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Homemaking Deep Dive | Emergency Response in the Home
Description
Imagine being caught in a home emergency, your heart racing and mind scattered — would you know what to do? This episode is a must-listen for every homemaker as I sit down with Elizabeth Dillard, a paramedic firefighter with a wealth of field experience, to arm you with the knowledge and skills for effective crisis management in the home. Together, we dissect the fine line between fear that paralyzes and fear that mobilizes. Elizabeth shares empowering wisdom from scripture to fight paralyzing fear AND some practical knowledge for preparing your response and assessing life-threatening situations. In this episode:
🔥Preparing Your Response: 2 Kinds of Fear and what scripture has to say about them, YOU are the first responder and you set the tone.
🔥Incident Management; what to do in actual medical and fire emergencies (mild content warning: we do discuss medical trauma).
🔥Post-Incident Management: what to do after the emergency. How to work through the aftermath for ourselves and with others.
EPISODE NOTES:
- Elizabeth's Homemaker Portrait, S14: E4
- Scripture to Fight Fear: 2 Tim 1:7, Joshua 10:25, 1 Chron 28:20, Psalm 56:4, Psalm 118:6, Heb 13:6
- M.A.R.C.H. acronym : Massive Hemorrhage, Airway, Respiration, Circulation, Hypothermia
- Cardiac Arrest: Remember, "No, No, Go". Are they responding normally? Are they breathing normally? If answer to both is "NO" then GO ahead with CPR.
- Vial of Life
- Books to help Kids with trauma and grief: The Good Shepard, by Gary Varvel, The Memory Box
- Detailed Show Notes, search episode title at
HOMEMAKING RESOURCES
- Homemaker's Journal, AoH Seasonal Magazine (Coming May 2026!)
- Private Facebook Group, Homemaker Forum
- JR Miller's Homemaking Study Guide
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