Nephron Information Center's Kidney Disaster Site

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

• Tropical Depression PALOMA Graphics
  www.nhc.noaa.gov
  
• Tropical Depression PALOMA Forecast Discussion Number 19
  www.nhc.noaa.gov
  
• Tropical Depression PALOMA Public Advisory Number 19
  www.nhc.noaa.gov
  
• Tropical Depression PALOMA Wind Speed Probabilities Number 19
  www.nhc.noaa.gov
  
• Tropical Depression PALOMA Forecast/Advisory Number 19
  www.nhc.noaa.gov
  
• Tropical Depression PALOMA Forecast/Advisory Number 18
  www.nhc.noaa.gov
  
• Tropical Depression PALOMA Graphics
  www.nhc.noaa.gov
  
• Tropical Depression PALOMA Forecast Discussion Number 18
  www.nhc.noaa.gov
  
• Tropical Depression PALOMA Public Advisory Number 18
  www.nhc.noaa.gov
  
• Tropical Depression PALOMA Wind Speed Probabilities Number 18
  www.nhc.noaa.gov
  
• Tropical Storm PALOMA Public Advisory Number 17
  www.nhc.noaa.gov
  
• Tropical Storm PALOMA Wind Speed Probabilities Number 17
  www.nhc.noaa.gov
  
• Tropical Storm PALOMA Forecast/Advisory Number 17
  www.nhc.noaa.gov
  
• Tropical Storm PALOMA Graphics
  www.nhc.noaa.gov
  
• Tropical Storm PALOMA Forecast Discussion Number 17
  www.nhc.noaa.gov
  
• Tropical Storm PALOMA Public Advisory Number 16A
  www.nhc.noaa.gov
  
• Hurricane PALOMA Forecast/Advisory Number 16
  www.nhc.noaa.gov
  
• Hurricane PALOMA Graphics
  www.nhc.noaa.gov
  
• Hurricane PALOMA Forecast Discussion Number 16
  www.nhc.noaa.gov
  
• Hurricane PALOMA Public Advisory Number 16
  www.nhc.noaa.gov
  

Use http://hh.nephron.com to check from cell phone or PDA

Disaster and Weather News

• ACT Appeal: Hurricane Gustav and Hurricane Ike Emergency ...
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• Hurricane Ike Disrupts NASA Bed Rest Study
  www.myfoxhouston.com
  
• Enterprise book commemorating Hurricane Ike hits stores today
  www.beaumontenterprise.com
  
• Hit by hurricane Ike and unexpected layoffs, Galveston ponders its ...
  www.csmonitor.com
  
• Hurricanes Delay EHR Program
  acadiana.medicalnewsinc.com
  
• Hermann Sons lodges help with victims of Hurricane Ike
  www.wilsoncountynews.com
  
• Cubans nabbed for hurricane-related crimes
  www.google.com
  
• SBA Offers Disaster Assistance To Maine Businesses Economically ...
  www.marketwatch.com
  
• Claims Estimates for Hurricane Ike Still and #39;Fluid, and #39; Commissioner Says
  www.insurancejournal.com
  
• BioTrove, Gene Express to Co-Market Novel Standardized Genetic ...
  www.marketwatch.com
  
• BioTrove, Gene Express to Co-Market Novel Standardized Genetic ...
  www.marketwatch.com
  
• First responders: understanding monocyte-lineage traffic in the acutely injured kidney.
  www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
  
• Perry and #39;s office criticizes FEMA funding plan for Hurricane Ike cleanup
  www.dallasnews.com
  
• Economy cripples Galveston and #39;s comeback after Hurricane Ike
  www.usatoday.com
  
• ABPM Should Be Used in Resistant Hypertension
  www.medscape.com
  
• FEMA limits aid to Texas counties hit by Hurricane Ike 2:13 PM CT
  www.dallasnews.com
  
• and #39;Relentless and #39; Atlantic hurricane season churns out weather records
  www.cbc.ca
  
• Galveston judges consider plans to streamline potential Hurricane ...
  www.setexasrecord.com
  
• Clerk and #39;s office braces for second coming of Hurricane Ike
  www.setexasrecord.com
  
• Agency affirms validity of ?standing orders?
  aapnews.aappublications.org
  

HELPFUL RESOURCES

• KCER COALITION SITE: http://www.kcercoalition.com
• NOAA HURRICANE PAGE
• GET YOUR STORMTRACKER HERE
• NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
• MOBILE DEVICE SITE:hh.nephron.com
• Demco Hurricane Tracker
• Demco Hurricane Preplist
• HD Evacuee Form (print first)
• PD Evacuee Form (print first)
• Instructions for Evac Interactive Forms - "ReadMe"
• HD Evac Interactive Form(complete online then print - no data saved)
• PD Evac Interactive Form(complete online then print - no data saved)
• KIDNEY EMERGENCY HOTLINE 1-888-335-4363
• DAVITA EMERGENCY HOTLINE 1-800-400-8331

