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  • Video: Anemia

    16 Jan 2021 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: Anemia

    In survival settings, the strain of malnutrition, injuries, and other issues can cause the [...]

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    The iTClamp(r)

    3 Dec 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    The iTClamp(r)

    The iTClamp(r) The Department of Defense’s Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care (CoTCCC)[...]

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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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    Joe Alton MD's Article in Offgrid Recoil: Medical Improvisations

    14 Mar 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Joe Alton MD's Article in Offgrid Recoil: Medical Improvisations

    Ankle wrap using triangular bandage (or bandanna) Thanks to OffGrid Recoil Magazine for [...]

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    Safety Plans for Places Of Worship

    30 Dec 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Safety Plans for Places Of Worship

    Do Churches Need "Safety Ministries"? (This is a topic I've written about before, but bears [...]

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    Stab Wounds

    21 Dec 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Stab Wounds

    STAB WOUND MANAGEMENT Stab wound to back Any disaster puts your people at risk for injury. [...]

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    Survival Medicine Podcast: The Health Worker in Harm's Way

    2 Dec 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Podcast: The Health Worker in Harm's Way

    Survival Medicine Podcast: New Format! Get your casualty to cover asap! After a brief hiatus,[...]

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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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    Survival Medicine Hour: Insomnia, Turmeric, "Tactical" Tampons

    21 Sep 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Insomnia, Turmeric, &quote;Tactical&quote; Tampons

    Just back from a trip to the United Kingdom, Amy Alton ARNP and Joe Alton MD discuss some topics [...]

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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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    Survival Medicine Hour: Dengue Fever, Tubal Pregnancy, Comfrey, More

    3 Aug 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Dengue Fever, Tubal Pregnancy, Comfrey, More

    #359 SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST The mosquito-borne disease Dengue Fever is a virus that is [...]

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    Eye Injuries

    29 Jun 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Eye Injuries

    EYE INJURIES The human body is truly a miracle of engineering, from head to toe.  Your [...]

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    Video: How To Use The C.A.T. Gen 7 Tourniquet

    24 Jun 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: How To Use The C.A.T. Gen 7 Tourniquet

    Last year, Amy Alton ARNP (aka Nurse Amy) stepped in front of the camera to demonstrate the proper [...]

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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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    Survival Medicine Hour: Joe Ordia of "Built To Survive", Bleeding, Bandages, Sutures vs Staples

    25 May 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Joe Ordia of &quote;Built To Survive&quote;, Bleeding, Bandages, Sutures vs Staples

    SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST Occasionally, we have the honor of a mention in books that are of [...]

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    Video: 7 Uses for Triangular Bandages

    23 May 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: 7 Uses for Triangular Bandages

    VIDEO: THE MANY USES FOR TRIANGULAR BANDAGES Those of us who were members of the Boy Scouts (now [...]

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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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    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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    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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    Tornado!

    5 Mar 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Tornado!

    TORNADO SURVIVAL Every year in the United States, we go through various natural disasters. as we [...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: Animal Bites, Active Shooters, More

    9 Nov 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Animal Bites, Active Shooters, More

    SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST A gunman opened fire on a crowd at a bar in Thousand Oaks, [...]

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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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    Survival Medicine Hour: Pregnancy Issues, Ortho Injuries, Wasp Stings

    2 Nov 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Pregnancy Issues, Ortho Injuries, Wasp Stings

    SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST It’s around Halloween, so I figured I’d tell you a horror [...]

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    Video: Pregnancy and Childbirth Past and (hopefully not) Future

    2 Nov 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: Pregnancy and Childbirth Past and (hopefully not) Future

    PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH PAST (AND HOPEFULLY NOT FUTURE) Decreases in death rates during [...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: Tetanus, Hemostatic Agents, Crypto, More

    17 Aug 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Tetanus, Hemostatic Agents, Crypto, More

    SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST Most of us have dutifully gone to get a Tetanus shot when we stepped[...]

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

    20 Jul 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Injuries Incurred in Disasters, Casts, More

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

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

    25 May 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Stroke, Ebola 2018, Med Storage, More

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

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    Strokes (CVAs) On and Off The Grid

    24 May 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    Strokes (CVAs) On and Off The Grid

    STROKES ON AND OFF THE GRID Often, medics in remote areas are confronted with a major challenge. [...]

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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 You Prepare For A Volcano?

