1. How I Stopped Worrying About Being
Prepared
(and Learned to Be Resilient)
David Eisenman, MD, MSHS
Director, UCLA Center for Public Health and Disasters
Associate Professor of Medicine and Public Health
Associate Natural Scientist, RAND
Preparedness Science Officer, LACDPH

7. Disaster Myth 1: Disasters kill randomly.

17. Are You Ready To Rumble?

33. Moving from “Me” to “We”

37. Preparing the chronically ill is an
urgent issue.
 National stockpiles and emergency response plans
focus on acute medical and pharmaceutical needs.
 No planning for the prescription drug needs of persons
isolated, hunkered down, or evacuated persons.
 Restrictive prescription benefits make stockpiling your
own medicines very hard.