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Plan for natural disasters and emergencies

Preparing a diabetes emergency plan and kit can help you to self-manage your diabetes during and after an emergency or natural disaster.

No matter where you live in Australia, severe weather events and natural disasters can happen anytime—especially in summer.

Prepare your diabetes emergency plan and kit

Use our plan below to help you plan for an emergency and prepare a kit to take with you when disaster strikes.

Use the emergency plan to record important contact numbers, your medication schedule and medical history. The plan also includes a checklist to help you prepare your diabetes emergency kit.

Prepare your plan and pack your kit. Keep it in a safe place and up-to-date. Take your kit with you if you need to leave when disaster strikes.

My diabetes plan for natural disasters and emergencies

Use the emergency plan to record important contact numbers, your medication schedule and medical history. The plan also includes a checklist to help you prepare your diabetes emergency kit.

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Commonly asked questions about the emergency plan, checklist and kit.

During an emergency, your body processes glucose differently. Stress, changes in physical activity and the food you eat, mean you may need to adjust your medication during and after an emergency.

These resources explain how to use your emergency plan to help you manage your diabetes in an emergency.

Managing your diabetes in an emergency

This flyer explains how to use your emergency plan to help you manage your diabetes in an emergency.

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Make a plan. Manage your diabetes in an emergency

This poster explains how to use your emergency plan to help you manage your diabetes in an emergency.

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This guide is for organisations and personnel who deal with natural disasters and emergencies during the planning stages such as local disaster management groups (local council) as well as those who deal with ‘on-the-ground’ situations after a natural disaster has occurred, for instance, those managing evacuation centres.

The needs of people with diabetes and other chronic conditions in natural disasters and emergencies

A guide for emergency services, local councils and the not-for-profit sector on diabetes and chronic condition management in natural disasters or emergencies.

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Diabetes Australia acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Owners and Custodians of this Country. We recognise their connection to land, waters, winds and culture. We pay the upmost respect to them, their cultures and to their Elders, past and present. We are committed to improving health outcomes for all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people affected by diabetes and those at risk.

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