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  • Video: Eye Trauma Emergencies

    26 Jun 2022 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: Eye Trauma Emergencies

    In survival settings, it's important to enforce the use of eye protection when doing at-risk [...]

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    Survival Medicine Podcast: Cold Water Safety, Wound Infections, Gloves, Nursing Care, Pt.2

    8 Dec 2021 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Podcast: Cold Water Safety, Wound Infections, Gloves, Nursing Care, Pt.2

    Well, we survived our first cold wave of the year down here in South Florida, where the [...]

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    Survival Medicine Podcast: Hypothermia, Off-Grid Nursing, Pt. 1

    25 Nov 2021 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Podcast: Hypothermia, Off-Grid Nursing, Pt. 1

    he environment plays a large role in your success as medic in survival settings. If you don’t[...]

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    Survival Medicine Podcast: Hemostatic Dressings

    24 Sep 2021 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Podcast: Hemostatic Dressings

    The control of major hemorrhage (called “hemostasis”) is the territory of paramedics and [...]

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    Vein Issues Off The Grid

    5 Aug 2021 | Joseph Alton MD

    Problems relating to veins, especially in the legs, can affect a group member’s productivity [...]

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    Fractures, Bones Contusions, And Sprains

    18 Jul 2021 | Joseph Alton MD
    Fractures, Bones Contusions, And Sprains

    In survival settings, the family medic will be confronted with a variety of orthopedic [...]

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    Nail Bed Issues Off The Grid

    2 Jul 2021 | Joseph Alton MD
    Nail Bed Issues Off The Grid

    Nail Bed Injury Minor injuries can sometimes become a major detriment to the function of a [...]

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    Nursing Care Off The Grid

    10 May 2021 | Joseph Alton MD
    Nursing Care Off The Grid

    Providing nursing care Providing emergency care for an injury or other medical issue is [...]

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    Dressings and Bandages

    9 Mar 2021 | Joseph Alton MD
    Dressings and Bandages

    The medic in survival settings can expect to see their share of injuries, some of which involve[...]

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    Survival Medicine Podcast: Cellulitis, Abscesses, More

    9 Feb 2021 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Podcast: Cellulitis, Abscesses, More

    All injuries carry a risk of infection. Various kinds of microbes can invade the body and cause[...]

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    Soft Tissue Infections

    26 Oct 2020 | Joseph Alton MD

    All injuries carry a risk of infection. When the skin is breached, various microbes can invade and [...]

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    Video: Wound Closure, Part 3: Placing Sutures

    7 Aug 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: Wound Closure, Part 3: Placing Sutures

    In part 3 of this video series, Joe Alton MD, FACOG, FACS teaches the placement of sutures to [...]

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    Video: Suture Closure, Pt. 1

    1 Aug 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: Suture Closure, Pt. 1

    In this video, Joe Alton MD and Amy Alton ARNP discuss wound closure and demonstrate the basics[...]

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    Survival Medicine Podcast: Riot Safety, Suture Choices

    4 Jun 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Podcast: Riot Safety, Suture Choices

    As Free Speech advocates, we support the people’s right to protest and make their [...]

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    Survival Medicine Podcast: Fractures, COVID Myths

    17 May 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Podcast: Fractures, COVID Myths

    Recently, we came across an article about coronavirus myths on, guess where, the AARP website, [...]

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    Video: "Maxi-Pads" As Survival Bandage?

    6 Jan 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: &quote;Maxi-Pads&quote; As Survival Bandage?

    A while ago I gave my opinion on the persistent notion that tampons, the feminine sanitary [...]

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    Survival Medicine Podcast: Austere Medics

    4 Jan 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Podcast: Austere Medics

    You know, the world isn’t getting any safer these days, and that means that, more than ever, you [...]

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    Stab Wounds

    21 Dec 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Stab Wounds

    STAB WOUND MANAGEMENT Stab wound to back Any disaster puts your people at risk for injury. [...]

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    The Medic's First Priority

    29 Nov 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    The Medic's First Priority

    The Medic’s First Priority The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that, In the Democratic[...]

