I'm writing a short story about the aftermath of an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) where there will be almost no electronics functioning. I'm trying to be as factual as possible so I have a few questions!
Question One: Approximately how much insulin is going to be in a small town (population 2000) the day they're set to get a delivery? Are they down to a few boxes? For example would the sentence, "April counted 30 assorted vials and 12 boxes of insulin pens on the refrigerator shelves and worried how long they'd last in the July heat with no way to keep them cool." be super low balling or is it typical to drop in stocks the day of delivery? Question Two: How many brands of insulin are in the normal fridge? I know of Lantus, novalog, Humulin, etc and they they come in both pen and syringe but are there many more types typically filled each week? In my story it's a small community and since 3% of USA has insulin using diabetes, approx 60 ppl will have been getting prescriptions in this pharmacy of 2000 people community. If prescription normally lasts a month and there's 60 total, would ordering day most likely only have a couple of types and a couple boxes/vials left or does a pharmacy try to stay ahead of the curve and have several of each etc. Question Three: how many types of antibiotics would normally be on shelves and how many total prescriptions on the last day before a shipment to this drug store? Question Four: same question but for pain meds. Question Five: would you assume a lock down in place for pharmacy staff if a nuke went off 100 miles away or locking up and going home? Question six: do you have a protocol for an EMP or nuclear attack on USA whereby all communications are decimated?
Thanks in advance
Submitted May 10, 2017 at 05:21PM by AliciaRyann http://ift.tt/2qqNFuf pharmacy
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