Every Life Secure - Emergency Preparedness Blog

New Hospital Designed for Enhanced Emergency Preparedness

Enhanced emergency preparedness is the focus of a new hospital being built by Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. Medical facilities throughout the United States are beginning to see the need to move beyond preparation for simple daily medical events to be prepared for catastrophic disasters.  

Dr. Dino Rumoro, Rush's chairman of emergency medicine told the Chicago Tribune, "The ERs of the past are focused on traumas, colds and broken bones.  But we're prepared--not just for bioterrorism, but for the kind of infection and pandemic diseases that can overwhelm any hospital.  It's a whole new era." 

The idea that we are dealing with a whole new era in emergency preparedness is beginning to jell amongst the managers of many larger organizations and facilities.  We created the MobileAid line of emergency response products to address the growing need for facilities of all sizes to be prepared for catastrophic emergencies and disasters.

All of us are coming to understand that every level of society is going to have to enhance its preparedness if communities are to be able to effectively respond to the natural and man-made threats of this century. 

At LifeSecure, we have been helping families and institutions for over six years to respond to any emergency or disaster with our LifeSecure line of emergency solutions. To date we have helped to secure over 475,000 people in case of an emergency or disaster.

In the past three years our MobileAid Emergency Response line has been very well received and continues to grow as institutions of all kinds ensure that they have adequate supplies and equipment to respond to any emergency or disaster.  Hospitals are among those institutions that have adopted MobileAid products into their emergency preparations.

Every Life Secure - 475,000 lives secured and counting.

MobileAid Website Gets a New Look

We just updated the MobileAid website to better respesent those whom we serve with this unique emergency response product line: trauma first aid responders, emergency responders, and medical responders. 

Take a look at our new look at www.Mobile-Aid.com.

While you are there, pick out some gear your need and save 10% by using coupon code "BLOG2011".

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Like Us On MobileAid Facebook and Win a Medical Responder Backpack ($179.95)

MobileAid is now on Facebook.  If you are a first responder (lay or professional), like us on Facebook and tell what helps you to Respond with Confidence to any emergency or disaster.  We will draw from the first 100 people to like us and leave a comment.  The winner will get this Medical Response Backpack ($179.95 value) FREE.

Here are all the specs:

High-capacity medical responder 4-way-carry EMS backpack: backpack, shoulder strap, hand straps, ride on MobileAid rolling stations. Large main compartment with straps, 2 side compartments, and 14 internal pockets provide flexible organization of emergency response supplies and equipment. Made of super-rugged ballistic nylon for years of use in tough conditions. Hi-visibility markings and 24 preprinted and customizable ID placards allow quick identification in an emergency. Reflective stripes enhance safety in low-light situations.

Special Features:

• High-capacity: Spacious main compartment (12"W x 17"H x 9"D) and 2 tall side compartments (2"W x 17"H x 10"D).
• Easy 4-Way-Carry:backpack (padded shoulder straps, sternum strap, and waist belt), shoulder strap, hand straps, or ride on MobileAid rolling stations.
• Flexible quick-access organization: 1 main compartment with restraint straps and top and front access, 2 side compartments, and 14 internal pockets. Large pull tab zippers for quick opening. 6 external flashlight tubes.
• Easy Identification and Enhanced Safety:hi-visibility markings, reflective stripes, and 24 pre-printed and customizable ID placards (AED, TRAUMA, TRIAGE, OXYGEN, NURSE, CERT, SAFETY, SEARCH & RESCUE, COMMAND, RADIO, TRAINER, SPORTS, COACH, EMS, EMT, 9 blank for customizing).
• Durable protection for supplies: super durable, weather-resistant ballistic nylon for years of use in rugged conditions.
• Secure: external double security zippers can be secured with locks or tamper evident ties.
• Adjustable: adjustable shoulder straps, sternum strap, and waist belt. 3 adjustable internal restraining straps.

Contents:

• For mobility:(1) MobileAid Medical Responder Backpack
• For bag identification:(24) pre-printed and customizable ID placards

External dimensions: (16"W x 19"H x 10.5"D)
Internal dimensions (main compartment): (12"W x 17"H x 9"D)
2 side compartments: (2"W x 17"H x 10"D)
Front access door: (11"W x 16"H)
Top Access door: (9.5"W x 7"H)

We designed this backpack to take years of rugged use and provide flexible, yet organized storage for all your gear and supplies.  I think you will appreciate its high capacity and the ability to carry it in 4 different ways according to the situation.

Everybody who sees this backpack is impressed.  So like us on the MobileAid Facebook page now and tell us what helps you Respond with Confidence in any emergency or disaster.

