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Start of eBook	1
INTRODUCTION	1
PART ONE	2
CHAPTER 1	2
CHAPTER 2	4
SUMMARY	4
UNDERSTAND THE HAZARDS OF NUCLEAR ATTACK	4
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IN AN ENEMY ATTACK	4
WHAT IS FALLOUT?	5
FALLOUT WOULD BE WIDESPREAD	5
FALLOUT CAUSES RADIATION SICKNESS	6
PROTECTION IS POSSIBLE	6
MANY KINDS OF FALLOUT SHELTERS	6
FOOD AND WATER WOULD BE AVAILABLE AND USABLE	7
CHAPTER 3	8
SUMMARY	8
DURING AN EMERGENCY	8
KNOW ABOUT WARNING	8
THE STANDARD WARNING SIGNALS	8
WHAT TO DO WHEN SIGNALS SOUND	9
DON’T USE THE TELEPHONE	9
LEARN YOUR COMMUNITY’S SIGNALS NOW	9
IF THERE IS A NUCLEAR FLASH	10
CHAPTER 4	10
SUMMARY	10
DURING AN EMERGENCY	10
FALLOUT SHELTERS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE	11
IDENTIFYING PUBLIC SHELTERS	11
LEARN THE LOCATIONS OF PUBLIC SHELTERS	11
A HOME SHELTER MAY SAVE YOUR LIFE	11
SHIELDING MATERIAL IS REQUIRED	12
HOW TO PREPARE A HOME SHELTER	12
CEILING MODIFICATION PLAN A	12
ALTERNATE CEILING MODIFICATION PLAN B	13
PERMANENT CONCRETE BLOCK OR BRICK SHELTER PLAN C	13
PREPLANNED SNACK BAR SHELTER PLAN D	14
PREPLANNED TILT-UP STORAGE UNIT PLAN E	14
WHEN TO LEAVE SHELTER	14
CHAPTER 5	15
SUMMARY	15
DURING AN EMERGENCY	15
IMPROVISING FALLOUT PROTECTION	15
SHIELDING MATERIAL NEEDED	15
IMPROVISING A BASEMENT SHELTER	16
USING A STORM CELLAR FOR FALLOUT PROTECTION	16
USING THE CRAWL SPACE UNDER YOUR HOUSE	16
IMPROVISING AN OUTSIDE SHELTER	17
AN IMPROVISED SHELTER ON THE GROUND FLOOR	17
BOATS AS IMPROVISED SHELTERS	18
CHAPTER 6	18
SUMMARY	18
DURING AN EMERGENCY	18
SUPPLIES FOR FALLOUT SHELTERS	18
WHAT TO TAKE TO A PUBLIC FALLOUT SHELTER	19
STOCKS FOR A HOME SHELTER	19
CHAPTER 7	21
SUMMARY	21
DURING AN EMERGENCY	22
WATER, FOOD, AND SANITATION IN A SHELTER	22
CARE AND USE OF WATER SUPPLIES	22
CARE AND USE OF FOOD SUPPLIES	23
EMERGENCY TOILET FACILITIES	24
CHAPTER 8	24
SUMMARY	24
DURING AN EMERGENCY	24
FIRE HAZARDS	25
CHAPTER 9	26
SUMMARY	26
DURING AN EMERGENCY	26
EMERGENCY CARE OF THE SICK AND INJURED	26
GENERAL RULES FOR ANY MEDICAL EMERGENCY	26
IF THE PATIENT HAS STOPPED BREATHING	27
TO STOP SERIOUS BLEEDING	28
PREVENTING AND TREATING SHOCK	29
BROKEN BONES	29
BURNS	30
RADIATION SICKNESS	31
PART TWO	32
CHAPTER 1	32
WARNING	33
EMERGENCY SUPPLIES	33
FIRE PROTECTION AND FIRE FIGHTING	34
AFTER A NATURAL DISASTER	34
CHAPTER 2	35
EVACUATION	35
DURING A HURRICANE	36
SPECIAL ADVICE ON FLASH FLOODS	37
CHAPTER 3	37
CHAPTER 4	38
CHAPTER 5	40
AFTER AN EARTHQUAKE	40
INDEX	40
ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION 58-60	40
CHECKLIST OF EMERGENCY ACTIONS 6-7	41
ELECTRIC SERVICE 75,82	41
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES 73, 76	41
EMERGENCY ACTIONS CHECKLIST 6-7	41
MEDICAL SELF-HELP COURSE 2, 55, 56	42
MILK CONTAMINATION FROM FALLOUT 9, 16	42
MOUTH-TO-MOUTH RESUSCITATION 58-60	42
NATURAL DISASTER WARNING 17, 18, 19, 71-72	42
SANITATION 41-42, 45-49	43
STORM TIDES OR SURGES 75-78	43
SUPPLIES NEEDED FOR NATURAL DISASTERS 72, 82-83	43
U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1968—O-297-579	44
FOOTNOTES:	44

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