A

Acetaminophen, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 24

American Red Cross, 34, 35

Anger, 44, 46

Antiviral medications, 8

Avian influenza (bird flu) 4

B

Basic bedding, clothing, equipment and personal supplies for the sick room, 23, 24, 25

Bath, 32, 33

Bird flu (avian influenza) 4

Body and muscle aching, 12, 14

Breathing

            Difficult, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20

            Regular, 29

C

Calm, 44

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 5, 7, 8, 9, 27

Chills, 12, 13

Cleaning the sick room, 34

Comments for the monitoring log, 31

Congestion in the chest, 13,15, 17, 18, 19

Contacting health care, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20

Coughing 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18

Cough, 29 and 

            Dry cough, 13,14

            Wet cough, 15

            And blood, 18

Cover your cough, 8

Creating communities of care, 37, 38, 65, 66, 67, 68

D

Death and dying, and 

            Signs of impending death, 39

            Signs that death has occurred, 40

            Basic information for a death certificate, 41

            What to do after a person has died, 40           

How to take care of family members after someone has died, 41

Dehydration and

            How to prevent, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20

            Signs of dehydration, 16, 17, 19

Diarrhea, 14, 15

E

Electricity and what to do if the power goes out, 34

Emergency items, 48         

F

Feeding difficulty, 17, 20

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), 54, 70

Febrile seizures, 18

Fever, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20

Fluid requirements for adults and children, 62 and

            giving small amounts over time, 16, 18, 20

            the sick, 62, 63

Food intake, 30, 14, 15  

Food storage, 51, 52, 53, 54

G

Gown, gloves, 26, 32, 33

Grief, loss, 46

H

Hand washing, 8, 25, 26, 27, 28 29, 33

Headache, 15

Health promotion, 7

Hope, 45

I

Ibuprophen, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 24

Infection control in the home, 25, 26, 27

Influenza, 3, 11, 12

JKL

Laundry, 26, 34          

M

Managing discomfort for the sick person, 37

Masks for face, 26, 32, 33

Monitoring log, 31, 32, 64

Monitoring the sick person, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31

Medications for the sick room

            Over the counter medicines for adults, 24, 30

            Personal prescriptions, 24

Mouth care for the sick person, 33       

N

Nasal wash, 14

O

Oral re-hydration solutions (ORS) 15

Oseltamivir, 8

Output, 30

P

Pandemic, 3, 4, 11, 37,

Pandemic and 1918 flu, 3, 37, 39

            And plans, 4, 5, 9

Panic and how to avoid, 43

Pedialyte, 14, 24

Prescription medications, 24

Q

Quarantine, 9

RS

Safety, 44                    

Skin care for the sick person, 32

Skin color, 27, 29, 18

Social distancing, 9

State pandemic plans, 5

Stress, 43

Stuffy nose, 12, 13, 14, 15       

T

Temperature, and

            Oral, 28

            Rectal, 28, 29

U

Urine output, 19, 30

US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) 5, 9, 26, 35

V

Vaccine production, 7

Vaccination and influenza prevention, 7

Vomiting, 14

W

Water storage, 48, 49

Water disinfection, 50, 51

World Health Organization (WHO) 4, 7, 27

XYZ

Zanamivir, 8