How I Stopped Worrying About Being Prepared

(and Learned to Be Resilient)

David Eisenman, MD, MSHS Director, UCLA Center for Public Health and Disasters

Associate Professor of Medicine and Public Health

Associate Natural Scientist, RAND

Preparedness Science Officer, LACDPH

Disaster Myth 1: Disasters kill randomly.

Are You Ready To Rumble?

Moving from “Me” to “We”

Preparing the chronically ill is an urgent issue.

National stockpiles and emergency response plans focus on acute medical and pharmaceutical needs.

No planning for the prescription drug needs of persons isolated, hunkered down, or evacuated persons.

Restrictive prescription benefits make stockpiling your own medicines very hard.