Category Archives: Wildfires

Survival Medicine Podcast: Hypo/Hyper Thyroid, Mudslides, Smoke Inhalation

In this episode of the Survival Medicine Podcast with Dr. Joe Alton and Nurse Practitioner[Read More]

Video: Wildfire Smoke Inhalation

With many wildfires in the Western U.S. and Canada out of control and more reported[Read More]

Smoke Inhalation Injuries

With many wildfires in the Western U.S. and Canada out of control and more reported[Read More]

Wildfires: Home Ignition Zones

Wildfires in Washington state near Spokane have forced the evacuation of 60,000 people while destroying[Read More]

Independence Day Fireworks Safety

Independence Day is coming up, and many proud Americans will be celebrating with fireworks. An[Read More]

Surviving A House Fire

(In an article originally published at AmericanThinker dot com, Dr. Joe Alton gives his thoughts[Read More]

Winter Wildfires: Home Ignition Zones

Southern California’s Pacific Palisades area near Los Angeles is in the midst of an outbreak[Read More]

Winter Wildfires

The state of Texas is no stranger to weather extremes, especially in summer, but it’s[Read More]

Maui Wildfire: Not Just Climate Change

For a small state that is considered a lush tropical paradise, Hawaii has a surprisingly[Read More]

Wildfire Property Defense

It’s been a cruel, cruel summer with parts of Maui in ashes and massive record-breaking[Read More]

Wildfire Smoke Safety

Wildfires are becoming more frequent and destructive in recent years, and 2023 is no exception.[Read More]

Burns, Part 3: Smoke Inhalation

In this article, I’d like to discuss the effects of inhaling smoke caused by fires.[Read More]

Burns, Part 2: Third-Degree Injuries

In the United States, more than 450,000 people require medical treatment for burn injuries annually.[Read More]

Burns, Part 1: First- And Second-Degree

A wide variety of situations, both in normal times and disaster settings, put us in[Read More]

Survival Medicine Videocast

In this video version of the Survival Medicine Podcast, Dr. Joe Alton and Nurse Amy[Read More]

All About Lightning

Wildfires in the American West continue to rage, with September and October expected to be[Read More]

Wildfire Safety: Home Ignition Zones

HOME IGNITION ZONES Recently, we published an article relating to the wildfires that turn the[Read More]

Wildfires In The West

The American West is again the scene of wildfires this year, as heat waves and[Read More]

Late Season Wildfires

(Note: The U.S. isn’t the only country to suffer from wildfire damage. Australians have had[Read More]

Surviving An Earthquake

A strong 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit Southern California recently, cause several dozen incidents of structure[Read More]

Survival Medicine Hour: Probiotics and Antibiotics, Structural Fires, More

SURVIVAl MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST For years, Dr. Bones has been writing about antibiotics and how[Read More]

Survival Medicine Hour: Trail Injuries, Burns, More

SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST Anyone who has done any hiking like we have or has[Read More]

Disaster Supplies

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

Survival Medicine Hour: Mudslides, OTC Drugs, More

SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST #360 Your survival medicine cabinet should have plenty of different meds[Read More]

Survival Medicine Hour: Labor and Delivery, Wildfire, More

In any long-term survival situation involving a group or community, eventually the issue of pregnancy[Read More]

Wildfire Defense

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

Survival Medicine Hour: Earthquake, Birthing Supplies, Hemorrhage, More

Survival Medicine Hour #355 What would you have done if you were in Mexico City[Read More]

Survival Medicine Hour: Post-Irma, Floods, Shoulder Dislocation

Survival Medicine Hour #354 This Survival Medicine Hour 9/15: Hurricane Irma has wreaked havoc on[Read More]

Video: Surviving a Building Fire

Joe Alton, MD’s latest video discusses some tragic building fires, especially in public venues. He[Read More]

Survival Medicine Hour: Gatlinburg Fires, Stress, More

On this episode of the Survival Medicine Hour, your hosts, Joe Alton, MD aka Dr.[Read More]

Wildfire Preparedness and Our Gatlinburg Home

It’s been a very busy year for firefighters, with heat waves, drought, and human malice[Read More]

Survival Medicine Hour: Ron Melchiore on 36 Years of Living Off the Grid

In this episode of the Survival Medicine Hour, Nurse Amy Alton interviews Ron Melchiore, who[Read More]

Video: Wildfire Safety Tips

The West coast has been in the grip of several wildfires that have caused millions[Read More]

Could You Protect Your Home/Family in a Wildfire?

It’s been a very busy year for firefighters, with heat waves, drought, and human carelessness[Read More]

Preparing For Wildfires

After experiencing a hellish wildfire season last summer and fall in the U.S., a huge[Read More]

Video: Heat-Related Emergencies, Pt. 1

In this video, Joe Alton, MD, co-author of “the Survival Medicine Handbook“, introduces a major[Read More]

8 Ways to Prevent Fires

Last time, we discussed the nature of fire and what to do if you were[Read More]

Wildfire Realities

(Our friend Jim Piper, RN, N6MED, has been volunteering for disaster duty at the Northern[Read More]

Survival Medicine Hour: Floods, Fires and Herbal Medicine Interview Part 2

The Survival Medicine Hour on September 14, 2013 with Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy discuss their Wound Care Classes, Flood[Read More]

Wildfire Survival

Multi-year drought in much of the West has led to harsh summers recently.  Hundred of[Read More]

Burn Injuries

  We were recently asked by our friend Jeremy Knauf of howtosurviveit.com   about possible issues[Read More]

Smoke Inhalation

    If you wind up spending a lot of time in the woods, you[Read More]