PATIENTS - DO THIS NOW

• Place medications and history securely online at AAKP
• Kidney Community Emergency Response (KCER)
• DOWNLOAD KCER CONTACT CARD
• WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
• Texas Emergency ESRD Coalition (TEEC)
• PATIENTS - Enroll in 211
• READY (eng) READY (eng)
• READY (sp) READY (sp)
• TEEC Tools
• EMSystem

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

• National Dialysis Coalition Patient Form (MS Excel)
• If you do not have MS Excel, download free viewer
• FMQAI - Emergency Preparedness - English and Spanish
• CMS Emergency Preparedness Manual
• CDC Hurricane Page for Professionals
• FDA Hurricane Site
• CDC Hurricane Page
• E-Source Hurricane Page
• New Orleans Web Page
• Hurricane Evacuee Medical Intake Form
• Health Care Professionals and Relief Personnel Worker Page
• USDA page
• NRAA Kidney Disaster Preparedness Page

BIRD FLU RESOURCES




GET READY

• www.prepareyourfamily.org
• www.72hour.org
• Disaster preparedness comic
• NOAA

HOUSING

• Hurricane Housing Page

SUPPORT SITES

• FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Administration)
• HHS Disaster Site
• American Red Cross

RESOURCE PAGES

• NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER
• Epocrates Hurricane Info
• Red Cross Disaster Guide
• MS Excel Viewer in case Excel is not on your computer
• CDC: Keep It With You - Med Info Form
• CMS Emergency Service Fact Sheet
• TIPS FOR HURRICANE DISASTERS
• NKF Press Release
• Statement from OCR: HIPAA rules during Katrina
• Transient Form (Adobe Acrobat)
• nephron.com DISASTER PLAN
• Preparing for Emergencies
• American Kidney Fund
• Preparing for Disasters (English)
• CMS Advisory September 2, 2005
• Preparing for Disasters (Spanish)
• Boil Water Advisory
• Vibrio Vulnificus
• Norwalk-like Virus
• Vibrio after Katrina
• Reopening a dialysis unit that has been been without power and water for a time
• CMS: Survey Certification Emergency Preparedness

FIND MISSING PERSONS

• Microsoft Database
• American Red Cross
• Yahoo Boards

RENAL ORGANIZATIONS

• Renal Physicians Association (RPA)
• American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP)
• National Kidney Foundation (NKF)
• American Society of Nephrology (ASN)
• American Nephrology Nurses Association ANNA)
• American Kidney Fund

Network Info

• Forum of ESRD Networks
  States:United States of America
  Phone:804-794-2586
  1527 Hugeunot Road
  Midlothian, Va 23114
  Dialysis Units in the USA
  
• ESRD Network of New England
  States:Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.
  Phone:203-387-9332
  Network 1 Units
  
• Chronic Kidney Disease Network For New York
  States:New York
  Phone:516-209-5578
  Patients:800-238-3773
  Network 2 Units
  
• 3 Trans Atlantic Renal Council
  States:New Jersey, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands
  Phone:1-609-490-0310
  Patients:1-888-877-8400
  Network 3 Units
  
• ESRD Network 4
  States:Pennsylvania
  Phone:412-325-2250
  Patients:800-548-9205
  Network 4 Units
  
• 5 Mid Atlantic Renal Coalition
  States:District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia
  Phone:804-794-3757
  Patients:866-651-6272
  Network 5 Units
  
• 6 Southeastern Kidney Council
  States:North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
  Phone:919-855-0882:
  Patients:800-524-7139
  Network 6 Units
  
• 7 Florida ESRD Network 7
  States:Florida
  Phone:813-383-1530
  Patients:800-826-3773
  Network 7 Units
  
• ESRD Network 8
  States:Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee
  Phone:601-936-9260
  Patients:877-936-9260
  Network 8 Units
  
• 9/10 The Renal Network
  States:Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio
  Phone:317-257-8265
  Network 9 Units
  Network 10 Units
  
• Renal Network of the Upper Midwest
  States:Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin
  Phone:651-644-9877
  Patients:800-973-3773
  Network 11 Units
  
• ESRD Network 12
  States:Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska
  Phone:816-880-9990
  Patients:800-444-9965
  Network 12 Units
  
• 13 ESRD Network Organization #13
  States:Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma
  Phone:405-942-6000
  Patients:800-472-8664
  Network 13 Units
  
• 14 ESRD Network of Texas
  States:Texas
  Phone:972-503-3215
  Patients:877-886-4435
  Network 14 Units
  
• 15 Intermountain ESRD Network
  States:Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New mexico, Wyoming
  Phone:303-831-8818
  Patients:800-783-8818
  Network 15 Units
  
• 16 Northwest Renal Network
  States:Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington
  Phone:206-923-0714
  Network 16 Units
  
• 17 Transpacific Renal Network
  States:Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, Saipan, Northern California
  Phone:206-923-0714
  Patients:800) 232-3773
  Network 17 Units
  
• 18 Southern California Renal Disease Council
  States:Southern California
  Phone:323-962-2020
  Patients:800-637-4767
  Network 18 Units