A bill entered in California’s state legislature has gone where President Biden’s [...]
In this companion video to a recent article, physician and medical preparedness advocate Dr. [...]
Any disaster can put your people at risk for injury. Many of those injuries cause bleeding, [...]
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May is Stop The Bleed Month! When you go to school you learn the three "R"s: Reading', 'Riting',[...]
The iTClamp(r) The Department of Defense’s Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care (CoTCCC)[...]
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Ankle wrap using triangular bandage (or bandanna) Thanks to OffGrid Recoil Magazine for [...]
In the last couple of days, we’ve read about multiple stabbing incidents, one killed a freshman [...]
STAB WOUND MANAGEMENT Stab wound to back Any disaster puts your people at risk for injury. [...]
The Medic’s First Priority The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that, In the Democratic[...]
Last year, Amy Alton ARNP (aka Nurse Amy) stepped in front of the camera to demonstrate the proper [...]
VIDEO: THE SWAT TOURNIQUET SWAT tourniquets can be used on children if needed In this video, [...]
SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST Occasionally, we have the honor of a mention in books that are of [...]
VIDEO: THE MANY USES FOR TRIANGULAR BANDAGES Those of us who were members of the Boy Scouts (now [...]
VIDEO: NEW TCCC TOURNIQUETS (companion video to a recent article) Tourniquets to control bleeding [...]
SAM-XT TOURNIQUET DEMO The SAM-XT Extremity Tourniquet Hemorrhage control saves lives in [...]
ACTIVE SHOOTER EVENTS Shootings in "Safe" areas A 28-year-old gunman opened fire on a crowd, [...]
SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST #390 Recently, Joe Alton MD wrote about school safety solutions in[...]
One of the worst injuries that can occur in a disaster or other off-grid setting is the traumatic [...]
The Survival Medicine Hour Podcast #357 off-grid pregnancy care What if you had [...]
Bleeding wound The Special Operations Forces Tactical Tourniquet (SOFT-T) is one of the most [...]
Packing a Bleeding Wound In this episode of The Survival Medicine Hour with Joe Alton, MD and Amy [...]
The failure to control hemorrhage is a common cause of death in trauma situations. With the [...]
Given the rash of bombings and shooting in recent years, should first aid 101 be taught in schools [...]
In Joe Alton, MD's latest video, he examines the issue of providing medical care in hostile [...]
In these dangerous times, any trip to the mall (or anywhere there are crowds) could be a ticket to [...]
It’s hard to read the news without seeing reports of the latest shooting by terrorists or the [...]
Would you know the right plan of action if you were caught in an active shooter situation? Having a [...]
What if you were the medic in a long-term survival scenario and came upon an injury that won't get [...]
If you took a first aid course a few years ago, you might have learned all about the dangers of [...]