How to Plan for a Medical Emergency

Описание: Most people avoid thinking about or planning for an emergency, especially a medical emergency. Many of us don’t know where to start and what documents are needed in the event of a medical emergency. This interactive session will help you to start developing your own personal emergency plan or help your clients prepare their plan to communicate their wishes in the event of a medical emergency. Forms and resources will be given along with time to create the plan and identify with whom to communicate this plan.

Learning Objectives:

1. Understand why people don’t prepare for a medical emergency.
2. Identify the benefits of having a plan for an emergency.
3. Describe the three steps to develop a plan for a medical emergency.
4. Identify legal and other documents needed in an emergency, how to create them and how to store them for retrieval and use.

About The Speaker –
Donna Gurule, HealthAdvocateX Board Member

Donna Gurule is an independent health advocate with a passion for seniors to help them live their best lives by empowering them with the information they need to make their best health decisions.

Her career in public health and health policy focuses on the application of health policy, regulatory compliance, accreditation in both healthcare and higher education and graduate adult learning. She has extensive experience working in government, healthcare and higher education and most recently was the academic dean at a school of public health in Southern California.

Donna received her Doctor of Public Health degree in Health Policy and Leadership from Loma Linda University.

She has traveled to 70 different countries and loves meeting new people and experiencing their cultures.