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The Most Common Infections You Can Get in an Emergency or Disaster By the Jase Medical Team When most people picture getting an infection after a hurricane or flood, they imagine contaminated floodwater, a cut on the leg, and some unusual bacteria they've been warned...
Medication Management During a Hurricane or Flood Evacuation By the Jase Medical Team The storm track shifts west, and suddenly you have an hour to load the car. Clothes are easy. Chargers, important documents, water...you know where those go. Then you get to the...
Controlled Substances in a Disaster: Why the Schedule on Your Prescription Changes Everything By the Jase Medical Team ou evacuated with four days of medication in your bag. Now you're two states from home, the pharmacy holding your prescription is closed, and you're...
For Clinicians | Controlled Substance Emergency Refill Rules: A Pharmacist's Q&A By Dr. Jamie Wilkey, PharmD — Director of Clinical Strategy, JaseMedically reviewed and edited by Kristen Carpenter, PA-C Hi again, it's Jamie, your pharmacist. Here at Jase, we...
Your Medication Is on Backorder. Now What? By the Jase Medical Team You’ve taken the same prescription for eleven years. You request the same refill from the same pharmacy, and this time the technician tells you: “It’s on backorder. No ETA.” You ask when it will be...
For Clinicians | Why Drug Shortages Happen and How Long They Actually Last By Dr. Jamie Wilkey, PharmD — Director of Clinical Strategy, JaseMedically reviewed and edited by Kristen Carpenter, PA-C Hi, I'm Jamie. I'm also a pharmacist. I've spent more than ten years...
What to Do When You Can't Access a Pharmacy in an Emergency By the Jase Medical Team A pharmacy doesn’t have to be in the path of a hurricane to suddenly become inaccessible. It can happen over a holiday weekend. A power outage can shut down the register and...
The Medical Layer Most Family Emergency Plans Never Include By Aaron Asay, PA-C, DMSc I’ve been in the room when a disaster happens and a family is completely prepared in every way except the one that suddenly matters most. An elderly parent is evacuated from an...
For Clinicians | Psychiatric Medications in a Disaster Why Stopping and Restarting Are Two Different Hazards By Dr. Jamie Wilkey, PharmD — Director of Clinical Strategy, JaseMedically reviewed and edited by Kristen Carpenter, PA-C Our last article ranked a patient’s...