Monthly Archives: August 2023
Survival Medicine Podcast: Flesh Eating Bacteria, Hurricanes, Mudslides, Tourniquets, Jellyfish/Sting Ray Stings, More
Recent hurricanes on the West and East coast have threatened millions, and it’s important for[Read More]
Aug
Maui Wildfire: Not Just Climate Change
For a small state that is considered a lush tropical paradise, Hawaii has a surprisingly[Read More]
Aug
Mudslides
The sunny Southwest U.S., including Southern California, was hit recently by tropical cyclone Hilary,[Read More]
Aug
Video: Tourniquets: You Get What You Pay For
In this companion video to a previous article, Dr. Joe Alton reports on a Summer[Read More]
Aug
Wildfire Property Defense
It’s been a cruel, cruel summer with parts of Maui in ashes and massive record-breaking[Read More]
Aug
Video: Malaria
Infectious diseases are a problem in every part of the world, and a common, yet[Read More]
Aug
Video: Horizontal Mattress And Figure-Of-Eight Sutures
In this part of his series on suture wound closures, Dr. Joe Alton discusses and[Read More]
Aug
With Tourniquets, You Get What You Pay For
CAT Tourniquet on upper thigh (NOTE: Data used in this article was first published in[Read More]
Aug
Video: Sleep Deprivation
Many of us have issues with insomnia in normal times. In disaster settings, your chances[Read More]
Aug
Wildfires and Home Ignition Zones
As the island of Maui burns and we still smell the smoke from Canadian wildfires,[Read More]
Aug