The Madison County Rescue Squad wants to share this information with all our friends.
Be safe
July 26, 2011
Governor McDonnell Signs "Ashley's Law"
– Law requires emergency vehicles proceeding through a traffic intersection to flash emergency lights
and either sound a siren or horn, or yield the right-of-way, before proceeding –
For more on the bill, click here on SB762
July 26, 2011
FDA recognizes the significant public health consequences that can result from drug shortages and takes tremendous efforts within its legal authority to address and prevent drug shortages.FDA has continued to see an increasing number of shortages, especially those involving older sterile injectable drugs.
For more on drug shortages, click here to see the list and what the FDA is doing about it.
October 20, 2011
Zombie Preparedness
Zombies are very popular creature in our culture right now. Ever wonder why Zombies, Zombie Apocalypse, and Zombie Preparedness continue to live or walk dead. As it turns out what first began as a tongue in cheek campaign by the CDC to engage new audiences with preparedness messages has proven to be a very effective platform.
The CDC continues to reach and engage a wide variety of audiences on all hazards preparedness via Zombie Preparedness; and as the director of the CDC Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response notes, "If you are generally well equipped to deal with a zombie apocalypse you will be prepared for a hurricane, pandemic, earthquake, or terrorist attack."
CDC has a fun new way of teaching the importance of emergency preparedness. The CDC's graphic novel,(comic book) "Preparedness 101: Zombie Pandemic" demonstrates the importance of being prepared in an entertaining way that people of all ages will enjoy.
Readers follow Todd, Julie, and their dog Max as a strange new disease begins spreading, turning ordinary people into zombies.
Stick around to the end for a surprising twist that will drive home the importance of being prepared for any emergency.
Included in the novel is a Preparedness Checklist so that readers can get their family, workplace, or school ready before disaster strikes.
Zombie Novella from CDC
