Monthly Archives: December 2016

Survival Medicine Hour: Vehicular Terror, Hangovers, RP Ruggiero of Brushfire Plague

The Survival Medicine Hour, with Joe Alton,MD aka Dr. Bones and Amy Alton, ARNP aka[Read More]

Surviving A Hangover

In normal times or times of trouble, New Year’s Eve is a time where many break out the[Read More]

Using Epinephrine in Vials

We’re in the midst of an epidemic of allergies in the U.S., and severe allergic[Read More]

Survival Medicine Hour: Holiday Blues, More

The Survival Medicine Hour, with Joe Alton, MD aka Dr. Bones, and Amy Alton, ARNP[Read More]

Surviving Vehicular Terrorism

CNN reports that a man in Berlin used a truck to plow through a group[Read More]

Survival Medicine Hour: Norovirus, Cold Myths, Man Flu?

In this episode of the Survival Medicine Hour with Joe and Amy Alton, aka Dr.[Read More]

The “Stomach Flu” Virus

We often write about disaster situations that we personally experience. We’ve been through hurricanes, tornadoes,[Read More]

Zika Defects More Common Than Previously Thought

A recent U.S. study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association has found[Read More]

Survival Medicine Hour: Pneumonia, Natural Remedies

This episode of the Survival Medicine Hour with Joe and Amy Alton contains the last[Read More]

Oakland Warehouse Fire: Surviving in a Crowd

The fire in an Oakland warehouse that was a refuge for artists and a venue[Read More]

When to Close a Wound

There are many injuries that a medic will face in a survival scenario, and a[Read More]

Survival Medicine Hour: Gatlinburg Fires, Stress, More

On this episode of the Survival Medicine Hour, your hosts, Joe Alton, MD aka Dr.[Read More]

Wildfire Preparedness and Our Gatlinburg Home

It’s been a very busy year for firefighters, with heat waves, drought, and human malice[Read More]