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  • Home Care for COVID-19 Patients: WHO Guidance

    23 Feb 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Home Care for COVID-19 Patients: WHO Guidance

    Home Care for COVID-19 Patients with Mild Symptoms by Joe Alton, MD In situations when hospitals[...]

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    Epidemic Personal Protection Gear

    13 Feb 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Epidemic Personal Protection Gear

    PERSONAL PROTECTION GEAR Having knowledge of infectious diseases and how to treat them is very [...]

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    Video: Face Masks, Part 2: Placing, Fitting, Removal

    26 Jan 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: Face Masks, Part 2: Placing, Fitting, Removal

    Video: Face Masks, Part 2 Recently, we discussed some important basics about face masks, part of[...]

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    Norovirus

    17 Jan 2020 | Joseph Alton MD

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

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    Survival Medicine Podcast: Dengue Fever, Permethrin

    27 Dec 2019 | Joseph Alton MD

    Survival Medicine Podcast #379 Today, we talk about a mosquito-borne illness. What? It’s [...]

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    Dengue Fever in the U.S.

    26 Dec 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Dengue Fever in the U.S.

    LOCAL TRANSMISSION OF DENGUE FEVER Image by Mayo Clinic Down here in South Florida, we get [...]

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    Clindamycin

    13 Nov 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Clindamycin

    CLINDAMYCIN AS A MEDICAL STORAGE ITEM In any situation where modern medicine is not available, [...]

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

    19 Oct 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    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 your chances of [...]

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    #369 Survival Medicine Hour: Blisters, Bacteria, Baking Soda, More

    12 Oct 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    #369 Survival Medicine Hour: Blisters, Bacteria, Baking Soda, More

    #369 SURVIVAL MEDICINE PODCAST The world is on the brink of destruction and you have all your [...]

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    Medical Uses For Baking Soda

    6 Oct 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Medical Uses For Baking Soda

    Some folks in the preparedness community consider themselves ready for any disaster if they have [...]

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    Hepatitis A Outbreaks

    9 Aug 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Hepatitis A Outbreaks

    The nation is experiencing multiple outbreaks of the highly contagious Hepatitis A virus (HAV), [...]

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    Dengue Fever: A Rising Pandemic

    2 Aug 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Dengue Fever: A Rising Pandemic

    aedes aegypti mosquito Singapore dengue outbreak: Nearly 9000 cases through July - Outbreak News[...]

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    Summer Crypto Infections

    2 Jul 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Summer Crypto Infections

    Summertime is when you cool off with a dip in the pool, but this year you might be sorry you did. [...]

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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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    Boiling Water: How Long To Disinfect?

    7 Jun 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Boiling Water: How Long To Disinfect?

    BOILING WATER FOR DISINFECTION You and I know that we need water to live, but the quality of that [...]

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    Kissing Bugs and Chagas Disease

    3 May 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Kissing Bugs and Chagas Disease

    THE KISSING BUG AND CHAGAS DISEASE Recently, my good friend Jack Spirko of the Survival Podcast [...]

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    Dental Abscesses In Off-Grid Settings

    22 Mar 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Dental Abscesses In Off-Grid Settings

    DENTAL ABSCESSES When a storm knocks out the power for a week, there may be medical emergencies. [...]

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    VIDEO: Creating An Epidemic Sick Room

    20 Mar 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    VIDEO: Creating An Epidemic Sick Room

    VIDEO: CREATING AN EPIDEMIC SICK ROOM Sick ward in 1918-9 Spanish Flu epidemic 100 years, ago,[...]

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    Video: Dr. Alton Interviewed By Canadian Prepper

    2 Mar 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: Dr. Alton Interviewed By Canadian Prepper

    VIDEO: CANADIAN PREPPER INTERVIEWS DR. BONES Our good friend The Canadian Prepper has a large[...]

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    Video: Antibiotics In Survival: How Much Is Enough?

    1 Mar 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: Antibiotics In Survival: How Much Is Enough?

    VIDEO: HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH WHEN IT COMES TO ANTIBIOTIC STORAGE? There are many reasons that modern[...]

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    Accumulating Antibiotic Stockpiles: How Much Is Enough?

    6 Feb 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Accumulating Antibiotic Stockpiles: How Much Is Enough?

    HOW MANY ANTIBIOTICS DO YOU NEED? Some years ago I began writing about medical [...]

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    Deadly Viruses, Part 2

    26 Dec 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    Deadly Viruses, Part 2

    DEADLY VIRUS, PART 2 Infectious disease is of major concern in good times or bad, and the [...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: Off-Grid Waste Issues, Face Masks, More

    28 Sep 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Off-Grid Waste Issues, Face Masks, More

    SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST We’ve mentioned that we’re finishing up a book on [...]

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    Human Waste Disposal Off The Grid

    27 Sep 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    Human Waste Disposal Off The Grid

    HUMAN WASTE DISPOSAL OFF THE GRID We’ve been writing about infectious disease and the use of [...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: Floods, Drowning, Water Contamination

    2 Aug 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Floods, Drowning, Water Contamination

    SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST Beware of flood waters We've talked a lot about natural[...]

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    Infectious Diseases in Recreational Waters

    1 Aug 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    Infectious Diseases in Recreational Waters

    INFECTIOUS RECREATIONAL WATER ILLNESS In summer weather, it’s tempting to cool off at the lake, [...]

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    Bed Bug Infestations

    25 Jul 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    Bed Bug Infestations

    BED BUG INFESTATIONS Of all the creepy-crawlies that cause trouble in a household, few are worse [...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Malaria

    11 May 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Malaria

    SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST Joe Alton MD and Amy Alton ARNP often  talk about infectious [...]

