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Survival Medicine Hour: Hepatitis, Jeff Motes of "Once Upon An Apocalypse"
September 01, 2019 16:00 - 55 minutes - 49.8 MB#363 SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST Outbreaks of hepatitis A are springing up in various parts of the country, leading us to want you to know all about this inflammation of the liver, plus the other types of hepatitis that can cause damage. Learn how to identify and prevent this disease which has been found in homeless populations in variouus cities. Also, Joe and Amy interview post-apocalyptic fiction author Jeff Motes of "Once Upon An Apocalypse" fame. The three books in the series has be...
Survival Medicine Hour: Todd Sepulveda of Prepper Website
August 25, 2019 16:00 - 1 hour - 58.1 MBIf you want to know how to keep informed on all the latest preparedness topics, you don't have to go further than Todd Sepulveda's prepperwebsite.com. Todd is a pastor and information guru that has compiled for you a daily smorgasbord of prepper articles from some of the best sources on the internet (including ours!). He also has his own weekly podcast at https://www.theprepperwebsitepodcast.com. Join us as Todd talks about his journey to preparedness and gives his thoughts on some of the be...
Survival Medicine Hour: Author Craig Caudill of Nature Reliance, More
August 18, 2019 16:00 - 58 minutes - 52.9 MB#361 Survival Medicine Hour Podcast In this episode of the Survival Medicine Hour, Joe and Amy Alton, aka Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy, welcome author Craig Caudill of Nature Reliance School to the show. Craig gives us the benefit of his experience in off-grid settings and his thoughts on survival in times of trouble. Craig's books are a wealth of information: Extreme Wilderness Survival: Essential Knowledge to Survive Any Outdoor Situation Short-Term or Long-Term, With or Without Gear and Alone...
Survival Medicine Hour: Burns and Burn Remedies, Ingrown Nails, More
August 11, 2019 22:30 - 57 minutes - 52.1 MB#360 SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST In summer camping or zombie apocalypses, there are campfires. Where there are campfires, there are mesmerized children staring at them and wanting to help maintain them. That causes them and others to be at high risk for burns. Dr. Joe Alton and Nurse Amy Alton discuss all types of burns in detail, with characteristics for identification and standard as well as natural remedies. Also, Dr. Alton talks about a little thing that can be a big pain in good tim...
Survival Medicine Hour: Dengue Fever, Tubal Pregnancy, Comfrey, More
August 03, 2019 19:00 - 58 minutes - 52.7 MB#359 SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST The mosquito-borne disease Dengue Fever is a virus that is causing community-wide outbreaks in various regions throughout the world, including Singapore, Nicaragua, and Bangladesh. Joe Alton MD and Amy Alton ARNP discuss an infection that could 1)cause no symptoms, 2)make you sick for 1-2 weeks, or 3)kill you (luckily, just a tiny minority). Find out how to identify and prevent Dengue fever.coup Also, Joe Alton MD discusses a pregnancy that implants in th...
Survival Medicine Hour: Pregnancy Risks Off The Grid, Stings and Bites, More
July 27, 2019 20:30 - 56 minutes - 50.4 MB#358 SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR This week, not only did we undergo a record heat wave in parts of the country, but so did Europe (where air-conditioning is not that common)! If that wasn't enough, a near-miss by an asteroid known as 2019 OK came within 45,000 miles of earth (the moon is 220-240,000 miles away) and a plague of grasshoppers (apparently mild-mannered ones) made its way through Las Vegas! Survivalists take "be fruitful and multiply" as instructions for a post-apocalyptic event, but...
Survival Medicine Hour: Equipping the Medic, Heat Waves and Their Consequences
July 20, 2019 20:00 - 59 minutes - 53.5 MBIn normal times, we have the luxury of a modern and well-equipped medical system. When the ambulance is just around the corner, it’s hard to imagine a scenario where the average person may become the highest asset left to his/her family. Yet, that’s exactly what can happen in remote settings or after a natural or man-made disaster. Amy Alton ARNP tells the medic how to be best equipped to fulfill their purpose off the grid. Plus, heat waves throughout the country and even in Europe are causi...
