Disaster preparedness is critical as practices encounter many kinds of disasters, including natural events like hurricanes, as well as pandemic influenza. These personal, practice, and community preparedness guides and checklists can provide practices and their patients helpful support in recovery during emergency conditions.

There are guides available to help create a disaster preparedness plan for use in a disaster or recovery period. The information contained within these resources can help practices and their staff think about and develop a disaster plan, communication plan, evacuation plan, and shelter-in-place plan so staff are prepared before a disaster or emergency occurs.