Image by Ujb 98 All injuries carry a risk of infection. When the skin is breached, various [...]
Enlarged and inflamed tonsils Your tonsils are glands on each side of the back of the throat. [...]
Food contamination is a constant concern in the United States, especially from imported [...]
Health authorities in China are reporting 60-70 cases of a previously unknown viral pneumonia [...]
Health authorities in China are reporting 60 cases or more of a previously unknown viral [...]
THE SURVIVAL MEDICINE PODCAST #376 Hey, I’ll bet you’ve wondered from time to time if [...]
ANTIBIOTICS: BOTH SIDES OF THE COIN Both Sides of the Coin A number of infectious diseases, [...]
CLINDAMYCIN AS A MEDICAL STORAGE ITEM Clindamycin In any situation where modern medicine is [...]
Nail bed laceration A fractured femur or a gunshot wound to the chest are major injuries that [...]
#369 SURVIVAL MEDICINE PODCAST Ouch! Blisters The world is on the brink of destruction and [...]
BACTERIA: A SHORT 3 BILLION YEAR HISTORY Rod-shaped bacteria When it comes to current events,[...]
DENTAL KITS Cavities are also called "dental caries" Some folks that consider themselves [...]
A while ago, I received a question from a listener about the use of antibiotics in [...]
#354 Survival Medicine Hour podcast subconjunctival hemorrhage Ask anyone on the [...]
#351 SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST Dehydration from Cholera can be life-threatening You [...]
#350 Survival Medicine Hour Last week, the Altons discussed less invasive methods of wound [...]
SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST with JOE ALTON MD and AMY ALTON ARNP Improvised "butterfly" [...]
VIDEO: KISSING BUGS AND CHAGAS DISEASE Triatoma "Kissing" bugs In this video companion to a [...]
SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST Ouch! It’s a rare individual who passes an entire [...]
SURVIVAL MEDICINE PODCAST Medications with Dr. Bones and Todd Sepulveda of Prepper Website [...]
SURVIVAl MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST Notre Dame Fire For years, Dr. Bones has been writing about[...]
VIDEO: PROBIOTICS AFTER ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY lactobacillus "good" bacteria I often mention that [...]
SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST In off-grid settings, you can expect there to be concerns [...]
VIDEO: EXPIRATION DATES UPDATE Expiration dates In survival scenarios, the medic will [...]
VIDEO: CREATING AN EPIDEMIC SICK ROOM Sick ward in 1918-9 Spanish Flu epidemic 100 years, ago,[...]
SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST Mumps Outbreak Sometimes, diseases that are rare today pop up [...]
VIDEO: WHICH ANTIBIOTICS TO HAVE IN SURVIVAL SETTINGS If a disaster throws you off the grid, [...]
SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST Survival Group Medicine Handbook guru Charley Hogwood comes to[...]
WHICH ANTIBIOTICS TO HAVE? (NOTE: The information below is only meant for circumstances where[...]
SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST In this episode of the Survival Medicine Hour, Joe Alton MD and [...]
VIDEO: CANADIAN PREPPER INTERVIEWS DR. BONES Our good friend The Canadian Prepper has a large[...]
VIDEO: HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH WHEN IT COMES TO ANTIBIOTIC STORAGE? There are many reasons that [...]
Video: XOFLUZA Last year, 80,000 Americans died from the influenza virus. Early treatment [...]
SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST A gunman opened fire inside an Aurora manufacturing plant on [...]
SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST We don’t often get to report good news these days, but [...]
HOW MANY ANTIBIOTICS DO YOU NEED? Some years ago I began writing about medical [...]
Today, we have advanced laboratory studies that allow identification of many pathogens. Despite [...]
XOFLUZA (BALOXAVIR): A NEW ANTI-VIRAL The human body spends a lot of energy fighting for its [...]
DEADLY VIRUSES, PART 3: INFLUENZA Infectious disease is of major concern in good times or [...]
VIDEO: ASTHMA, PART 2 We usually write about Asthma in the Spring, when pollen counts are [...]
SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST Infectious disease is of major concern in good times or bad, [...]
SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST Ask people about the last pandemic and most will [...]
SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR Lt. George H. W. Bush Upon the passing of President George H. W. [...]
HOME REMEDIES FOR BURNS Certainly, burns are injuries that can have long-standing consequences [...]
SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST An outbreak of food poisoning with Escherischia coli[...]
Video: Our New Book Alton’s Antibiotics and Infectious Disease: The Layman's Guide to Available [...]
MULTISTATE FOOD POISONING OUTBREAKS Romaine contamination in 11 states and Canada An outbreak [...]
SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST Joe Alton MD and Amy Alton ARNP are pleased to announce [...]
Alton’s Antibiotics and Infectious Disease: The Layman's Guide to Available Antibacterials in [...]
SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST: KIDNEY STONES, GALL STONES, BACTERIAL INFECTIONS, ANTIBIOTICS, MORE[...]
SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST ANIMAL BITES A gunman opened fire on a crowd at a bar [...]
SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST It’s around Halloween, so I figured I’d tell you a horror [...]
CHILDBIRTH IN OLDEN TIMES It’s around Halloween, so I figured I’d tell you a horror story. A [...]
TYPHUS IN L.A. In our upcoming book “Alton’s Antibiotics and Infectious Disease: A Guide [...]
SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST Bacteria on an agar plate When modern medical care isn’t [...]
SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST We’ve mentioned that we’re finishing up a book on [...]
SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST Our body is a fortress that is constantly under siege by [...]
ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE (The following is an excerpt from our upcoming book on [...]
FISH-FLUCON: A USEFUL ANTI-FUNGAL FOR FISH? I’ve written quite a bit about antibiotics in [...]
Happy National Preparedness Month! expiration dates, Flagyl as a survival antibiotic Joe and [...]
Path of smoke from California wildfires SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST Joe and Amy Alton [...]
ABOUT ANTIBIOTICS IN SURVIVAL SETTINGS About antibiotics in survival or other austere settings[...]
SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST The human body is a marvel of biologic engineering. Its immune[...]
SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST School's out and a great way to teach your family survival [...]
SULFONAMIDES IN SURVIVAL SETTINGS The availability of antibiotics to the family medic in [...]
VIDEO: LYME DISEASE Summer is upon us, and with school out, families will be out and about in[...]
E. COLI CONTAMINATION Romaine Lettuce The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports [...]
MALARIA World's most dangerous creature? The world is full of dangerous critters, and we're [...]
Appendicitis Off The Grid Blocked appendix After a disaster or at a remote homestead, the medic [...]
natural remedies If you're putting together a solid first aid kit, you have to decide if that kit[...]
Antibiotics not helpful against the flu Joe and Amy Alton, aka Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy, [...]
Survival Medicine Hour #372 sleep deprivation Sleep deprivation is part and parcel of any [...]
Even healthy-looking fruit can contain contaminants The primary necessity for survival is the [...]
SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR #372 Aftermath of a mudslide In this episode of the Survival Medicine [...]
ESSENTIAL OILS Essential Oils As Survival Tools Recently, I wrote an article about the use of [...]
PLAGUE! "Buboes" in Bubonic Plague When you read about the Plague, it’s usually in history [...]
7 Serious Infections from Contaminated Food and Water Just Hanging Out (and I mean just hanging [...]
How to Handle Dental Emergencies In Survival Situations (This article by Joe Alton MD was [...]
Betadine is a Iodophor-type antiseptic I’ve often said that, in a major disaster, we may be [...]
Video: Making Dakin's Solution, Pt. 2 Open wounds are prone to infection In this video (part 2[...]
Urinary Tract Infections Urinary Anatomy Medics in survival scenarios have to deal with major [...]
THE SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR #345 Wound Debridement In this episode [...]
Survival Medicine Hour #344 Bleeding wounds need long-term care. Are you ready? [...]
dental abscess In this companion video to a recent article, Joe Alton, MD, aka Dr. Bones, [...]
Survival Medicine Hour #243 Dental Abscess In this episode of the Survival [...]
Tooth Abscess in Austere Settings dental extractor Many readers of our Survival Medicine [...]
AZITHROMYCIN AS SURVIVAL ANTIBIOTIC Azithromycin as Antibiotic in Survival Settings One of the [...]
![An "e;UpTick"e; in Lyme Disease](https://www.doomandbloom.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/borrelia-bacteria-large.jpg?quality=100.3020061714140 "An "e;UpTick"e; in Lyme Disease")
Deer Tick Bites and Lyme Disease Blacklegged or Deer Tick Whether you’re a hiker, camper, or [...]
Setting up a sick room In this episode of The Survival Medicine Hour with Joe Alton, MD and Amy [...]
Add medicines to your medical kit Without antibiotics in your medical kit, there will be deaths [...]
Sulfa Drugs In this episode of the Survival Medicine Hour, Joe Alton, MD (Dr. Bones) [...]
Fish Sulfa Forte = Bactrim/Septra In survival settings, it’s reasonable to assume [...]
In this episode of The Survival Medicine Hour, Joe and Amy Alton, aka Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy, [...]
Shigella bacteria In this video, Joe Alton, MD, aka Dr. Bones of DoomandBloom.net, discusses the [...]
dysentery may be caused by bacteria or parasites In survival scenarios, many believe that [...]
Storing Meds In good times or bad times, having a strategy for the proper storage of medicines [...]
Storing Medications Being prepared for disasters means storing food, but it also means putting [...]
Mount LeConte at sunrise, Great Smokies In this video, Joe Alton, MD addresses the concerns of [...]
Siamese Fighting Fish (Betta splendens) As the first physician to write, years ago, about aquarium [...]
image by publicdomainpictures.net I have, on many occasions, written about the importance of good[...]