Survival Medicine Hour: Snakebite do's and don't's, Doxycycline, More
July 13, 2019 19:00 - 57 minutes - 52.1 MB#356 SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST Warm weather wakes humans up from their hibernation, but it also wakes inhabitants of the Great Outdoors as well, such as snakes. Inevitably some hiker, camper, or hunter experiences a face-to-face (or face-to-ankle) encounter with a slithering serpent. Of the 3000 species of snakes on planet Earth, only about 400 are venomous. In North America, those that inject venom into their victims are either pit vipers or elapids. Pit vipers include species of ratt...
#355 Survival Medicine Hour: Earthquakes, Rheumatoid Arthritis, More
July 06, 2019 23:30 - 1 hour - 54.9 MB#355 THE SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST Southern California has been hit with a 7.1 magnitude earthquake which followed a 6.4 the previous day. Hundreds of smaller quakes have hit the general area as well, and residents are getting nervous. Although earthquakes are unpredictable, there are a number of things you can do to decrease the amount of damage and prevent injuries in most circumstances. Joe and Amy Alton MD spend time discussing what to do before, during, and after a seismic event. ...
#354 Survival Medicine Hour: Eye Issues Off The Grid
June 30, 2019 01:00 - 55 minutes - 50.3 MB#354 Survival Medicine Hour podcast Ask anyone on the street which of the five senses they would least be willing to sacrifice. They probably will tell you that their vision is the sense they would most want to preserve. Imagine a world where a disaster has taken society to the brink, what would you do with less than perfect vision? Would you know how to treat common eye infections and other conditions? Would you know what to do when an eye is injured due to trauma? Joe Alton MD and Amy Al...
#353 Survival Medicine Hour: CBD oil, Lyme Disease, Birthing Supplies, More
June 22, 2019 21:00 - 59 minutes - 53.3 MBPublic support for the legalization of both medical and recreational marijuana is at an all-time “high”. Many believe that the effects of products made from the Cannabis sativa plant are all “psychoactive”; that is, mind-altering. Studies, however, suggest that some substances in Cannabis plants have little or no psychoactive action at all, but might have other medicinal benefits. What's the real deal? Amy and Joe, aka Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy, tell you what you need to know. Whether you’re a...
#352 Survival Medicine Hour: Lancing a Boil, Camping Safety, GI Home Remedies
June 15, 2019 17:30 - 56 minutes - 50.4 MBThe school year has ended, and families are planning this summer’s campouts. Camping trips are a great way to create bonds and memories that will last a lifetime, also a great way to get kids off their smartphones and annoy the heck out of them, but once they’re in the great outdoors, they’ll come around, most of them, at least. A poorly planned camp out, however, can also become memorable, but in a very bad way, especially if someone gets injured. A few preparations, though, will help you en...
#351 Survival Medicine Hour: Shooters, Medical Storage, Cholera, More
June 08, 2019 20:30 - 55 minutes - 50.4 MBYou might associate armed attacks with wars or survival scenarios, but they can occur in normal times as well. The recent mass shooting in the public facility in Virginia Beach is a reminder that, in these toxic times, no one is safe from those with bad intentions. Joe and Amy Alton, aka Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy, discuss strategies that give you a better chance of avoiding a bad outcome. Plus, everything you need to know about storing your medications for the most longevity and potency with a...
#350 Survival Medicine Hour: Suture Materials, Water Off The Grid, More
June 01, 2019 18:00 - 56 minutes - 50.4 MBLast week, the Altons discussed less invasive methods of wound closure off the grid like steri-strips, butterfly closures, and medical or industrial glues. Those are great for minor injuries, but they aren’t solid enough to keep some wounds, say over a joint, closed. For that, you need staples or sutures. It's not hard to learn how to use these items, but how much do you know about the different types of suture materials available. What do you use internally and what do you use on the skin? ...
Survival Medicine Hour: Joe Ordia of "Built To Survive", Bleeding, Bandages, Mor
May 25, 2019 20:00 - 56 minutes - 50.7 MB#349 Occasionally, we have the honor of a mention in books that are of benefit and interest to the preparedness community. We have authors like James Wesley Rawles, Franklin Horton, A. J. Powers, Patrick Shier, and Charley Hogwood to thank for including us in some of their fiction and non-fiction. Joe Ordia of P.E.G. Solar, author of "Built To Survive: How we designed and built a sustainable, secure, and survivable custom home", has done us a similar honor, so we bring him on to talk about h...
