Tag 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]

Winter Wildfires: Home Ignition Zones

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

Wildfires and Home Ignition Zones

As the island of Maui burns and we still smell the smoke from Canadian wildfires,[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]

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]

Wildfire Defense

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

Preparing For Wildfires

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

Surviving A House Fire

As I write this, a four-story building in New York City is reported to have[Read More]

Wildfire Safety

Summer has ended but wildfires are still raging across California. Hundred of thousands of acres[Read More]

Thoughts on American Blackout

I had the opportunity recently to see the National Geographic Channel docudrama “American Blackout”.  In[Read More]

Survival Medicine Hour: Wildfires, Drought, Herbal Medicine

  In this episode of the Survival Medicine Hour with Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy,[Read More]

Wildfire Survival

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

Smoke Inhalation

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