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We had a great time at the VAHAMSEA conference this year. It was great seeing everyone and learning new things to share with our students. Our next classes will be September, dates are on our website. Have a great summer.❤️

It’s an Emergency… Are you ready?

Having a disaster supply kit is essential to making it through a disaster safely. Be sure to have supplies on hand to last each person at least three days.

Put these essential items in your kit:
Food, at least a three-day supply that does not need electricity for storage or for preparation (remember a manual can opener)
Water, at least three gallons per person for drinking and sanitation
Battery-powered or hand crank radio, a weather alerting radio with tone alert and extra batteries for both
Written family emergency plan

Once you have the essentials you should add these items to your kit:
Paper and pencil, books, games, puzzles, or other activities for children
Flashlight and extra batteries
First aid kit
Whistle to signal for help
Prescription medications and eyewear
Dust mask, to help filter contaminated air, and plastic sheeting and duct tape to shelter where you are
Moist towelettes, garbage bags, and plastic ties for personal sanitation
Wrench or pliers to turn off utilities

Additional items to consider adding to an emergency supply kit:
Items for special needs (infants, toddlers, pets)
Local maps
Copies of important family documents, such as insurance policies, identification, and bank account records
Cash in small denominations and change
Sleeping bag or warm blanket for each person (consider additional bedding if you live in a cold-weather climate)
Complete change of clothing including a long-sleeved shirt, long pants, socks, and sturdy shoes (consider additional layers if you live in a cold-weather climate)
Household chlorine bleach and medicine dropper(when diluted in water, bleach can be used to kill germs)
Candles and matches
Personal hygiene items
Paper cups, plates and plastic knives, forks and spoons, paper towels


Source: www.readyvirginia.gov

Have a great week!

Carolyn

Carolyn R. McKann, CT(ASCP), MHA
Program Deputy for Operations
Virginia Prescription Monitoring Program

www.ReadyVirginia.gov

Brain breaks are an excellent practice to engage in your daily work routine. Brain breaks for adults are interval breaks designed to give the brain a break from continuous work. It is especially required when our minds feel blank, incapable of finding solutions, and we have headaches. Mental effort is still effort, and the brain is not a machine.

These breaks rejuvenate the brain to work better amidst continuous workplace stress. Fun brain breaks for adults at work are helpful for reducing workplace stress, frustration at work, facilitating a crucial time-out, increasing attention, and productivity. Try these activities to give your brain the break it needs during the day.

1. Meditation
2. Walking
3. Reading
4. Stretches
5. Get Artistic
6. Cloud Gazing
7. Laugh out Loud

Try this new and immersive online experience Color Push, where you can create and download generative art hands-free!

Color Push A collaborative experiment by WeTransfer and Zach Lieberman

Anxiety is something most of us have experienced during a public speaking event, performance review, or taking on new job responsibilities. There are personal and work-related situations that can cause the calmest person to feel a little stressed.

This five-step exercise can be very helpful during periods of anxiety or panic by helping build the technique to ground yourself in the present moment. First, pay attention to your breathing, with slow, deep breaths, then go through the following steps to help ground yourself:

5: Acknowledge FIVE things you see around you.

4: Acknowledge FOUR things you can touch around you.

3: Acknowledge THREE things you hear.

2: Acknowledge TWO things you can smell.

1: Acknowledge ONE thing you can taste.

Use this video as a step-by-step guide to help you ground yourself in the present moment when your mind is bouncing
between anxious thoughts.

Have a great week!