Survival Medicine Hour: Wound Closure, Natural vs Conventional, More
May 18, 2019 19:30 - 1 hour - 56.2 MBSURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST with JOE ALTON MD and AMY ALTON ARNP In survival scenarios, you can bet that there will be lots of injuries that break the skin, your body's natural barrier. Joe and Amy Alton, aka Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy, discuss various considerations with regards to wound closure in austere settings, including infection, bleeding, delayed closure, and some different would closure techniques. Also, Amy Alton ARNP talks about her recent video on the newly approved tourniqu...
Survival Medicine Hour Podcast: Treating Fractures, Face Masks, Tourniquets,more
May 11, 2019 17:30 - 56 minutes - 50.4 MBSURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST The use of tourniquets to control bleeding has been in use for centuries, sometimes praised and sometimes reviled as a tool of the devil. We learned a few very painful lessons, though, in Iraq and Afghanistan, and now we believe that tourniquets save lives that would otherwise be lost to hemorrhage. In civilian life, the rapid and effective use of a tourniquet by those at the scene gives valuable time for emergency medical personnel to arrive. Now, the TCCC co...
Survival Medicine Hour: Kissing Bugs, Chagas Disease, Broken Bones, More
May 04, 2019 18:00 - 55 minutes - 50.4 MBIt’s a rare individual who passes an entire lifetime without breaking a bone. Accidents happen, and trauma can occur with such force that even bones may be damaged. Injuries to bones present in the form of breaks in the skeletal structure called “fractures”. In the U.S., it is estimated that the average person will experience two fractures during their lifetime, not including broken teeth. The Altons tell you all about the different types of fractures, how a bone heals, and much more you did...
Survival Medicine Hour: Medications
April 26, 2019 03:00 - 56 minutes - 50.4 MBTodd Sepulveda is the founder of PrepperWebsite.com , a popular round-up of all the prepper articles on the web and a great place to keep an eye on all things preparedness. Todd interviewed Dr. Alton for his podcast last month, and since Amy and Dr. Bones are on the road in North Carolina, we thought we'd air his interview, which had a lot of thoughts on medications you should have in disaster settings. Wishing you the best of health in good times or bad, Joe and Amy Alton For books, DV...
Survival Medicine Hour: Probiotics and Antibiotics, Structural Fires, More
April 20, 2019 10:30 - 56 minutes - 50.4 MBFor years, Dr. Bones has been writing about antibiotics and how important they are as part of your survival medicine cabinet. In survival scenarios, there will be a lot of people that will owe their lives to you because you were wise enough to include antibiotics in your supplies. Besides killing the bad bacteria, though, they also kill good bacteria in your gut. If the good bacteria becomes collateral damage in your war against infection, the lack of them can have negative effects on your...
Survival Medicine Hour: Mass Casualty Incidents, Salmonella, More
April 13, 2019 20:30 - 56 minutes - 50.4 MBIn off-grid settings, you can expect there to be concerns about food preparation. Outbreaks of bacterial disease, however, can occur even in the most developed country due to contamination. A recent example is the salmonella outbreak that’s sickened close to 100 people, putting 23 of them in the hospital. The culprit appears to be pre-cut melon from CAITO foods, the kind sold in those plastic clamshell-looking containers and sold at places where you probably shop. Walmart, Kroger, Whole Foods...
Survival Medicine Hour: Preparedness and "Normal" People, TCCC Principles, More
April 06, 2019 21:30 - 56 minutes - 50.4 MBYou may have read some of my articles where I talk about the latest military methods used to save more lives on the battlefield. Then you say, how does an old country surgeon and obstetrician, of all things, have any idea of what the military is doing. The guys an old geezer, for pete’s sake, is he some kind of geriatric navy seal corpsman or combat medic or big-city trauma surgeon? No, I respect those guys too much to pretend I’m in their league, but I do know a thing of two that’s worked fo...
