Category Archives: Radiation
Faraday And His Cage
Recently, Amy and I were roving in, of all places, Merrie Olde England. In a[Read More]
Apr
Prostate Cancer
We all change as we get older, and some changes are gender-specific (that is,[Read More]
Medical Preparedness For Nuclear War
(This article was originally published in Backwoods Home Magazine) Given the actions of certain authoritarian[Read More]
May
WHO’s Nuclear Update
This article by Dr. Joe Alton was first published in American Thinker… On January 27th,[Read More]
Feb
Survival Medicine Podcast: Nuclear Events, Wound Closure, Radiation
Some of our friends have discouraged us from speaking about the (hopefully) unlikely possibility of[Read More]
Mar
Potassium Iodide Tablet Alternatives
Given the present conflict in Europe and the possibility of others in our unstable world,[Read More]
Mar
All About Acute Radiation Syndrome
In a de-stabilized world, the risk of a nuclear power detonating a weapon of mass[Read More]
Mar
Video: Nuclear Blasts
With nuclear weapons in the hands of rogue powers, it’s possible that we are closer[Read More]
Survival Medicine Podcast: Nuclear Events/Radiation
For the survival medic, increasing international tensions means that knowledge about nuclear events and the[Read More]
Sep
Survival Medicine Hour: Earthquake Survival, Radiation, pt. 3, Antibiotics, More
SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST Yesterday a 7.5 magnitude earthquake hit Ecuador, part of the “rim[Read More]
Feb
Survival Medicine Hour: Radiation, Pt.2, Measles, Crystal Meth
SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST We don’t often get to report good news these days, but[Read More]
Feb
Survival Medicine Hour: Radiation, Medic Teams, Expired Epipens, More
You may think that preparedness is purely an American passion but there are folks from[Read More]
Feb
Civil Defense In The Uncertain Future
WHY DON’T WE HAVE A CIVIL DEFENSE STRATEGY FOR NUCLEAR ATTACKS? With nuclear buttons on[Read More]
Jan
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[Read More]
Dec
Nuclear Electromagnetic Pulse Events
NUCLEAR EMPS We live in the shadow of the sun, which gives us, well, shadows,[Read More]
Types of Nuclear Weapons and Their Effects
TYPES OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND THEIR EFFECTS Given the fragile state of affairs on the[Read More]
What is Radiation from a Nuclear Blast?
TYPES OF RADIATION FROM NUCLEAR BLASTS In my last article, I discussed the various aspects[Read More]
Aug
Survival Medicine Hour: Survival at Sea, Pt.2, Radiation Sickness, More
SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR #352 In this episode of the Survival Medicine Hour, Joe and Amy[Read More]
Aug
Radiation Sickness
RADIATION SICKNESS Many consider a nuclear attack an outlandish scenario to which only conspiracy theorists[Read More]
Survival Medicine Hour: Altitude Sickness, Radiation, Zika, Survival Skills
Nurse Amy was asked by Ballistic magazine to pick three survival skills she considers most[Read More]
Apr
Survival Medicine Hour: Asthma, Zika, Fukushima 5 years later, more
Five years ago, The Fukushima Daichi plant melted down after an earthquake and tsunami, and[Read More]
Feb
Thyroid Disease in Tough Times
Email I recently received the following message from a nice lady who had her thyroid[Read More]
Apr
Thyroid Disease in Survival Situations
The thyroid gland is positioned just in front of the trachea (the “windpipe”) and produces[Read More]
Radiation Basics
Hey Prepper Nation, One of the most common Doomsday scenarios involve atomic weapons and the[Read More]
Biological Warfare
We have spent some time discussing traumatic wounds, thermal burns, and even radiation sickness, all[Read More]
Scenario-Specific Prepping
“Beans and Bullets” are relatively basic and universal aspects of prepping, and some level of[Read More]
The Bottom Line: Concrete Containment and Exclusion Zone
Radiation Exposure Alert Hey Preppers, As time goes on and the situation in Japan fails[Read More]
Radiation and Milk
Radiation May Be in Our Milk Supply Hey Preppers, Is our milk radioactive? Well, we[Read More]
Radioactive Fallout
Radioactive Fallout Unless you live on another planet, you’ve probably heard about the terrible earthquake[Read More]
Mar