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High-Capacity AED Backpack from MobileAid Holds All the Supplies

Our new high-capacity MobileAid 4-Way Carry AED Backpack has been receiving very positive feedback from medical responders.  The response is strong because many responders want to keep their AED as well as the associated AED supplies and other equipment all in one backpack.  Many smaller AED backpacks just don't have the "all-in-one" capacity.

This MobileAid AED backpack was designed with plenty of capacity to allow for just such an all-in-one storage and response solution.  It has large side pockets for larger supplies and several smaller internal pockets to allow for excellent organization for AED supplies.  The AED itself can be strapped in large internal compartment using three internal straps to hold it tight in place in transit.  The AED pack is large enough to hold any AED on the market that we are aware of. 

Here are the specs:                                                                                                                  External dimensions: (16"W x 19"H x 10.5" D)
Internal dimensions (main compartment): (12"W x 17"H x 9"D)
2 side compartments: (2"W x 17"H x 10"D)
Front access door: (11"W x 16"H)
Top Access door: (9.5"W x 7"H)

Not only can it hold a lot of gear, but this MobileAid AED backpack can be carried in 4 ways - backpack, shoulder strap, hand strap, or ride on rolling MobileAid Stations. 

This rugged AED backpack is made of tough ballistic nylon to protect your AED and take the beating of emergency response service for many years.  The AED backpack comes with either First Aid or Medical Responder markings.

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MobileAid Provides 24/7 First Aid for Mississippi River Flood Victims

We are pleased that the Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System (ILEAS) chose the MobileAid Mutli-function 24/7 Trauma First Aid Station to help provide first aid for Mississippi river flood victims. 

One of the most unique features of this mobile station is the double flood flashlight system that provides light to first aid responders even when electric light is not available.  This allows the unit to be used 24/7 in a disaster response and recovery situation.  This makes it perfect to aid the Mississippi River flood victims.

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On-Site Responders and Safety Personnel Can Respond With Confidence To Any Emergency Or Disaster!

I thought you, the readers of this blog, might be interested in a sneak peak of our new MobileAid print advertising campaign - "Respond With Confidence!" This campaign is designed to help professional and lay responders better understand that with MobileAid Trauma First Aid, Emergency Response, and Medical Response products, they can Respond With Confidence to any emergency or disaster.

This first installment of the campaign is targeted at first responders and safety personnel in production, warehousing, and other industrial facilities. Large facilities such as these are responsible for the safety of their employees and visitors and can't leave themselves fully dependent on outside responders in case of an emergency or disaster.

Increasingly we are all aware that, despite their best efforts, professional first responders just can't get to everyone all at once after a disaster. This was brought home when the main fire station in central Christchurch was one of the buildings that collapsed in the recent major New Zealand earthquake. In a real disaster, even the responders and their equipment is at risk. So there are no guarantees of outside help.

Our MobileAid philosophy is that on-site responders need to have immediate access to high quality equipment and supplies to meet their own needs for the first several minutes, hours, or even days after disaster strikes. The most immediate first response comes from inside the facility vs. outside. In a severe disaster, the on-site response may even be the only response.

So be prepared to Respond With Confidence with MobileAid Emergency Response products.

Every Life Secure... when you... Respond With Confidence!

 

Serious Disaster Trauma First Aid - MobileAid Multi-Function 24/7 Trauma First Aid Station

If you really understand the kind of traumatic injuries that are likely in a disaster, you realize that an "everyday" first aid kit may not be up to dealing with the first aid realities of a true disaster. We designed this MobileAid Multi-Function 24/7 Trauma First Aid Station for use by lay responders in U.S. Government offices and installations. It is on the U.S. Government GSA purchasing schedule (Contract GS-07F-0339U) but is available to the public at www.Mobile-Aid.com.

This compact mobile first aid station is valued for its unique approach to the realities of disaster first aid. In a real disaster, one cannot count on professional medical first responders arriving on the scene within minutes, hours, or even days. There is a need to have serious trauma first aid supplies on hand to assist first aid trained lay personnel in their immediate response. In a very real way, lives may depend on extensive trauma first aid supplies being on hand.

With this in mind, we designed this extensive 270-piece rolling trauma first aid station to carry the maximum amount of trauma first aid supplies that we could fit and organize into its compact 2 cubic feet. It even includes a flexible stetcher that can be carried by two to eight people and an extendable 8 foot flag to signal its presence above a crowd and at a distance.

Click here to see a brochure that will give you an expanded view of the features of the 24/7's mother product, the MobileAid Multi-Function Trauma First Aid Station. After introducting this base MobileAid trauma first aid station to the market, we realized that we could add some additional features that would benefit U.S. Government users and others who were looking for even more extensive supplies and features to deal with a severe disaster at anytime - day or night. So we introduced the "24/7" trauma first aid station with these extra features that make it your very best choice for responding to a severe disaster...

