willingness of the Obama administration to categorize Christian patriots as domestic terrorists has led many to conclude that ideological purity may one day become a prerequisite for medical care. Critics of President Obama’s policies point out that despite the frequent charge of socialism, his policies are actually more fascist in nature and that fascist systems have historically been eager to punish political opponents by withholding public services.
All these potential risks have led to a boom in alternative health care, particularly private, independent treatment. One of the world’s leading experts in the field of natural therapies is Master Herbalist Debra St. Claire, an international teacher and lecturer who has formulated over 270 products for treating common ailments and even serious, chronic conditions.
Mr. Brawdy, the journalist from New Orleans, is one of thousands of Americans who have contacted Ms. St. Claire looking for help developing natural remedies in the event no Doctor is available. As a result, she has developed a home study course called, “Herbal Preparations and Natural Therapies — Creating and Using a Home Herbal Medicine Chest”, available on three DVDs designed to teach anyone, even a young person, how to gather, prepare, administer and preserve the most valuable herbal remedies.
Over the course of four hours, Ms. St. Claire demonstrates through detailed, yet simple methods, how to make virtually every type of herbal preparation imaginable in the privacy and comfort of your own home. She explains how to make everything from ointments, extracts, tinctures, powders, even bug repellant!
One consumer reporter reviewed the material and said it was more like a Discovery Channel documentary than a training course, and that he believed he knew more about herbal remedies than 99% of all doctors in the country, and given the medical establishment and BigPharma’s antipathy towards natural remedies, it’s not likely that doctors will be prepared to adopt natural, alternative therapies during a time of crisis.
Ms. St. Claire says that normally her home study course is sold for $299 but that the severity of the circumstances we find ourselves in have led her to cut the price in half, and that the home study course is available for only $149, at least until they are all sold.
Mr. Brawdy believes that after securing food and shelter, most people should begin preparing for a more physically demanding life, and one without the medical care we’ve come to expect. “Whether from a terrorist attack, natural disaster, societal collapse or grid failure, millions of Americans will suffer horribly from a lack of modern medical care. Even simple, common ailments can become life-threatening without proper treatment, and mortality rates could skyrocket. Part of prepping for an uncertain future must include preparations for medical care when no doctor is available”.
More information on Debra Saint Claire and her potentially life-saving natural home remedies are available exclusively at MakeHerbalMedicines.com.
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