At 1PM Monday January 3rd, 2022, Senator Tim Kaine started his 2-hour commute from his Virginia home to Washington DC. This 2-hour commute turned into a 27-hour ordeal. A surprise blizzard, dumping about a foot of snow paralyzed both lanes of traffic on Interstate 55,...
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Our Fragile Medicine Supply. Get Ready Now
Over the past two years we have been subjected to upheaval on every level of our lives. What we thought was stable, consistent, and taken for granted is not the case. Unlike regional disasters the global pandemic is and will continue to affect every facet of life. To...
Food and Health
(An often-overlooked medical prep) If the past 2 years have taught us anything it is how fragile our supply chain is. Trucker shortage Illness preventing harvest Worldwide bird flu- culling Crop production down Increasing food prices (no end in sight) A well-stocked...
Pneumonia
Pneumonia is an infection of the tiny air sacs of the lung called alveoli. Alveoli absorb oxygen from inhaled air. When alveoli become infected, they fill up with fluid, making transport of oxygen throughout the body difficult. Pneumonia can range in severity from a...
Clean Water is Medical Preparedness
One of the most important medical preparedness items to store and have readily available is clean water. According to the CDC about 7.2 million people every year in the United States fall ill due to waterborne diseases. During or shortly after a natural disaster,...
How Medically Prepared Are You
Our healthcare systems are strained beyond capacity. From healthcare worker shortages to increase in patients visiting the emergency rooms, to medication shortages our fragile healthcare system is reaching, and in some instances has reached crisis mode. Our medical...
Other Medication Considerations
Our expertise at JASE is focused on providing our patients with the more difficult to obtain prescription medications for their emergency preparedness. Specifically, antibiotics and medications for chronic conditions. Our five specially selected antibiotics can...
What About My Penicillin Allergy?
Even though you might have a penicillin allergy reported on your medical record it doesn’t necessarily mean you have a true allergy. In fact. over 90 percent of patients with a reported penicillin allergy are found to not actually have an allergy when formally tested.
