Video: How To Apply A SOFT-T Tourniquet
The Special Operations Forces Tactical Tourniquet (SOFT-T) is one of the most popular tourniquets made, with many selecting it as their item of… 0
Survival Medicine Hour: Dakin’s Sol’n, Shock, HPV, Garlic
Survival Medicine Hour #344 In this episode of the Survival Medicine Hour, Joe and Amy Alton, aka Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy, tackles… 0
Survival Medicine Hour: John Steinbaugh of Xstat, Wound Packing, Obesity
In this episode of The Survival Medicine Hour with Joe Alton, MD and Amy Alton, ARNP, aka Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy, we… 0
How To Pack A Bleeding Wound
The failure to control hemorrhage is a common cause of death in trauma situations. With the increased number of active shooter events in… 0
Lessons That Could Save Your Life in a Terror Event
I’ve written quite a bit lately about shooting and terror events, but recent events highlight the fact that gun violence isn’t the only… 0
Active Shooters: When Violence Is The Answer
As a physician, my focus is how to heal wounds rather than how to cause wounds. A terrorist, however, has quite different goals…. 0
VIDEO: A Kit to Manage Hemorrhage in Action
Would you be able to stop severe hemorrhage in the aftermath of a terror attack? In Amy Alton, ARNP, aka Nurse Amy’s latest… 0
Video: Active Shooter Bleeding Kit, Part 2
In part 2 of a series on hemorrhagic wounds incurred in a terror or other active shooter event, Amy Alton, ARNP discusses what… 0
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 taught in schools and should bleeding control kits… 0
The New 3 R’s: Reading, ‘Riting, Reducing Hemorrhage?
Given the spate of bombings and shootings throughout the world, most recently in Brussels but also in Paris and San Bernardino, we now… 0