Survival Medicine Hour: Tornadoes, Expiration Dates, Nettles, More
March 30, 2019 23:30 - 56 minutes - 50.4 MBSURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST Spring is tornado season, and all up and down Tornado Alley, families are making plans in case a twister crosses their paths. Joe and Amy Alton discuss all you need to know about tornadoes and how to survive them with a little planning and wise action. Also, Joe Alton MD's recent video on expiration dates included some recent new evidence that he knows what he's talking about when it comes to your survival medicine cabinet. When the government and the scientif...
Survival Medicine Hour: Off-Grid Dental, ThePrepared Editors, More
March 23, 2019 19:30 - 56 minutes - 50.4 MBTHE SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST When a storm knocks out the power for a week, there may be medical emergencies. It’s unlikely, however, that the family medic will need to deal with a dental emergency. If a disaster disables the grid long term, though, the medically responsible person should have a plan of action when it comes to tooth issues. Dental problems are inevitable in any prolonged off-the-grid settings; one of the most dangerous are tooth abscesses.When a storm knocks out the pow...
Survival Medicine Hour: Expiration Dates, Mumps, OTC Drugs, More
March 16, 2019 20:30 - 56 minutes - 50.4 MBSometimes, diseases that are rare today pop up unexpectedly, such as the recent outbreak of mumps on the warship U.S.S. Fort McHenry, where 25 sailors came down with the illness. This led to the quarantine of the ship at sea for two months. If you’re concerned about medical issues in long-term survival scenarios, it’s important to recognize the infectious diseases that may return to the scene. Children of survivors will be unvaccinated and, a few years down the road, measles, mumps, and whoo...
Survival Medicine Hour: Which Antibiotics, The Unraveling, More
March 09, 2019 23:00 - 56 minutes - 50.4 MBOne of the most frequent questions I receive from readers, listeners, and viewers is which antibiotics to have on hand in survival settings. I have received a flurry of these lately in response to our new book “Alton’s Antibiotics and Infectious Disease”: The Layman’s Guide To Available Antibacterials in Austere Settings. In the book, I discuss, well, antibiotics and infectious disease: The infections to be expected in those knocked off the gird and the antibiotics obtainable by the average c...
Survival Medicine Hour: Keflex, Pediatric First Aid, More
March 03, 2019 16:00 - 56 minutes - 50.4 MBIn this episode of the Survival Medicine Hour, Joe Alton MD and Amy Alton ARNP discuss what their plans are for the garden this year, plus a review of the antibiotic cephalexin (Keflex, Fish-Flex) and its potential as a tool in the medical woodshed for long-term survival settings. Keflex is useful for various infectious diseases you might encounter off the grid. Also, Amy answers a listener question about what should be in a pediatric first aid kit, plus some important tips on what to do whe...
Survival Medicine Hour: Earthquake Survival, Radiation, pt. 3, Antibiotics, More
February 23, 2019 23:30 - 56 minutes - 50.4 MBYesterday a 7.5 magnitude earthquake hit Ecuador, part of the "rim of fire" that circles the Pacific (but certainly not pacified) ocean. There's no season for earthquakes like there are for hurricanes, and you can't see an earthquake coming like you could a tornado. So how do you survive one? Joe and Amy Alton talk about strategies that will give you the best chance. Also, Dr. Joe Alton finishes his series on radiation events with a discussion of decontamination procedures, treatments for ra...
Survival Medicine Hour: Measles, Crystal Meth, Radiation, Pt.2
February 09, 2019 18:30 - 55 minutes - 50.4 MBWe don’t often get to report good news these days, but here’s something that’s making the authorities celebrate and may have saved hundreds of lives in, of all places, Australia. In a joint drug bust, Australian and u.s. agents seize record-setting 1.7 tons of meth worth $1.29 billion in Los Angeles, right at the sea port before sailing. Dr. Alton tells you how to identify Meth use and overdose. Many consider a nuclear attack an outlandish scenario to which only conspiracy theorists subscrib...
Survival Medicine Hour: Radiation, Expired Epipens, Medic Teams, More
February 02, 2019 00:30 - 56 minutes - 50.4 MBYou may think that preparedness is purely an American passion but there are folks from all over the world that contact us to ask questions or tell us about their medical preps. One of these is our good friend Tom, who lives in Germany and volunteers with a first responder team. Joe Alton talks a little about his volunteer medical team and wonders why we don't have the same here. It’s been a good long time since we’ve talked about radiation exposure and nuclear detonations and other stuff tha...
