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| What is happening | Go to |
|---|---|
| Pregnant and bleeding, bad headache, swelling or fits | Childbirth & kids › Pregnancy: checkups and danger signs |
| Labor has started | Childbirth & kids › Labor and birth: what helpers do |
| Heavy bleeding after the birth | Childbirth & kids › Heavy bleeding after birth: the #1 killer |
| Baby stuck at the shoulders, or coming bottom first | Childbirth & kids › Stuck shoulders and breech |
| Newborn not breathing | Childbirth & kids › A baby who isn't breathing |
| Newborn cold, very small or sick | Childbirth & kids › Warmth, small babies and newborn danger signs |
| Child swallowed something poisonous, burned, or nearly drowned | Childbirth & kids › Accidents: drowning, burns, poisoning |
| No milk or formula for a baby | Food when scarce › Babies and toddlers in a shortage |
| What is happening | Go to |
|---|---|
| Water rising: flood | Floods, storms & heat › The first hour of a flood |
| Water over the road | Floods, storms & heat › Moving water: turn around |
| Going back into a flooded house | Floods, storms & heat › After the flood |
| Windstorm coming | Floods, storms & heat › Windstorms |
| Ice storm or snowstorm, power out | Floods, storms & heat › Winter storms and ice storms |
| Power line down, tree on the house | Floods, storms & heat › Winter storms and ice storms |
| Heat wave, house too hot, no power | Floods, storms & heat › Heat waves |
| What is happening | Go to |
|---|---|
| Roof leaking in a storm | Shelter › Finding and patching roof leaks |
| House damaged — need shelter tonight | Shelter › Emergency tarp and plastic shelters |
| House too cold, no heat | Shelter › One warm room: drafts, plastic and heat |
| Running a generator (carbon monoxide, backfeed) | Off-grid power › Generators, cars and backfeed Engines › Generators |
| Headache, dizzy or sleepy with a heater, stove or generator running | Floods, storms & heat › Carbon monoxide: the quiet killer |
| What is happening | Go to |
|---|---|
| No safe drinking water | Water purification › Which method does what Water purification › Step 3 — Kill the germs |
| How much bleach to put in water | Water purification › Step 3 — Kill the germs |
| Water after a wildfire | Water purification › After a wildfire |
| Well pump dead — no power | Wells & pumps › Running the well pump without the grid Wells & pumps › Getting water up by hand |
| Food running low | Food when scarce › Setting and running a fair ration Food when scarce › How much food people need |
| A bulging can or a jar that smells wrong (botulism) | Preserving food › Jars, lids, storage and spoilage Preserving food › Botulism: why low-acid food needs a pressure canner |
| Fresh meat in hot weather | Hunting & fishing › Cooling meat in our heat |
| What is happening | Go to |
|---|---|
| Lost in the woods | Navigation & weather › Getting un-lost |
| Signal a plane or searchers | Signals & Morse › Distress signals and talking to aircraft Signals & Morse › Ground-to-air symbols (print this) |
| Call for help by radio | Radio › 9. How to call for help (procedure) |
| Text family or neighbors with no phone service | Mesh radio (Meshtastic) › 6. Sending messages and positions |
| Tell the neighbors you need help | Signals & Morse › The neighborhood OK/HELP plan |
| Theft, or a dispute between neighbors | Community & barter › Settling disputes and dealing with theft |
| Someone at the gate, or trying to break in | Home protection › Someone at the gate, strangers, or a break-in |
| After a break-in or theft | Home protection › Someone at the gate, strangers, or a break-in |
| What is happening | Go to |
|---|---|
| Goat sick, bloated, or trouble kidding | Goats › Goat health with no vet Goats › Breeding, kidding and kids |
| Horse with colic, a wound or lameness | Horses › Health checks and first aid Horses › If this goes wrong |
| Chickens sick | Chickens › Health with no vet |
| Rabbits sick | Rabbits › Health with no vet |
| Animals in heat, smoke or fire | Chickens › Heat, smoke and fire season Goats › Brush, fire breaks and fire season |
| Bee stings or an allergic reaction | Bees › Stings and allergic reactions |
| Bee swarm, or a bear at the hives | Bees › Getting bees: swarms, bait hives, bee trees and splits Bees › Bears and fire season |
| Livestock and gardens after fallout | Nuclear fallout › Livestock and gardens |
| What is happening | Go to |
|---|---|
| Engine won't start | Engines › Small gas engines: why it won't start |
| Car or truck won't start | Vehicles, tractors & equipment › Cars and pickups with no shop |
| Tractor or diesel truck won't start in the cold | Vehicles, tractors & equipment › Diesel trucks and tractors |
| Hydraulics weak, slow or leaking | Vehicles, tractors & equipment › Hydraulics: how it works and keeping it healthy |
| Is this old gas or diesel still good? | Fuel › Is this fuel still good? |
| Out of fuel | Fuel › Getting fuel out of gas-station tanks |
| Electronics dead after a solar storm or EMP | EMP › After an event: check and repair |