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ROLES THE MEDIC ‹ The survival
medic must
MUST ASSUME ensure proper
The designated medic must assume disposal of all
waste, including
a number of roles besides that of chief that produced
medical officer. These include sanitation by humans.
supervisor, dental technician, medical
quartermaster, counselor and archivist.
As sanitation supervisor, it is your duty
to ensure that water is purified, food is
prepared properly and human waste is
disposed of appropriately. (For example,
failure to construct an effective latrine
could cause infectious disease to run
rampant among your people.)
If you are just worried about a week
without power due to a storm, you won’t
have to deal with a lot of dental issues. In
long-term survival, however, people start
having dental issues such as broken teeth,
abscesses and toothaches that threaten
their work efficiency, if not their lives.
Dental supplies become as important as
medical supplies in this scenario.
Let’s say you’ve prepared well and have
a lot of medical supplies. Who determines
when these precious items—many of
which will be scarce soon after a disaster › Opposite:
strikes—are dispensed? Who gets the last When the drugs
course of antibiotics? That decision must run out, you’ll
need to know
be clearly defined as yours to make. where to look
In the aftermath of a life-changing for natural
medicinal
catastrophe, anxiety and depression benefits.

‹ Some activi-
ties required for
daily survival
can cause signif-
icant injuries.

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