Survival Medicine Hour: Mudslides, Survival Medics, Supplies, More
January 28, 2019 02:30 - 56 minutes - 50.7 MBIn a long term survival situation, it will be an extremely fortunate family or group that has a physician or other formally trained medical professional among its members. When there is no doctor, however, someone in your group should be assigned the responsibilities of group medic. That person will make the difference between success and failure for a community that has lost access to modern medicine. Joe and Amy Alton discuss supplies, responsibilities, and other factors that go into being...
Survival Medicine Hour: Pneumonia, Medic Duties, Virus vs. Bacteria
January 19, 2019 02:00 - 56 minutes - 50.4 MBToday, we have advanced laboratory studies that allow identification of many pathogens. Despite this, it can be a challenge for healthcare providers to tell a bacterial disease from a viral one. Bacteria and virus can attack the same organ systems. For example, pneumonia can be bacterial or viral. Both produce similar symptoms like cough and fever. From a diagnosis standpoint, it can be difficult to tell the difference even in normal times. Joe Alton MD and Amy Alton ARNP discuss how to tell...
Survival Medicine Hour: Hypothermia, Winter Strandings, Avalanches
January 12, 2019 17:00 - 56 minutes - 50.4 MBThis week, Winter Storm Gia, they’ve been naming them for a few years now, will spread a swath of snow and ice from parts of the Rockies, Plains and Midwest to the mid-Atlantic into this weekend, hopefully not causing more than a few travel delays. Yeah, I know, winter storms occur every year in the United States, but if you don’t take them seriously, they can cause fatalities among the unprepared. And, sadly, that’s just what they do. 70% of deaths in blizzard conditions occur due to traffi...
Survival Medicine Hour: Influenza, Epipens, Falls Through The Ice
January 04, 2019 23:30 - 56 minutes - 50.4 MBSURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST Infectious disease is of major concern in good times or bad, and the family medic must be able to identify some of the deadliest. Having just written a book on the subject, we’ve done our research on some of the worst illnesses that can occur even in countries with advanced medical systems. There are infections out there, however, that are often fatal and can’t be treated with antibiotics. These are usually viral in nature. Joe and Amy Alton discuss what you ne...
Survival Medicine Hour: Viral Diseases, More
December 21, 2018 19:30 - 56 minutes - 50.4 MBInfectious disease is of major concern in good times or bad, and the family medic must be able to identify some of the deadliest. Having just written a book about infectious diseases and the antibiotics that treat them, we’ve done our research on some of the worst illnesses that can occur even in countries with advanced medical systems. There are infections out there, however, that are often fatal and can’t be treated with antibiotics. These are usually viral in nature. Viruses are microscop...
Survival Medicine Hour: Asthma, Pandemics, Food Myths, More
December 14, 2018 16:30 - 55 minutes - 50.4 MBAsk people about the last pandemic and most will say it was the “Spanish Flu” of 1918-9. Certainly, that outbreak is a well-known example, but pandemics have occurred throughout history. At least three or four are identified every century. It can even be argued that we’ve experienced more than one just in the last few years. We all do our best to serve our families food that’s safe and healthy, but some common myths about food safety might surprise you. We talked about food safety basic like...
Survival Medicine Hour: Survival at Sea, Shark Attack, Antibiotics, More
December 07, 2018 21:00 - 56 minutes - 50.4 MBUpon the passing of President George H. W. Bush, we should remember and honor his military service in World War II as a navy pilot. Having flown 58 missions, Lieutenant Bush was often under enemy fire. On September 2, 1944, his plane was shot down off an island called Chi Chi Jima. He was the only survivor. He swam about 50 yards to a small life raft and fought the currents that would have caused him to make landfall on the island, where he had heard that starving enemy soldiers were making ...
