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Contents of a Bug-Out Bag

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 November 2018

Grigory Ostrovskiy Open the ORCID record for Grigory Ostrovskiy [Opens in a new window]  and
Amos J Shemesh
Grigory Ostrovskiy*
Affiliation:
Weill Cornell Medicine - Qatar, Doha, Qatar
Amos J Shemesh
Affiliation:
Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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Correspondence: Grigory Ostrovskiy, MD Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Weill Cornell Medicine – Qatar Doha, Qatar E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

A large number of civilian agencies have published guides and recommendations on how to assemble personal and family emergency kits. However, the kits resulting from following these guidelines are impractical, particularly in the event evacuation becomes necessary. This report describes an alternative approach to assembling an emergency kit.

OstrovskiyG, ShemeshAJ. Contents of a Bug-Out Bag. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2018;33(6):647–649.

Keywords

disaster planningdisastersemergenciesfirst aidgovernment agencies
Type
Brief Report
Information
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 33 , Issue 6 , December 2018 , pp. 647 - 649
Copyright
© World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2018 

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Conflicts of interest: none

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