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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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    Wound Debridement

    1 Oct 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Wound Debridement

    Medical professionals like doctors, nurses, and paramedics and the high-tech equipment they work [...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: Debridement, Ebola 2019, Type II Diabetes, More

    28 Sep 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Debridement, Ebola 2019, Type II Diabetes, More

    #366 SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST You may have heard the phrase "Gone But Not Forgotten" but [...]

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    The Tactical Tampon?

    16 Sep 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    The Tactical Tampon?

    Tampons as bandages? One item I come across from time to time on social media is the persistent [...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: Burns and Remedies, Ingrown Nails, More

    11 Aug 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Burns and Remedies, Ingrown Nails, More

    #360 SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST In summer camping or zombie apocalypses, there are [...]

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    #356 Survival Medicine Hour: Snakebites, Doxycycline, More

    13 Jul 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    #356 Survival Medicine Hour: Snakebites, Doxycycline, More

    #356 SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST Warm weather wakes humans up from their hibernation, but[...]

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    Video: How To Use The SWAT Tourniquet

    26 May 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: How To Use The SWAT Tourniquet

    VIDEO: THE SWAT TOURNIQUET SWAT tourniquets can be used on children if needed In this video, [...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: Joe Ordia of "Built To Survive", Bleeding, Bandages, Sutures vs Staples

    25 May 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Joe Ordia of &quote;Built To Survive&quote;, Bleeding, Bandages, Sutures vs Staples

    SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST Occasionally, we have the honor of a mention in books that are of [...]

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    Video: 7 Uses for Triangular Bandages

    23 May 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: 7 Uses for Triangular Bandages

    VIDEO: THE MANY USES FOR TRIANGULAR BANDAGES Those of us who were members of the Boy Scouts (now [...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: Wound Closure, Natural vs Conventional Therapy, More

    18 May 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Wound Closure, Natural vs Conventional Therapy, More

    SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST with JOE ALTON MD and AMY ALTON ARNP Improvised "butterfly" [...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: TCCC Core Principles, Preparedness and "Normal" People, More

    6 Apr 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: TCCC Core Principles, Preparedness and &quote;Normal&quote; People, More

    SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST You may have read some of my articles where I talk about the [...]

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    Video: TCCC Core Principles: Phases of Care/MARCH/PAWS

    6 Apr 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: TCCC Core Principles: Phases of Care/MARCH/PAWS

    VIDEO: TCCC CORE PRINCIPLES Trauma kits from Doom and Bloom You may have heard me reference TCCC [...]

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    Important Aspects of Tactical Combat Casualty Care

    4 Apr 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Important Aspects of Tactical Combat Casualty Care

    IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF TACTICAL COMBAT CASUALTY CARE You may have heard me reference something called[...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: Radiation, Pt.2, Measles, Crystal Meth

    9 Feb 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    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 here’s [...]

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    Home Remedies For Burns

    6 Dec 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    Home Remedies For Burns

    HOME REMEDIES FOR BURNS Certainly, burns are injuries that can have long-standing consequences in [...]

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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: James Rawles, Staph, Chest Trauma, More

    26 Jan 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: James Rawles, Staph, Chest Trauma, More

    Survival Medicine Hour #373 rib fracture Joe and Amy Alton, aka Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy discuss [...]

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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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    Survival Medicine Hour: Poison Plants, Setting a Fracture, More

    28 Jul 2017 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Poison Plants, Setting a Fracture, More

    SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR #349 In the this episode of the Survival Medicine Hour with Joe Alton MD and[...]

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    Video: Making Dakin's Solution, Part 1

    24 Jul 2017 | Joseph Alton MD

    Video: Making Dakin's Solution for Wound Care, pt. 1 In this video, Joe Alton MD and Amy Alton ARNP[...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: Wound Debridement, Shock Treatment, More

    9 Jul 2017 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Wound Debridement, Shock Treatment, More

    THE SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR #345 In this episode of The Survival Medicine Hour, Joe and Amy[...]

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    Wound Debridement in Survival

    6 Jul 2017 | Joseph Alton MD

    Wound Debridement in Remote Settings Injuries in remote settings like a wilderness trail or [...]

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    Dakin's Solution for Wound Care

    28 Jun 2017 | Joseph Alton MD

    Dakin's Solution One of the challenges facing the caregiver in austere settings is how to prevent [...]

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