Emergency Preparedness
Emergency Disconnect Procedure for In-Center Hemodialysis Patients
This one-page instruction sheet shows in-center hemodialysis patients how to disconnect from dialysis in three steps in an emergency situation.
Emergency Preparedness Checklist and Tips Poster
Use this poster to "check" and make sure you are prepared before a disaster strikes.
Emergency Preparedness Checklist and Tips
An emergency can happen at a moment’s notice. Act now and prepare before disaster strikes! This checklist will help you get started.
Preparing for Emergencies: A Guide for People on Dialysis
Emergency preparedness for the dialysis community is essential for ensuring the continuity of patient care. Each of the various topics covered within this booklet has been thoroughly discussed and vetted, keeping in mind the essential needs of the kidney community during an emergency or disaster.
During an Emergency
3-Day Emergency Kidney Diet
This is a sample 3-day emergency diet that can help reduce the waste that builds up in your flood if you are unable to maintain your normal dialysis treatment schedule. English Spanish
Save a Life Fact Sheet
Kidney failure is a life-threatening condition. This fact sheet outlines helpful information for dialysis and transplant patients about planning ahead for an emergency.
FEMA: National Emergency Family Registry and Locator System (FERLS)
This tool helps bring families and friends back together after being displaced during an emergency. This tool is only active during emergencies.
Drink Safe Water
After a natural disaster, water may not be safe to use. Germs and chemicals may be in the water. This tool offers guidance on how to be sure your water is safe.
After an Emergency
Red Cross: Safe and Well Website
War and disaster can separate family members when they need each other the most. The American Red Cross can help your family members reconnect, whether the separation was caused by a recent emergency here at home, war or natural disaster overseas, or events as far back as the Holocaust.
Ready.gov: Returning Home
Returning home after a disaster or emergency can be both physically and mentally challenging. Above all, use caution. You may be anxious to see your property but do not return to your home before the area is declared to be safe by local officials.
CDC: Clean Up Your Home
After a hurricane or flood, you may need to clean up your home and yard. Take these steps to stay safe.
KCER Kids
Ready 2 Help Card Game from FEMA
FEMA’s Individual and Community Preparedness Division released Ready 2 Help, a card game for children ages 8-12. The new resource teaches youth how to stay safe and get help in emergencies.
Ready Kids! Activity Book
This fun activity book from FEMA helps kids to learn about emergency preparedness.
CDC's Ready Wrigley Books
These electronic books from the CDC can be printed or viewed on the computer to provide educational activities and information about emergency and disaster preparedness.
NFPA: How to Make a Home Fire Escape Plan
This handout provides tips on how to plan your fire escape route, including a grid to draw a map of your plan.
For Parents
Helping Children Cope
Responding to an emergency as an adult is one thing…what's the best way to respond to your child during or after a disaster? This Ready.gov website provides information to help children of all ages cope during and following a disaster.
Ready.gov - Parents
Preparing for emergencies shouldn't fall on your shoulders alone. Young children and teens alike need to be part of the process — for their own safety and sense of empowerment. This site provides helpful information and activities to get your whole family involved in emergency planning.
National KCER Patient and Family Engagement (NPFE) LAN
N-KPFE LAN Meetings
The KCER National Patient and Family Engagement (NPFE) Learning and Action Network (LAN) hosts bi-monthly meetings to bring together members in a collaborative sharing experience. You can find resources from the meetings here.
How to Volunteer with KCER
As a dialysis or transplant patient, do you have ideas about how to improve emergency and disaster preparedness? KCER is looking for patients to help improve the planning process for ESRD patients by volunteering as a patient Subject Matter Expert (SME).
