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In this article, I’d like to discuss the effects of inhaling smoke caused by fires.[Read More]
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A world weary of one viral pandemic is now experiencing the early stages of another:[Read More]
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Summer is when people head out to the shore and take in the Great Outdoors.[Read More]
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In this video, Dr. Joe Alton notes the ending of the school year and the[Read More]
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In part 2 of this video series that serves as a companion to earlier articles,[Read More]
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Given the present conflict in Europe and the possibility of others in our unstable world,[Read More]
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Given the current state of affairs in Eastern Europe and various other places around the[Read More]
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In this topic-filled podcast, Dr. Joe Alton and Nurse Practitioner Amy Alton discuss corruption in[Read More]
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In the wake of a series of off-season storms, a swarm of rare but off-season[Read More]
Well, we survived our first cold wave of the year down here in South Florida,[Read More]
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he environment plays a large role in your success as medic in survival settings. If[Read More]
Recently, Backwoods Survival Guide was kind enough to publish my article on cold water safety.[Read More]
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Let me ask you a question: Would you be prepared to keep you family healthy[Read More]
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In this video version of the Survival Medicine Podcast, Dr. Joe Alton and Nurse Amy[Read More]
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In a disaster that knocks us off the grid, increased exertion from activities of daily[Read More]
Many believe that they can handle any emergency if the grid goes down. For those[Read More]
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A common form of contact dermatitis the medic will see in survival scenarios will be[Read More]
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