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  • Survival Medicine Podcast: Tourniquet Principles

    31 Aug 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Podcast: Tourniquet Principles

    Bleeding wound Recently, Dr. Alton was asked to write an article on tourniquets for the highly[...]

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    Civil Unrest Safety

    2 Jun 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Civil Unrest Safety

    As a Free Speech advocate, I support the people’s right to protest and make their opinions heard.[...]

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    Blunt Trauma, Part 1

    16 Jan 2020 | Joseph Alton MD

    Blunt Trauma: Mechanisms of Injury Many first aid manuals lay out a plan of action with regards [...]

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    Video: "Maxi-Pads" As Survival Bandage?

    6 Jan 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: &quote;Maxi-Pads&quote; As Survival Bandage?

    A while ago I gave my opinion on the persistent notion that tampons, the feminine sanitary [...]

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    Survival Medicine Podcast: Austere Medics

    4 Jan 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Podcast: Austere Medics

    You know, the world isn’t getting any safer these days, and that means that, more than ever, you [...]

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    The Medic's First Priority

    29 Nov 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    The Medic's First Priority

    The Medic’s First Priority The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that, In the Democratic[...]

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    Video: Tampons As Bandages

    23 Sep 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: Tampons As Bandages

    TACTICAL TAMPONS? Total blood volume absorbed by a light tampon. Super-absorbent: maybe three [...]

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    The Tactical Tampon?

    16 Sep 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    The Tactical Tampon?

    Tampons as bandages? One item I come across from time to time on social media is the persistent [...]

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    Video: How To Use The SWAT Tourniquet

    26 May 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: How To Use The SWAT Tourniquet

    VIDEO: THE SWAT TOURNIQUET SWAT tourniquets can be used on children if needed In this video, [...]

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    Video: New Tourniquets Approved By The TCCC

    15 May 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: New Tourniquets Approved By The TCCC

    VIDEO: NEW TCCC TOURNIQUETS (companion video to a recent article) Tourniquets to control bleeding [...]

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    Video: SAM-XT Extremity Tourniquet Demo with Nurse Amy

    14 May 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: SAM-XT Extremity Tourniquet Demo with Nurse Amy

    SAM-XT TOURNIQUET DEMO The SAM-XT Extremity Tourniquet Hemorrhage control saves lives in [...]

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    New Tourniquet Additions To TCCC Guidelines

    13 May 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    New Tourniquet Additions To TCCC Guidelines

    TOURNIQUETS APPROVED BY THE CoTCCC SAM-XT Tourniquet newly added to TCCC list   [...]

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    How Do Broken Bones Heal?

    9 May 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    How Do Broken Bones Heal?

    HOW DO BROKEN BONES HEAL? It’s a rare individual who passes an entire lifetime without breaking a[...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: TCCC Core Principles, Preparedness and "Normal" People, More

    6 Apr 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: TCCC Core Principles, Preparedness and &quote;Normal&quote; People, More

    SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST You may have read some of my articles where I talk about the [...]

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    Video: TCCC Core Principles: Phases of Care/MARCH/PAWS

    6 Apr 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: TCCC Core Principles: Phases of Care/MARCH/PAWS

    VIDEO: TCCC CORE PRINCIPLES Trauma kits from Doom and Bloom You may have heard me reference TCCC [...]

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    Important Aspects of Tactical Combat Casualty Care

    4 Apr 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Important Aspects of Tactical Combat Casualty Care

    IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF TACTICAL COMBAT CASUALTY CARE You may have heard me reference something called[...]

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    Active Shooter Events

    8 Nov 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    Active Shooter Events

    ACTIVE SHOOTER EVENTS Shootings in "Safe" areas A 28-year-old gunman opened fire on a crowd, [...]

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    Re-Thinking School Safety

    21 May 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    Re-Thinking School Safety

    RE-THINKING SCHOOL SAFETY A high school in Sante Fe, Texas was the scene of a mass murder recently,[...]

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    Can We End Active Shooter Events?

    15 Feb 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    Can We End Active Shooter Events?

      Can we end active shooter events? active shooters part of the New Normal? A mentally[...]

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    6 Ways To Curb Active Shooters

    10 Nov 2017 | Joseph Alton MD
    6 Ways To Curb Active Shooters

    6 Ways to Curb Active Shooters Attacks Can we end active shooter events? The recent shootings [...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: Church Safety, Rehydration Salts, Pregnancy Issues Off Grid

    2 Oct 2017 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Church Safety, Rehydration Salts, Pregnancy Issues Off Grid

    Joe and Amy Alton are concerned about natural disasters, but man-made mass casualties can be [...]

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    Can Churches Be Made Safe Again?

    28 Sep 2017 | Joseph Alton MD

    Can Churches Be Made Safe Again? (Update: Since the writing of this article, there was a horrific [...]

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    Video: Is It Time To Teach First Aid In Schools?

