Products EAD & Associates, LLC recommends the following products designed for first responders and individuals with special needs in emergency situations:
Emergency Readiness Wheels CLICK HERE FOR DEMO (REQUIRES FLASH 7 OR BETTER – NOT 508 COMPLIANT)
EAD & Associates, LLC is proud to present our latest product designed to help seniors and people with disabilities get better prepared for all kinds of disasters.
In a recent survey by the Kaiser Foundation, 70% of the Hurricane Katrina evacuees did not have an emergency plan in place prior to the disaster. This finding more than anything shows us that we need to continue to spread the message in our communities to get prepared in simple, basic terms that are easily understood. These wheels are tools to help accomplish that task.
The emergency preparedness wheels are sturdy, easy-to-use, and magnetized. They provide guidance on getting prepared and how to respond when a disaster occurs. The wheels are two-sided:
One side of the wheel provides advice on how to get prepared, including:
- Doing an Assessment
- Forming a Personal Support Network
- Ready Kit and Go Bag
- Emergency List
- Emergency Information
- Evacuation
- Shelter
- Service Providers
The other side provides advice on how to respond when a disaster occurs, including:
- Tips for responding to hurricanes, earthquakes, hazardous material incidents, fire, flooding, terrorism, tornadoes/downbursts, and extreme hot/cold weather
- Provides space to write important emergency contact numbers and information including fire, police, doctor, personal support network, pharmacy, service providers, medical conditions, physical/mental limitations, and other important information necessary during emergencies.
There are two wheels currently available:
- Emergency Wheel for People with Disabilities -view-
- Emergency Wheel for Seniors -view-
Click here for a working demonstration (requires Macromedia Flash plugin, version 7 or better). Unfortunately, this demo is not yet Section 508 compliant.
The content of the wheels will shortly be available in alternate/accessible formats such as Braille and large font. These versions will not come in the same format but on a CD-ROM.
Put your logo on the wheels!
There is space at the top of the wheel for logos or other information you would like to have added to the wheels making this tool perfect for government jurisdictions and agencies or service organizations to distribute to their constituents and clients. Just ask our sales person about this feature.
You can order these wheels by contacting our office at mail@eadassociates.com or by using our contact form on this Web site.
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Communication Picture Boards
 The Communication Picture Board was designed to help bridge the communication gap between emergency first responders and people who are deaf. The picture board is proven to also effectively enhance the communications needs between first responders and non-English speaking populations, children, people with developmental disabilities, as well as those impacted by a traumatic event.
These boards are helpful in a variety of settings, in the field, on an ambulance, in a shelter, at an assistance center, etc. Additionally, the boards are printed with the ink directly impregnated into the plastic as a single process – it is not laminated and can not come apart. Therefore, the integrity of the board can be maintained and long-lasting, even through a process such as decontamination.
The Communication Boards contain pictures with a word describing the picture underneath in both English and Spanish. Further on the back of the board, several languages are listed so that non-English speakers can identify their language if other than English.
The Boards can be customized to meet your needs. To learn more or to order these boards, contact our office at mail@eadassociates.com or use our contact form.
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Westcot Specialized Cots
 Westcot Specialized cots that are designed and engineered to meet the large scale special medical needs of the frail, disabled and injured in times of civilian evacuations or military operations. This product was developed by responders working with mass sheltering in Florida during Hurricane Andrew and solves many of the difficulties associated with low to the ground, unbalanced traditional cots. This is both a wheelchair transfer height cot suitable for use in shelter operations and a medical bed suitable for use in alternate care facilities or operations.
U.S. Patents: No. 6, 151, 730.
Features include:
- 32"W x 84"L x 18"H
- 4 Head Adjustments
- 2 Trendelenburg Positions
- Weight: 20lbs
- Stability: Engineered to resist tipping
- Safety: Personal safety system spring loaded deck cradles the patient.
- Holds up to 300lbs
- Care and Comfort: Standard height/multiple adjustments
- Portablility: Folds flat to just 6 inches Includes IV Pole, Safety Strap, and Mattress Caption
For more information, contact westcots@bellsouth.net.
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 Tips for Emergency Responders
for Seniors, People with Service Animals, People with Mobility Impairments, People who are Mentally Ill, People Who are Blind or Visually Impaired, People who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, People with Cognitive Disabilities
The University of New Mexico's Center for Development and Disability, developed tip cards for first responders who work with a range of people with special needs.
Many first responders have requested quick, easy-to-use procedures for assisting people with disabilities. These tip cards provide information about many types of disabilities you can use during emergencies as well as routine encounters. They are not meant to be comprehensive, but contain specific information that first responders can read quickly either before or while you are actually responding to an incident. Additional copies of these tips cards held together by a binder rind are available for purchase. For information on prices, contact:
Anthony Cahill
Center for Development and Disability
2300 Menaul Boulevard NE
Albuquerque, NM 87107
(505) 272-2990
acahill@salud.unm.edu
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National Weather Service NOAA Weather Radio
 Weather radios equipped with a special alarm tone feature can sound an alert and give you immediate information about a life-threatening situation. During an emergency, National Weather Service forecasters will interrupt routine weather radio programming and send out the special tone that activates weather radios in the listening area. The hearing- and visually impaired can get these warnings by connecting weather radios with alarm tones to other kinds of attention-getting devices like strobe lights, pagers, bed-shakers, personal computers and text printers.
You can buy NOAA Weather Radios at electronic stores or call the National Weather Service office closest to you. To learn more, visit http://www.weather.gov/nwr/nwrback.htm.
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 Nobody Left Behind
As part of a consumer survey of the Nobody Left Behind: Disaster Preparedness for Persons with Mobility Impairments project, survivors were asked about tips for getting out of harm's way during a disaster or an emergency situation. Based on their responses, these two attractive educational 18" x 24" Do's and Don'ts Checklist Posters were designed to encourage individual disaster planning and community level planning for persons with mobility limitations.
To learn more about the University of Kansas program or to order these posters, please visit http://www.rtcil.org/findings.htm or click here for a printable order form
(Microsoft Word document – 1.3MB).
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