Category Archives: Dehydration

Video: Hantavirus Without Panic

Time for a no panic viewpoint about hantavirus infections. Members of the hantavirus family (hantaviridae)[Read More]

Stranded At Sea

Here’s a WWII story you may not know about a former president. Having flown 58[Read More]

Survival Medicine Podcast: Sinusitis, Wound infections, Listeria Food Poisoning, More

In this episode of the Survival Medicine Podcast, Dr. Joe Alton and Nurse Practitioner Amy[Read More]

Listeria Food Contamination

Bacterial food contamination is a major issue that sickens people and can even become life-threatening.[Read More]

Dehydration

The most important substance a person needs to survive (after air) is water. Up to[Read More]

Survival Medicine Podcast: Water Disinfection, Marburg, Strokes

Water. You can’t live without it, but in a survival scenario, bad water could be[Read More]

Seasickness/Motion Sickness

Not everyone on the boat was all smiles…. Recently, Nurse Amy and I took a[Read More]

Fecal Impaction Off The Grid

A couple of my recent articles have discussed bowel irregularities, namely constipation, as a result[Read More]

MREs: Meals Refusing To Exit?

For those who want to be prepared for the uncertain future, food security is high[Read More]

Survival Medicine Podcast: Chamomile, IV Basics, Rehydration Alternatives

Today Nurse Amy and Dr. Bones talk about the health benefits of chamomile.  Yes, a[Read More]

Reading Urine Test Strips

Every so often, I get a question from a reader, listener, or viewer about what[Read More]

Cyclospora Infection

Food contamination is a constant concern in the United States, especially from imported produce. In[Read More]

Survival Medicine Podcast: Norovirus, Xofluza

Survival Medicine Podcast Reports from Yosemite National Park in California reveal that at least 170[Read More]

Norovirus

Norovirus: What you should know Reports from Yosemite National Park in California reveal that at[Read More]

Survival Medicine Hour #370: Amebiasis, Nail Bed Injuries, Altitude Sickness

A fractured femur or a gunshot wound to the chest are major injuries that affect[Read More]

Summer Crypto Infections

Summertime is when you cool off with a dip in the pool, but this year[Read More]

Video: Considerations when Boiling Water For Disinfection

Video: When You’re Boiling Water As A Disinfectant In this companion video to a previous[Read More]

#351 Survival Medicine Hour: Cholera, Drug Storage, Shooters, More

#351 SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST You might associate armed attacks with wars or survival scenarios,[Read More]

Multistate Food Poisoning Outbreaks

MULTISTATE FOOD POISONING OUTBREAKS An outbreak of food poisoning with Escherischia coli (E. coli) has[Read More]

Kidney Stones: Diagnosis, Treatment, Prevention

KIDNEY STONES: Diagnosis, Treatment, Prevention The ability to urinate without pain is a blessing taken[Read More]

Survival Medicine Hour: Floods, Drowning, Water Contamination

SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST We’ve talked a lot about natural disasters like hurricanes and tornadoes,[Read More]

Survival Medicine Hour: Injuries Incurred in Disasters, Casts, More

SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST A friend recently asked us to write about injuries that might[Read More]

Headaches, Part 1

  Medical issues that confront the medic on or off the grid can be obviously[Read More]

Survival Medicine Hour: Ortho Injuries, Heat Stroke, Jack Spirko Interview

SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST This week, Joe and Amy Alton go to Sanibel Island, where[Read More]

Heat-Related Illness

HEAT-RELATED ILLNESS Extremes of heat and cold are part and parcel of a long-term survival[Read More]

Survival Medicine Hour: Stroke, Ebola 2018, Med Storage, More

SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST In 2014, Joe Alton MD began reporting on an outbreak of[Read More]

Survival Medicine Hour: Causes of Abdominal Pain Off The Grid

SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST After a disaster or at a remote homestead, we all know[Read More]

Survival Medicine Hour: Sleep Deprivation, Flagyl in Survival, Eye Injuries, Face Masks, More

Survival Medicine Hour #372 Sleep deprivation is part and parcel of any post-apocalyptic setting, and[Read More]

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[Read More]

Video: All About Dysentery

In this video, Joe Alton, MD, aka Dr. Bones of DoomandBloom.net, discusses the issue of[Read More]

Dysentery in Survival Settings

  In survival scenarios, many believe that trauma from gunfights at the OK corral will[Read More]

Video: Norovirus, the Stomach Flu

In this video, Joe Alton, MD discusses a recent experience with the stomach flu on[Read More]

Survival Medicine Hour: Sprains/Strains, Heat Wave Safety, Brazil’s Zika Woes

In this episode of the Survival Medicine Hour with Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy (Joe[Read More]

Video: Heat-Related Emergencies, Pt. 2

It’s a long, cruel summer down here in many parts of the U.S., and lack[Read More]

Video: Heat-Related Emergencies, Pt. 1

In this video, Joe Alton, MD, co-author of “the Survival Medicine Handbook“, introduces a major[Read More]

Heat-Related Emergencies

As the U.S. enters Summer, we can expect hot temperatures to bake parts of the[Read More]

Video: Cholera

In this video by Joe Alton, MD, medical preparedness writer and co-author of “The Survival[Read More]

Cholera

Cholera is an infection of the small intestine caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. Cholera[Read More]

Survival Medicine Hour: Nosebleed, Rectal Rehydration, Honey/MRSA, more

In this episode of the Doom and Bloom(tm) Survival Medicine Hour, Joe Alton, M.D. and[Read More]

Treating Diarrhea

  With worsening sanitation and hygiene, there will likely be an increase in infectious disease,[Read More]

Dehydration in Survival Situations

Water is the critical component in your body, and 75% of your body weight is[Read More]

Dealing With Hyperthermia

We often discuss infectious disease, traumatic injuries, and other medical issues that might be associated[Read More]