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  • Active Shooters In The New Normal

    25 Mar 2021 | Joseph Alton MD
    Active Shooters In The New Normal

    On March 23rd, 2021, a man thought to be mentally disturbed entered a Boulder, Colorado grocery[...]

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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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    Wildfires In The West

    21 Aug 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Wildfires In The West

    The American West is again the scene of wildfires this year, as heat waves and low humidity levels [...]

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    A Brief History of the Spanish Flu Pandemic

    2 Jul 2020 | Joseph Alton MD

    We’ve spent a lot of time discussing the COVID-19 pandemic on this channel, but we should also [...]

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    Survival Medicine Podcast: Tear Gas, Suture Needles, Second Waves, More

    24 Jun 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Podcast: Tear Gas, Suture Needles, Second Waves, More

    If you’re reading the headlines, you’re probably hearing that, as the country slowly reopens, [...]

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    Video: Safety In Riot Settings

    5 Jun 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: Safety In Riot Settings

    As Free Speech advocates, we support the people’s right to protest and make their opinions [...]

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    Survival Medicine Podcast: Riot Safety, Suture Choices

    4 Jun 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Podcast: Riot Safety, Suture Choices

    As Free Speech advocates, we support the people’s right to protest and make their [...]

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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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    Survival Medicine Podcast: Fractures, COVID Myths

    17 May 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Podcast: Fractures, COVID Myths

    Recently, we came across an article about coronavirus myths on, guess where, the AARP website, [...]

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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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    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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    Surviving An Earthquake

    4 Jul 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Surviving An Earthquake

    A strong 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit Southern California recently, cause several dozen incidents [...]

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

    8 Jun 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    #351 Survival Medicine Hour: Cholera, Drug Storage, Shooters, More

    #351 SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST Dehydration from Cholera can be life-threatening You might [...]

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    7 Tornado Survival Myths

    31 May 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    7 Tornado Survival Myths

    7 TORNADO SURVIVAL MYTHS This Spring, we’ve experienced a rash of tornado events ranging from New[...]

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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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    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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    Health Workers In Areas Of Conflict

    29 Apr 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Health Workers In Areas Of Conflict

    Health Care Workers in Areas of Armed Conflict I’ve written in the past about the difficulties of[...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: Mass Casualty Incidents, Salmonella Outbreaks, More

    14 Apr 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Mass Casualty Incidents, Salmonella Outbreaks, More

    SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST In off-grid settings, you can expect there to be concerns about food[...]

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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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    Survival Medicine Hour: Which Antibiotics, "The Unraveling", more

    9 Mar 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Which Antibiotics, &quote;The Unraveling&quote;, more

    SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST Survival Group Medicine Handbook guru Charley Hogwood comes to[...]

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    Tornado!

    5 Mar 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Tornado!

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

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    Patient Transport in Austere Settings

    20 Feb 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Patient Transport in Austere Settings

    PATIENT TRANSPORT IN AUSTERE SETTINGS In normal times, your main goal upon encountering an injured [...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: Radiation, Medic Teams, Expired Epipens, More

    1 Feb 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Radiation, Medic Teams, Expired Epipens, More

    You may think that preparedness is purely an American passion but there are folks from all over [...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: Fall Injuries, Home Fires, More

    24 Aug 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Fall Injuries, Home Fires, More

    SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST Recently, we certified as Advanced Wilderness Expedition [...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: Earthquakes, Bed Bugs, Diatomaceous Earth

    27 Jul 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Earthquakes, Bed Bugs, Diatomaceous Earth

    Recent reports suggest that the West coast is at high risk for a big earthquake. They’ve found a[...]

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    Video: Crush Injuries

    23 Jul 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: Crush Injuries

    VIDEO: CRUSH INJURIES Other than an active arterial bleed, the most life-threatening of traumatic [...]

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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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    Basics of Crush Injuries

    17 Jul 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    Basics of Crush Injuries

    BASICS OF CRUSH INJURIES Recently, I was asked by a friend to comment on medical issues related to [...]

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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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    What is Courage?

    27 Feb 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    What is Courage?

    WHAT IS COURAGE? In the Parkland high school shooting in South Florida, just a few miles from my [...]

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    Diseases Caused By Food And Water Contamination

    16 Jan 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    Diseases Caused By Food And Water Contamination

    Even healthy-looking fruit can contain contaminants The primary necessity for survival is the [...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: Mudslides, Antibiotics, EMPs

    13 Jan 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Mudslides, Antibiotics, EMPs

    SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR #372 In this episode of the Survival Medicine Hour, Joe and Amy Alton [...]

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    Surviving A Mudslide

    10 Jan 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    Surviving A Mudslide

    CAN YOU SURVIVE A MUDSLIDE? Southern California can't catch a break. Enjoy a sunny climate, get [...]

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    Burn Injuries On and Off The Grid

    20 Dec 2017 | Joseph Alton MD
    Burn Injuries On and Off The Grid

    BURN INJURIES Whether caused by a raging wildfire or due to an accident while preparing food, [...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: EMP author Anthony Furey, Wildfire Survival, More

    17 Dec 2017 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: EMP author Anthony Furey, Wildfire Survival, More

    Survival Medicine Hour #368 Joe Alton MD and Amy Alton ARNP welcome Anthony Furey of the Sun [...]

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    Nuclear Electromagnetic Pulse Events

    6 Dec 2017 | Joseph Alton MD

    NUCLEAR EMPS We live in the shadow of the sun, which gives us, well, shadows, but also bathes us in[...]

