Preparedness priority’s

There are many priority lists for emergency preparedness. Some are about the ‘3’s’.(3 minutes with air, 3 days without water and 3 weeks without food). Some are based on what get you need  first: (First aid), shelter, water, food and fire. (position of one of these depends on the situation and location).

If your goal is to have a long healthy life, then you might need to look at statistics. Lists of causes of death can be found anywhere. For instance:

-          CDC: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/lcod.htm

-          WHO: http://who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs310/en/

So what does statistics say: top 10 of death causes are health based problems. (exception in the middle-income countries where road traffic accidents takes 7th place, the rest are still health related)

So first priority: Get healthy, get in shape!