    27 Sep 2017 | Joseph Alton MD

    Given the history of violence in our schools and churches lately, it's become clear that something [...]

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    Video: How To Apply A SOFT-T Tourniquet

    5 Sep 2017 | Joseph Alton MD

    Bleeding wound The Special Operations Forces Tactical Tourniquet (SOFT-T) is one of the most [...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: Dakin's Sol'n, Shock, HPV, Garlic

    2 Jul 2017 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Dakin's Sol'n, Shock, HPV, Garlic

    Survival Medicine Hour #344 Bleeding wounds need long-term care. Are you ready? In this [...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: John Steinbaugh of Xstat, Wound Packing, Obesity

    30 Apr 2017 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: John Steinbaugh of Xstat, Wound Packing, Obesity

    Packing a Bleeding Wound In this episode of The Survival Medicine Hour with Joe Alton, MD and Amy [...]

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    How To Pack A Bleeding Wound

    24 Apr 2017 | Joseph Alton MD

    The failure to control hemorrhage is a common cause of death in trauma situations. With the [...]

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    Lessons That Could Save Your Life in a Terror Event

    20 Sep 2016 | Joseph Alton MD

    I’ve written quite a bit lately about shooting and terror events, but recent events highlight the [...]

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    Active Shooters: When Violence Is The Answer

    2 Jul 2016 | Joseph Alton MD
    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, [...]

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    VIDEO: A Kit to Manage Hemorrhage in Action

    20 Apr 2016 | Joseph Alton MD
    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, [...]

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    Video: Active Shooter Bleeding Kit, Part 2

    29 Mar 2016 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: Active Shooter Bleeding Kit, Part 2

    Jackie Clay and Amy Alton at the Self-Reliance Expo In part 2 of a series on hemorrhagic wounds [...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: The New 3 R's, Ear Infections, 5 Second Rule, More

    27 Mar 2016 | Joseph Alton MD
    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 [...]

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    The New 3 R's: Reading, 'Riting, Reducing Hemorrhage?

    25 Mar 2016 | Joseph Alton MD
    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[...]

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    Video: Mass Casualty Triage, Part 3

    21 Mar 2016 | Joseph Alton MD

    Joe Alton, MD's YouTube series on mass casualty triage ends with a review of the victims he posted [...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: Bleeding, Herbal Teas, Zika update, more

    31 Jan 2016 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Bleeding, Herbal Teas, Zika update, more

    Bleeding wound Would you have the materials and knowledge to stop heavy bleeding if you were [...]

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    Guest Post: Top Ten Things To Know About Ballistic Protection

    28 Jan 2016 | Joseph Alton MD
    Guest Post: Top Ten Things To Know About Ballistic Protection

    Covert body armor can be worn under clothes (DR BONES SAYS: From time to time, we post articles [...]

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    Video: The Medic Under Fire

    22 Jan 2016 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: The Medic Under Fire

    In Joe Alton, MD's latest video, he examines the issue of providing medical care in hostile [...]

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    The SWAT Tourniquet

    18 Jan 2016 | Joseph Alton MD
    The SWAT Tourniquet

    In these dangerous times, any trip to the mall (or anywhere there are crowds) could be a ticket to [...]

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    Video: Surviving the Active Shooter

    15 Dec 2015 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: Surviving the Active Shooter

    What would you do if you were unarmed and at the scene of an ongoing active shooter/terrorist [...]

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    The Active Shooter: Staying Alive

    7 Dec 2015 | Joseph Alton MD
    The Active Shooter: Staying Alive

    It’s hard to read the news without seeing reports of the latest shooting by terrorists or the [...]

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    Skin Glue in Survival

    30 Sep 2015 | Joseph Alton MD
    Skin Glue in Survival

    There are many ways to skin a cat, but how many ways are there to close a cat’s skin? Pretty much,[...]

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    How to Choose a Tourniquet

    8 Sep 2015 | Joseph Alton MD
    How to Choose a Tourniquet

    If you took a first aid course a few years ago, you might have learned all about the dangers of [...]

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    Ballistic Trauma and Body Armor, by J. Nash

    27 Aug 2015 | Joseph Alton MD
    Ballistic Trauma and Body Armor, by J. Nash

    We are committed to supporting promising writers in the field of survival, and today we publish an [...]

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    Survival Medicine Podcast: Gunshot Wounds, Fish Antibiotics, Medical Barter

    25 Jul 2015 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Podcast: Gunshot Wounds, Fish Antibiotics, Medical Barter

    In this episode of the Doom and Bloom(tm) Survival Medicine Hour: Joe Alton, MD and Amy Alton, [...]

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    Gunshot Wounds, Pt. 1: Bleeding

    9 Jul 2015 | Joseph Alton MD

    Given the recent reports of shooting incidents, it’s good to have an idea of how to deal with a [...]

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