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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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    Disaster Supplies

    6 Nov 2017 | Joseph Alton MD
    Disaster Supplies

    DISASTER SUPPLIES A natural disaster can disrupt the lives of average citizens, and having the [...]

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    Vehicular Terror: The Easiest Blueprint To Create Mayhem

    1 Nov 2017 | Joseph Alton MD
    Vehicular Terror: The Easiest Blueprint To Create Mayhem

    Vehicular Terror: The Easiest Blueprint For Terror vehicular terror In these days of [...]

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    Wildfire Defense

    11 Oct 2017 | Joseph Alton MD

    Every year, wildfires race throughout the western part of the country, causing property destruction[...]

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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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    Why Do Active Shooters Succeed?

    6 Oct 2017 | Joseph Alton MD
    Why Do Active Shooters Succeed?

    Why Do Active Shooters "Succeed"? You might associate armed attacks with wars or survival [...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: Nailbed Injuries, Wound Closure, Mass Casualties

    5 Jun 2017 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Nailbed Injuries, Wound Closure,  Mass Casualties

    American Survival Hour #340 In this episode of the Survival Medicine Hour, Joe and Amy [...]

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    To Close or Not to Close a Wound

    29 May 2017 | Joseph Alton MD
    To Close or Not to Close a Wound

    To Close or Not to Close a Wound? When a laceration occurs, our body’s natural armor is breached [...]

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    Mass Casualty Triage Basics

    23 May 2017 | Joseph Alton MD

    Given the horrific events surrounding the Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, UK, we have come to [...]

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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: Sulfa Drugs, Uva Ursi, Quicklime, More

    8 Apr 2017 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Sulfa Drugs, Uva Ursi, Quicklime, More

    In this episode of the Survival Medicine Hour, Joe Alton, MD (Dr. Bones) and Amy Alton, ARNP (Nurse [...]

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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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    The Vehicle as Terror Weapon

    23 Mar 2017 | Joseph Alton MD

      In these days of Pokemon Go and other smartphone distractions, you’re seeing more and more [...]

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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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    Wildfire Preparedness and Our Gatlinburg Home

    1 Dec 2016 | Joseph Alton MD
    Wildfire Preparedness and Our Gatlinburg Home

    The view from my home as I'd like to remember it It’s been a very busy year for firefighters, with[...]

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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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    Video: The OODA Loop of Situational Awareness

    13 Sep 2016 | Joseph Alton MD

    In this companion video to a previous article, Joe Alton, MD, aka Dr. Bones, discusses a fighter [...]

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    How a Fighter Pilot's Strategy Could Save Your Life: The OODA Loop

    31 Aug 2016 | Joseph Alton MD
    How a Fighter Pilot's Strategy Could Save Your Life: The OODA Loop

    image by pixabay.com It's pretty clear in these uncertain times that there's a New Normal out [...]

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    Situational Awareness Could Save Your Life

    14 Jul 2016 | Joseph Alton MD
    Situational Awareness Could Save Your Life

    On France’s equivalent of Independence Day, a large truck plowed through a large crowd in 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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    Survival Medicine Hour: Expert Charley Hogwood, Cinnamon, Antibiotics, Alligators

    20 Jun 2016 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Expert Charley Hogwood, Cinnamon, Antibiotics, Alligators

    Charley Hogwood, Survival Group expert In this topic-packed episode of the Survival Medicine Hour [...]

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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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    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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    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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    Video: Mass Casualty Triage, Part 2

    19 Mar 2016 | Joseph Alton MD

    In this part of Joe Alton, MD's series on Mass Casualty triage, Dr. Bones discusses the RPMs of [...]

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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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    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: Paris Terror, Prepper Author Jim Cobb, more

    14 Nov 2015 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Paris Terror, Prepper Author Jim Cobb, more

    What's the new normal? It's certainly not what is was just a few days ago for the French, that's for[...]

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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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    Surviving A House Fire

    26 Mar 2015 | Joseph Alton MD
    Surviving A House Fire

    As I write this, a four-story building in New York City is reported to have collapsed during an [...]

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    Video: Mass Casualty Incidents, Part 1

    18 Jan 2015 | Joseph Alton MD

    In this video, Joe Alton, M.D., aka Dr. Bones, discusses how to approach a mass casualty incident, [...]

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    Basics of Ballistic Trauma

    24 Nov 2014 | Joseph Alton MD

    Ballistics is the science that deals with the launching, flight, behavior, and effects of [...]

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    The Medic Under Fire

    28 Feb 2014 | gpldev
    The Medic Under Fire

    "I am dying." This was the tweet posted by Oleysa Zhukovskaya, a 21 year old woman who volunteered [...]

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    Triage For Mass Casualty Incidents, Part 2

    17 Apr 2013 | Joseph Alton MD

    TRIAGE SET-UP TARPS (DR. BONES SAYS:  The frequency of mass casualty incidents [...]

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    Triage for Mass Casualty Incidents, Part 1

    16 Apr 2013 | Joseph Alton MD

        Email Given the horrific events surrounding the Boston Marathon [...]

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    The Mass Casualty Incident: Triage, Part 3

    7 May 2012 | Joseph Alton MD

    Hey Prepper Nation, Last time, we described a mass casualty incident scene with 20 victims and [...]

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    Radiation Basics

    27 Apr 2012 | Joseph Alton MD

    Hey Prepper Nation, One of the most common Doomsday scenarios involve atomic weapons and the [...]

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    Biological Warfare

    17 Apr 2012 | Joseph Alton MD

    We have spent some time discussing traumatic wounds, thermal burns, and even radiation sickness, [...]

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