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E you are responsible Influenza Considerations Behavior  Expect, respect for each other  Keep ill family members home &  Sneeze and/or cough into the and follow the MD Health crock of elbow Department suggestions above. How to Stay Healthy  Wash hands before eating & drinking  Wash hands after using the In your home, include washing bathroom with a bleach solution or prepared Hand  Soap and Water, rub all sides antibacterial weekly, when they Cleaning of your hands, and wash for a appear dirty or after the Den, full song of Happy Birthday. Patrol or groups leave. Dry well, and moisturize without touching the spout.  door knobs  Use Hand sanitizer per bottle  light switches directions, allow to air dry.  telephones Tissue  Have Tissues and a place to  keyboards dispose of them in a trash bag Updated 10/2010 Health  See symptoms on previous This year’s Flu shot includes last year’s At regular meeting places, leave a of All page A/California/7/2009 (H1N1)-like virus.  Have phone numbers that are place cleaner than when you Only one shot is required at this time. current and the availability to arrive. Include cleaning areas touched contact someone within an by hands frequently with prepared hour. That may mean parents wipes, have facial tissues available Baltimore Area Council need to make arrangements and trash bags or covered receptacles. Health and Safety for more than one number Review with your Chartered over the course of a weekend Organization Representative and the Committee for outings site staff for details and requirements  Keep Unit Health Forms up to date, ask about updated for trash removal and bathroom vaccinations facilities. This may be an opportunity for Service to your Meeting Place and Before Everyone is Sick Community. Marylanders who are "at risk" should Emergency warning signs that According to the CDC, people at a higher consult their Health Care Providers if need urgent medical attention risk of serious health consequences from the Experiencing Flu-like Illness: include: H1N1 flu virus are the same as with IN CHILDREN IN ADULTS seasonal flu: Protect yourself and others with Seasonal  Being so  Difficulty  Children less than 5 years old; Flu Sense Precautions: irritable that the breathing or  Persons aged 65 years or older;  Wash your hands often, especially after child does not shortness of  Pregnant women; coughing, sneezing, and wiping or want to be held breath  Residents of nursing homes & facilities. blowing the nose.  Bluish skin color  Pain or pressure  Adults and children who have chronic  Cover your mouth when coughing or (for fair tones) in the chest or medical conditions sneezing. and grayish skin abdomen  Children and adolescents who might be  Use paper tissues when wiping or color (for darker at risk for experiencing Reye syndrome blowing your nose; throw tissues away tones) after influenza virus infection. after use.  Not drinking  Sudden dizziness  Stay away from crowded living and enough fluids or confusion The National Centers for Disease Control sleeping spaces, if possible.  Not waking up  Severe or and Prevention (CDC) recommend seasonal  If sick, stay home and avoid contact with or not interacting persistent flu vaccinations for anyone who wants to other people to protect them from vomiting reduce the risk of becoming ill with catching your illness.  Fast breathing or seasonal flu or transmitting it to others trouble breathing The Common Sense Flu Checklist  Flu-like Contact your Medical Care Provider OR Seasonal Flu Vaccination Clinics  If you have a Flu-Like Illness Including: MD Health Department Website: symptoms http://dhmh.maryland.gov/swineflu/getVaccinated.htm  Fever > 100ºF (37.8ºC) AND Cough, improve but then Connects to Counties for more information Sore Throat, or Runny Nose or return with fever Stuffiness A.A.County Phone Line, call 410-222-7343 and worse cough www.aahealth.org/a2z.asp?id=222  Then Stay Home and CALL your  Fever with a rash Doctor, If you are mildly sick with flu- Baltimore City: Flu Shot Clinic information: 311 www.baltimorehealth.org/flu.html like symptoms Update: The virus strains the Food and  STAY HOME and recover, unless you Drug Admin. (FDA) selected for Baltimore County: (410) 887-2702 have the following worrisome inclusion in the United States during www.baltimorecountymd.gov/Agencies/health/resources/swineflu.html WARNING SIGNS the 2010-2011 season. Are Carrol County Phone Line, call 410-876-3003  an A/California/7/2009 (H1N1)- http://www.carrollhealthdepartment.dhmh.md.gov/calendar/ Each year, in the United States, on average like virus; Howard County: (410) 313-6503 36,000 people die & more than 200,000  an A/Perth/16/2009 (H3N2)-like http://www.hchealth.org people are hospitalized from seasonal flu- virus (is the A/Wisconsin/15/2009 related causes. and A/Victoria/210/ 2009 –like viruses);  a B/Brisbane/60/2008-like virus.