7 Day Challenge Day 6: PANDEMIC 🦠

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Welcome to DAY 6 of the 2025 7 Day Challenge. For 7 days, we are testing our Emergency Preparedness and Food Storage Plans. Try not to get 2020 PTSD as we go through today’s challenge y’all!

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REMEMBER: To get the most out of the challenge, don’t be too literal about the scenarios. Modify them to fit YOUR family’s situation. Also, try to actually DO each day’s tasks. Don’t try to justify why you wouldn’t “need” to. The point is to PRACTICE our skills!

Day 6: PANDEMIC 🦠

A pandemic outbreak has swept through your community. Hospitals are overwhelmed and closed for all non-life-threatening cases. You must handle minor medical issues like cuts, burns, sprains, or fevers at home. Do you have the supplies and skills to keep your family safe until professional care is available?

TODAY’S CHALLENGES:

👉 Practice using your first aid kit: bandage a pretend cut, wrap a sprained ankle, and treat a fake burn.
👉 Take inventory of your first aid supplies. Check expiration dates on meds, ointments, and bandages.
👉 Teach kids (and/or your spouse 😉) where your supplies are stored and how to use the basic items.
👉 Bonus: Look up one new skill you’d like to learn (CPR, wound care, or how to use a splint).

HELPFUL HINTS:

First Aid Kit Basics: Bandages, gauze, antiseptic, gloves, pain relievers, thermometer.

Extra Supplies: Instant cold packs, elastic wraps, digital pulse oximeter, children’s fever medicine.

Organization: Keep your kit in a clearly labeled container and store a smaller version in your car.

Training Counts: The best kit is useless if you don’t know how to use it. Consider signing up for a first aid or CPR class in your local area. Here is a summary of a basic first aid class I took at church a few years back.

Natural Alternatives: If you are interested in learning about natural alternatives to traditional medicines check out this blog post for ideas.

REFLECTION:

Take a few minutes after your “first aid” day to think through what worked and what didn’t. Here are some questions to ask yourself:

Did your kit have everything you needed, or were you improvising?
Were any meds or supplies expired?
Would your family know how to find and use the kit if you weren’t home?
How confident did you feel practicing simple first aid skills?
If medical care was unavailable for a week, what would be your biggest concern?

Print out the worksheets below and add items you need to do, to learn, and to buy as you find holes in your preparedness plans today. Print multiple sheets as needed.

SHARING TIME:

One of the best parts of the challenge each year is seeing how everyone else survived the day. This is a powerful one to share because everyone can learn new tips! Here’s how to join in the conversation:

Post in the F acebook Group thread for Day 6: What skills did you practice today? Were there any supplies you realized you need to add to your kit? Share what you learned!
Photos welcome but not required — you can just describe your experience if you’d rather not show your supplies.

Don’t skip this part! Remember … the group conversation is one of the most valuable parts of the seven day challenge.