Double Flood-Flashlights Illuminate the Treatment Area: One of its unique features is the set of battery operated flood-flashlights that illuminate the treatment area and allow use even in the realities of the low-light or no-light situations that often accompany a true disaster. These flood-flashlights are adjustable to different angles and can be held by hand as well. This feature gives this mobile unit its "24/7" designation. It's one of the key features that our government customers appreciate.

High -Visibility Safety Vest Protects and Identifies: Another "24/7" feature of this "all conditions" first aid station is this high-visibility safety vest. This safety vest protects emergency responders in low visibility situations and darkness, and it also helps to identify the lay or community responder to those who may need aid.

QuickClot Stops Severe Bleeding Fast: This 24/7 unit includes 5 QuickClot hemostatic sponges for quickly stopping severe bleeding. This upgrade works very well in conjunction with the Bloodstopper bandages and other bandaging products contained in all of our trauma first aid stations. Severe bleeding is among those disaster-related conditions that cannot wait to be treated until a professional medical responder arrives.

Here is complete list of the MobileAid Multi-Function 24/7 Trauma First Aid Station's special features:

• Compact/Comprehensive First Aid Station: 270-piece first aid station that meets OSHA guidelines and ANSI standards; includes flexible evacuation stretcher, dual flood-flashlights and mounting units, high-visibility safety vest, and QuickClot hemostatic sponges for stopping bleeding; stores in 2 cubic feet
• Quick-access organization: extensive first aid supplies organized in quick-response modules for fast access and effective treatment
• Easy-roll transport: dual 4" polyurethane wheels aid in rapid-response and climbs curbs with little effort
• Seating and gear platform: allows for patient to be seated while being treated or to aid in the transport of additional medical equipment (e.g. AED, oxygen tank, etc.)
• Easy identification: high visibility markings, 8-foot extendable flag, and flashing (red/blue) LED wheels
• Durable protection for supplies: super-durable, light-weight frame construction (supports up to 300 lbs.) and heavy-duty weather resistant bag safeguard contents

If you are serious about preparing to meet your trauma first aid needs in an emergency or disaster, this mobile trauma first aid station may be just the serious equipment that you need.

Every Life Secure - We've now helped over 400,000 people to be secure in any emergency or disaster. Visit us at either of our websites to see the products that may help you to be secure... www.LifeSecure.com or www.Mobile-Aid.com.

Respond With Confidence! MobileAid Helps First Responders in Any Emergency of Disaster

We are pleased to announce the launch of our redesigned MobileAid website with an expanded line of MobileAid products. This expansion of our MobileAid line (new emergency response backpacks, bags, kits, and stations) and the accompanying website redesign allow us to better serve the core customers of the MobileAid brand, professional and lay first responders. Visit us now at www.Mobile-Aid.com.

The MobileAid brand is committed to helping both professional and lay first reponders respond with confidence in any emergency or disaster. We do this by custom designing our MobileAid emergency response kits, bags, and backpacks to deliver superior mobility, functionality, organization, and design.

Confidence in an emergency comes from training, experience, teamwork, and having exceptional emergency response gear. At MobileAid, we focus our own training, experience, and teamwork on developing and manufacturing the exceptional emergency response gear needed when responding to an emergency or disaster.

We design and build each MobileAid product as if we, ourselves, were going to use it to respond to an emergency. This is why you can be sure that with MobileAid, you can "Respond with Confidence!"

Take a closer look at all of our new MobileAid emergency response backpacks, kits, bags and stations at www.mobile-aid.com.

Continuing to build our MobileAid emergency response product offering is just one of the ways that we at LifeSecure are helping to make Every Life Secure in any emergency or disaster.

Earthquake Kits: Is Your Earthquake Kit Built to Survive An Earthquake?

Earthquake Survival Priorities...

Priority #1: Make sure that you survive the earthquake.

Priority #2: Make sure your emergency earthquake kit survives the earthquake.

In a severe earthquake, second only to surviving yourself is making sure that your earthquake survival kit makes it through the initial earthquake with your emergency supplies in tact. 

As we have seen once again in the aftermath of the 8.8 Chile earthquake, after a big earthquake you'll need to be prepared with an earthquake kit to meet your own emergency survival needs for at least 3 days (72 hours) or longer.  No government is prepared to immediately meet the needs of its entire population after a catastrophe.

It is critical then that your emergency supplies be protected from the falling debris that is common to a major earthquake and can crush your unprotected earthquake supplies.  Your earthquake kit may have adequate emergency supplies to help you survive the first few days after an earthquake, but is it built to survive the initial earthquake and to protect your supplies?

MobileAid 3-Day Emergency Earthquake Kits for 1, 2 or 4 people provide crush-resistant protection for your emergency supplies.  These kits have a super-durable aircraft grade aluminum frame that can support over 300 lbs, but which weighs less than 9 lbs.  This protective frame features a perforated exoskeleton design with secure joints, and chrome-plated screws with shake-proof nylon aircraft lock nuts for extra strength.