    8 May 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    Can You Prepare For A Volcano?

    Can You Prepare For A Volcano? There are a number of disasters, natural or man-made, where a great [...]

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    Video: Amputation in Survival Settings

    25 Feb 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: Amputation in Survival Settings

    One of the worst injuries that can occur in a disaster or other off-grid setting is the traumatic [...]

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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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    Survival Medicine Hour: Nosebleeds, Pregnancy Complications, Flu Recurrence, More

    10 Feb 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Nosebleeds, Pregnancy Complications, Flu Recurrence, More

    SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST You might not think it's possible, but there are enough different [...]

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    Nosebleeds

    7 Feb 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    Nosebleeds

    HOW TO STOP A NOSEBLEED A common, often minor, problem that causes significant anxiety for both the[...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: Off-Grid Pregnancy Care, Cloves, Bleeding Kits

    7 Oct 2017 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Off-Grid Pregnancy Care, Cloves, Bleeding Kits

    The Survival Medicine Hour Podcast #357 off-grid pregnancy care What if you had [...]

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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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    Survival Medicine Hour: Earthquake, Birthing Supplies, Hemorrhage, More

    22 Sep 2017 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Earthquake, Birthing Supplies, Hemorrhage, More

    Survival Medicine Hour #355 What would you have done if you were in Mexico City during the recent [...]

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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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    Video: 10 Critical Principles of Tourniquet Use

    30 Jul 2017 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: 10 Critical Principles of Tourniquet Use

    Video: 10 Critical Principles of Tourniquet Use In this video, Nurse Amy steps in front of the [...]

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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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    Survival Medicine Hour: Disaster Deaths, Antibiotics, XStat, More

    1 Apr 2017 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Disaster Deaths, Antibiotics, XStat, More

    In this episode of The Survival Medicine Hour, Joe and Amy Alton, aka Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy, [...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: Blood Clotters, Wound Closure, More

    21 Mar 2017 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Blood Clotters, Wound Closure, More

    In this episode of the Survival Medicine Hour, Joe and Amy Alton, aka Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy [...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: Anaphylaxis, Ear Infections, Hemorrhage

    18 Feb 2017 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Anaphylaxis, Ear Infections, Hemorrhage

    The Survival Medicine Hour, hosted by Joe Alton, MD aka Dr. Bones and Amy Alton, ARNP, aka Nurse [...]

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    When to Close a Wound

    6 Dec 2016 | Joseph Alton MD
    When to Close a Wound

    There are many injuries that a medic will face in a survival scenario, and a common and potentially [...]

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    Medical Supplies for the Homestead

    6 Nov 2016 | Joseph Alton MD

    image by pixabay.com If you’re a homesteader, you’ll want to be ready for any eventuality. In a[...]

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    Orlando Shootings: More To Come, What To Do

    15 Jun 2016 | Joseph Alton MD
    Orlando Shootings: More To Come, What To Do

    Active Shooters: What to Do In the sad aftermath of the Orlando shootings that killed or injured [...]

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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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    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: Making a Kit to Manage Hemorrhage

    23 Mar 2016 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: Making a Kit to Manage Hemorrhage

    In her latest video, Nurse Amy shows off her recently designed Bleeding Control Kit for active [...]

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    Videocast: Rib Fractures, Pneumothorax, Sleep Deprivation

    19 Mar 2016 | Joseph Alton MD
    Videocast: Rib Fractures, Pneumothorax, Sleep Deprivation

    Dr. Joe and Amy Alton, aka Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy put on a live videocast every first and third [...]

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    Traumatic Brain Injuries

    15 Feb 2016 | Joseph Alton MD
    Traumatic Brain Injuries

    Most head injuries cause superficial damage and are not life-threatening. Indeed, most head [...]

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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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    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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    Survival Medicine Hour: Active Shooters, SWAT-T, Superbugs

    5 Dec 2015 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Active Shooters, SWAT-T, Superbugs

    Would you know the right plan of action if you were caught in an active shooter situation? Having a [...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: Nosebleeds, Flu Vaccines, Natural Diabetes Remedies, More

    28 Nov 2015 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Nosebleeds, Flu Vaccines, Natural Diabetes Remedies, More

    What do you know about FLUAD, the latest flu vaccine? How is it different from older versions? Also,[...]

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    Celox and Quikclot to Stop Bleeding

    24 Sep 2015 | Joseph Alton MD

    No matter what survival scenario you envision, few come without a real risk of major trauma, and [...]

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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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    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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