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- Prepare For Follow-Up Visits With Your Doctors
- How To Deal With Ongoing Or New Symptoms
- Consider Hormonal Therapies
- Get And Comply With A Breast Cancer Follow-up Plan. Share It With All Your Doctors.
- Comply With Drug Regimens
- Choose, Buy, Store, And Live With Drugs And Supplements Wisely
- Think About Gene Testing
- Take Care Of Your Mouth
- If You Are Overweight, Lose The Extra Weight
- Consider Complementary Treatments
- Think About What To Do In Event Of A Medical Emergency
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Think About What To Do In Event Of A Medical Emergency
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While emergencies can happen to anyone, you may be more vulnerable to emergencies because of your health history. Take a few minutes to cover yourself "just in case."
Consider the following:
- The types of emergency care available near the places where you spend a lot of time, such as your home or work.
- Think about which facility to go to for various events (for instance, a small medical problem or a life threatening emergency)
- If you need life threatening emergency care, which of the available emergency rooms do you want to go to? If you can, go to the hospital where you doctor works. He or she can oversee your care. (While you're at it, learn how to maximize your time in an Emergency Room. See the document in "To Learn More.")
- How and what to communicate to first emergency responders about your health condition, current status, and medications you are taking.
- In case you become unable to communicate, wear a medical alert, carry a computer flash drive or a card that fits in your wallet to let emergency first responders know about your medical condition, treatment and/or medications.
- The financial and legal steps to take now so you are prepared in the event of a medical emergency.
- How to get through a disaster.
- If you travel, how to prepare for medical emergencies that may come up during travel.
- What to do if you have underage children and cannot care for them because of a medical emergency.
- For additional information see: Medical Emergency: How To Be Prepared. For disaster planning for a person with a health history, see: Disaster Planning
NOTE: While speaking about emergencies: Be sure to protect your property and pocketbook in the event of a loss with Homeowners Insurance and Automobile Insurance. Information about what to look for, how to minimize cost, and how to file claims, is contained in our articles about these subjects.
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