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    E. Coli Contamination

    10 May 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    E. Coli Contamination

    E. COLI CONTAMINATION The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that food poisoning [...]

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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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    7 Serious Infections from Contaminated Food and Water

    18 Sep 2017 | Joseph Alton MD

    7 Serious Infections from Contaminated Food and Water Recently, I watched a few episodes of "Naked [...]

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    Hurricane Preparedness Tips: What You Need To Know

    4 Sep 2017 | Joseph Alton MD

    hurricane image by pixabay Hurricane Irma, already a powerful storm, is steaming its way towards [...]

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    7 Antiseptics For Your Medical Kit

    3 Aug 2017 | Joseph Alton MD
    7 Antiseptics For Your Medical Kit

    I’ve often said that, in a major disaster, we may be thrown back to a bygone era where modern [...]

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    An "UpTick" in Lyme Disease

    3 May 2017 | Joseph Alton MD

    Deer Tick Bites and Lyme Disease Whether you’re a hiker, camper, or survivalist, you’ll be [...]

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    Foot Fungus Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention

    13 Apr 2017 | Joseph Alton MD

    Tinea Pedis The medic in austere settings may have to deal with major medical issues; there are [...]

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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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    Video: Norovirus, the Stomach Flu

    13 Jan 2017 | Joseph Alton MD

    In this video, Joe Alton, MD discusses a recent experience with the stomach flu on a trip to New [...]

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    7 Sensible Ways To Get Your Kids Dirty (and Healthy)

    26 Sep 2016 | Joseph Alton MD

    image by publicdomainpictures.net I have, on many occasions, written about the importance of good [...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: Natural Pain Relief, Super Lice, Floods

    18 Aug 2016 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Natural Pain Relief, Super Lice, Floods

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

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    13 Safety Tips For Floods

    17 Aug 2016 | Joseph Alton MD
    13 Safety Tips For Floods

    The recent Louisiana floods  (and now Hurricane Harvey floods in Texas 2017) which claimed 11 lives[...]

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    Super Lice Now in 48 States

    6 Aug 2016 | Joseph Alton MD
    Super Lice Now in 48 States

    head lice (pediculus humanus capitis) It’s August, time to get the kids ready to go back to [...]

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    9 Places That Could Make You Sick This Summer

    7 Jul 2016 | Joseph Alton MD
    9 Places That Could Make You Sick This Summer

    Man, it’s hot out and you have more to worry about than mosquitoes and Zika virus this summer. [...]

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    Announcing The NEW Third Edition Survival Medicine Handbook

    7 Jun 2016 | Joseph Alton MD
    Announcing The NEW Third Edition Survival Medicine Handbook

    The Survival Medicine Handbook 2016 Third Edition Well, we’ve returned from an awesome week in [...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: Charley Hogwood and Survival Groups, more

    13 Mar 2016 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Charley Hogwood and Survival Groups, more

    In this episode of The Survival Medicine Hour, good friend, author, and new dad Charley Hogwood [...]

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    Video: New Way To Sterilize Instruments

    6 Mar 2016 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: New Way To Sterilize Instruments

                        clean instrument It’s important to have medical supplies[...]

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    All About Bedbugs

    13 Jan 2016 | Joseph Alton MD
    All About Bedbugs

    Sometimes it's the little things that make the difference between a good life and a bad one in a [...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: Tornadoes, Lice, Dental Issues

    28 Dec 2015 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Tornadoes, Lice, Dental Issues

    More deaths from late season tornadoes in Texas makes us ask this question: Do you know how to keep [...]

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    Food and Water Contamination

    12 Sep 2015 | Joseph Alton MD
    Food and Water Contamination

    In normal times, we sometimes see problems with contaminated food and water that result in recalls [...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: Food,Water,Hand Decontamination, more

    22 Nov 2014 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Food,Water,Hand Decontamination, more

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

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    Video: Survival Sanitation: Human Waste

    14 Nov 2014 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: Survival Sanitation: Human Waste

    New Video:  Joe Alton, M.D., aka Dr. Bones, talks about dealing with human waste when the [...]

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    Rodent Control

    22 Dec 2013 | Joseph Alton MD

    In a recent article, we talked about rodent-proofing your home, but what about rodent control once [...]

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    RATS! Rodent-Proofing A Retreat

    9 Dec 2013 | Joseph Alton MD

    In a long-term survival scenario, it’s clear that you will be sharing your environment with [...]

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    Sterile Vs. Clean In Survival Situations

    15 Jul 2012 | Joseph Alton MD

    Hey Prepper Nation, A significant factor in the quality of medical care given in a survival [...]

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    Emergency Sanitation Basics, Part 3: Your Hands

    1 Apr 2012 | Joseph Alton MD

    Hey Prepper Nation, In our ongoing series on staying healthy in times of trouble, we have spent [...]

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    Emergency Sanitation Basics, Part 2: Food and Water

    28 Mar 2012 | Joseph Alton MD

    It’s just makes common sense that there will be sanitation issues in a major disaster or [...]

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    Emergency Sanitation Basics, Part 1: Sewage

    26 Mar 2012 | Joseph Alton MD

    As a physician, my main focus is keeping people healthy. Given the availability of modern medical [...]

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    Preventing Food and Water-Borne Illness

    26 Jan 2012 | Joseph Alton MD

    It just makes common sense that there will be sanitation issues in a collapse situation. Any water[...]

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