All this means, that your emergency supplies will stand a much better chance of making it through a major earthquake undamaged in a MobileAid Emergency Earthquake Kit than will earthquake supplies stored in a regular backpack or plastic bin.

The crush-resistant frame of these MobileAid 3-Day Emergency Earthquake Kits can help get you through the earthquake while these additional features can help you cope with the aftermath until help arrives:

Compact/Comprehensive Emergency kit: emergency–grade supplies recommended by the U.S. Government and numerous others supplies for increased protection and comfort.

Quick–access organization: Emergency preparedness supplies are organized in Quick–Response vinyl–lined pouches with carrying straps.  This means that you will be able to quickly identify and access your emergency supplies. 

  Easy–roll/flexible transport: dual 4" polyurethane wheels aid in rapid–response and climb stairs or curbs with little effort.

Seating and gear-carrying platform: allows for people to be seated to rest and can be used to transport additional equipment and supplies (supports up to 300 lbs).  These features can be critical if you are left out-of-doors and have to transport additional belongings as you find suitable shelter. 

Easy identification: highly visible orange bag and flashing (red/blue) LED wheels make this earthquake kit bag easy to find and identify in a disaster.

MobileAid Emergency Earthquake Survival Kits provide superior crush protection, mobility, functionality, organization, and design.  All of these features together will allow you to respond immediately, effectively and confidently to a major earthquake.

To help you be prepared for an earthquake, see the LifeSecure full line of earthquake preparedness kits and earthquake supplies.

If you are helping to prepare a school, workplace, or other large facility, you may need to provide emergency first aid.  MobileAid Multi-function Trauma First Aid Stations featured the same crush-resistant frames as our earthquake kits and provide comprehensive trauma first aid supplies that meet OSHA guidelines and ANSI standards.  These stations also feature such practical extras as a flexible stretcher and first aid flag.

MobileAid Emergency Earthquake kits and Emergency Trauma First Aid Stations can help you survive by helping your earthquake supplies survive.

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MobileAid First Aid Flag Stands Head and Shoulders Above the Crowd in Any Emergency or Disaster

One of the most impressive (and surprising) features of a MobileAid Multi-Function Trauma First Aid station is it's first aid flag.  Carried in a compact side pouch, the first aid flag assembles in seconds on a shock cord system (just like modern tent poles) and stands 8 feet tall.

This 8 foot height means that the flag can be seen at a distance and over the heads of those who are potentially crowded around the station.  The flag can serve as a rallying point in an evacuation and as a clear marker to help people find emergency first aid in a severe disaster.

Though the MobileAid First Aid Flag is commonly deployed as part of the MobileAid Multi-Function Trauma First Aid Station, many are purchased for use separately.  Emergency responders appreciate the flag's clear and bold markings and the ease with which it can be deployed.  The whole deployment takes less than 10 seconds.

To deploy the flag, one simply removes it from the pouch, unfurls the flag, unfolds the segments of the pole while allowing them to snap together on the shock cord, and places the flag into a small slot in the pouch that is designed to hold the flag upright.

The light weight, compact flag is 17.5" x 12" when unfurled and the pole folds down to be only about  15" tall.  The pole is made of aluminum, and so it will not rust.

The instant first aid flag is just one of the many features that has earned the MobileAid system the nickname of the "Swiss Army Knife" of trauma first aid stations. 

With features like the first aid flag, integrated seat and gear platform, "stair-climbing" double wheels, and flexible stretcher (just to name a few) the nickname is well earned.

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Trauma First Aid Contacts and Information at www.TraumaFirstAidKit.tel

On-Site Emergency Responders & Safety Personnel Can Now ... Be the First Responder!

 
With the launch of www.Mobile-Aid.com, on-site emergency responders and safety personnel now have easy on-line access to the full range of MobileAid Emergency Response products from LifeSecure.  MobileAid provides these safety professionals with superior quick-response mobile stations that include comprehensive trauma first aid and emergency supplies.  With compact MobileAid stations, on-site safety personnel can quickly and effectively deliver the best possible first care in any  
emergency or disaster.

In an emergency, precious minutes can be lost waiting for outside responders to arrive.  While it's important to immediately contact emergency authorities (dial 911), trained on-site responders with the right MobileAid equipment can respond immediately, effectively, and with confidence.  In a severe emergency or disaster help may actually be hours or days away.  Every facility needs to have safety personnel trained in basic first aid and emergency response procedures to ensure that they can meet their own immediate emergency needs.

Click into www.Mobile-Aid.com and let us know what you think of our expanding line of MobileAid Emergency Response products.

Be the first responder!