EMC169 Toddler & Infant Go Bags
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By:   Auxiliary Communications Service (ACS) of the
      California Governor's Office of Emergency Services

EMC169  Toddler & Infant Go Bags       Release  2/1/99

More helpful ideas from the Huntington Beach CERT Newsletter
August 1996.  Even if YOU don't have children, it can help to
know this information.

                     Toddler Grab and Go Bag

      Emergency phone list
      Authorization to Consent to Treatment of Minor form,
        completed
      Light stick, flashlight
      Blanket
      Toys, books, stuffed animals
      Crackers, favorite snacks
      Juice boxes, Toddler's Best box milk,
      Pedialyte (electrolyte replacement solution)
      At least one change of clothes and light jacket
      Use firm soled slippers instead of shoes (less expensive)
      Sunscreen
      Toothbrush and toothpaste
      Tylenol) Triaminic, (any other medications the child may
        need), medicine dropper
      Thermometer
      Diapers and wipes (even if potty trained, in disaster
        my regress)

                       Infant Grab and Go Bag

      Emergency phone list
      Authorization to Consent to Treatment of Minor form,
        completed
      Light stick, flashlight
      Blankets
      Toys, books, stuffed animals
      Formula, disposable bottles, nipples
      Juice, water
      Instant baby cereal, bowl and spoon (can use instead of
       jar baby food for a few days until outside supplies arrive)
      Pedialyte (electrolyte replacement solution)
      At least two changes of clothes and light jacket
      Use firm soled slippers instead of shoes (less expensive,
       if child is walking)
      Sunscreen
      Toothbrush and toothpaste
      Tylenol, Triaminic, (any other medications the child may
        need), medicine dropper
      Thermometer
      Diapers and wipes

      Grab and go bags should be securely attached to the
       child's bed in an easily accessible location.
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  Calif. Civil Code; Ch. 9, Sect. 1799.102
   Emergency care at scene of emergency

"No person who, in _good faith_ and not for compensation,
renders emergency care at the scene of an emergency shall
be liable for any civil damages resulting from any act or
omission.  The scene of an emergency shall not include
emergency departments and other places where medical care
is usually offered."
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