Monthly Archives: March 2016
How To “Lance” A Boil
A “boil” is an abscess that involves the skin. Although boils (also called “furuncles“) refer[Read More]
Mar
Video: Active Shooter Bleeding Kit, Part 2
In part 2 of a series on hemorrhagic wounds incurred in a terror or other[Read More]
Mar
Survival Medicine Hour: The New 3 R’s, Ear Infections, 5 Second Rule, More
Given the rash of bombings and shooting in recent years, should first aid 101 be[Read More]
Mar
The New 3 R’s: Reading, ‘Riting, Reducing Hemorrhage?
Given the spate of bombings and shootings throughout the world, most recently in Brussels but[Read More]
Mar
Video: Making a Kit to Manage Hemorrhage
In her latest video, Nurse Amy shows off her recently designed Bleeding Control Kit for[Read More]
Mar
Video: Mass Casualty Triage, Part 3
Joe Alton, MD’s YouTube series on mass casualty triage ends with a review of the[Read More]
Survival Medicine Hour: Allergies, Anaphylaxis, Antioxidants
Joe Alton, MD and Amy Alton, ARNP are the medical experts for Jack Spirko’s popular[Read More]
Video: Mass Casualty Triage, Part 2
In this part of Joe Alton, MD’s series on Mass Casualty triage, Dr. Bones discusses[Read More]
Food Wastage in Modern Times
In a survival scenario, when you’re struggling just to make it one more day, there’s[Read More]
Survival Medicine Hour: Charley Hogwood and Survival Groups, more
In this episode of The Survival Medicine Hour, good friend, author, and new dad Charley[Read More]
Video: Container Eggplants with Nurse Amy
You know us from our writings on medical preparedness, but we are dedicated survival gardeners[Read More]
Mar
Antioxidants and Survival, Part 2
Last time, we talked about what antioxidants are and how they work to eliminate free[Read More]
Mar
Video: New Way To Sterilize Instruments
It’s important to have medical supplies if you’re the family medic for times of trouble,[Read More]
Mar
Survival Medicine Hour: Jim Cobb on Prepper Communications
In this episode of the Doom and Bloom ™ Survival Medicine Hour, Joe and Amy[Read More]
Antioxidants and Survival, Part 1
Keeping healthy and fighting disease is what your body’s immune system is all about. What[Read More]
Mar