Survival Medicine Hour: Food Safety on/off the Grid, Pandemics, More
November 30, 2018 18:30 - 56 minutes - 50.4 MBAn outbreak of food poisoning with Escherischia coli (E. coli) has hospitalized 43 people in 11 U.S. states and another 18 in Canada, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The agency reports no deaths as of yet, although one individual has developed kidney failure. Joe and Amy Alton discuss the increase of multistate outbreaks of food poisoning, signs that issues may be occurring at the processing or even at the farm. Plus, food safety involves four main steps: C...
Survival Medicine Hour: Burns, Nail Issues, New Book, More
November 23, 2018 19:00 - 56 minutes - 50.4 MBJoe Alton MD and Amy Alton ARNP are pleased to announce their new book: Alton's Antibiotics and Infectious Disease: The Layman's Guide to Available Antibacterials in Austere Settings, a plain English guide to veterinary antibiotics and their potential uses to treat infections in survival scenarios (only). Learn about various infectious disease that are common now or will be if things go South. Now available at store.doomandbloom.net or Amazon. Also, when a burn goes through the skin, you've ...
Survival Medicine Hours: Bacterial Infections, Stones, Antibiotics
November 16, 2018 19:00 - 56 minutes - 50.4 MBTo better understand current events, it’s useful to know the history behind them. The same can be said of the developments through time that led humans to learn about bacteria. Bacteria have played their part in the evolution of the planet for eons. Fossils of microorganisms have been discovered in stone dating more than 400 million years old. Some argue that primitive bacteria existed almost as far back as the very beginning of Earth’s history. For the majority of their time on Earth, they...
Survival Medicine Hour: Active Shooters, Animal Bites, More
November 09, 2018 18:00 - 56 minutes - 50.4 MBA gunman opened fire on a crowd at a bar in Thousand Oaks, California. The shooter, named Ian David Long, who killed 12 people and himself was a 28 year old former U.S. Marine who may have been suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, the Ventura County sheriff said. Ian David Long, 28, apparently threw smoke bombs and methodically fired into a crowd of more than a hundred people Wednesday night. It should be clear to everyone that there is no place safe from the deranged, disgruntled...
Survival Medicine Hour: Off-Grid Pregnancy, Ortho Injuries, Wasp Stings
November 02, 2018 20:30 - 56 minutes - 50.4 MBIt’s around Halloween, so I figured I’d tell you a horror story. In centuries past, women married as teenagers and often had 8 to 10 children, that might sound like a horror story to you as it is, but what if I told that the big question was, would that woman survive pregnancy and childbirth at all? It happened in the past, but what if some long-term catastrophe took society to the brink? Illiotibial Band Syndrome (ITBS) is caused by a number of factors, primarily being overusing your legs a...
Survival Medicine Hour: Trail Injuries, Burns, More
October 26, 2018 19:00 - 56 minutes - 50.4 MBAnyone who has done any hiking like we have or has bought the wrong pair of shoes has experienced a friction blister. For a relatively small soft tissue injury, a blister can certainly cause more than its share of problems. More than one hike has come to a screeching halt because the terrain was more rugged than the footwear could handle. Joe and Amy Alton, aka Dr Bones and Nurse Amy, discuss choosing the right pair of hiking boots, plus treating and preventing blisters and splinters. Also, ...
Survival Medicine Hour: Typhus in L.A., Barter Items, Lyme, Gout, More
October 19, 2018 19:30 - 55 minutes - 50.4 MBIn our upcoming book “Alton’s Antibiotics and Infectious Disease: A Guide to the Wise Use of Drugs in Austere Settings, we include a section about epidemic infectious diseases that aren’t common now, but will be if a disaster makes it impossible to maintain good hygiene. One of these is typhus, a disease transmitted by body lice, fleas, and ticks. Well, it appears that there’s an epidemic of Typhus right now in the homeless population of Los Angeles county. Downtown's “skid row”, an area whe...
Survival Medicine Hour: Antibiotics, Resistance, Mastitis, More
October 12, 2018 18:00 - 56 minutes - 50.4 MBSURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST o our store for HSA-approved medical kits and supplies at store.doomandbloom.net! When modern medical care isn’t available, many deaths would be prevented by the availability of antibiotics in your disaster medicine cabinet. Indeed, you should consider having a supply of these drugs in your storage if you believe a disaster may occur that takes away your access to modern medical care. If you use antibiotics for every minor ailment that comes along, however, yo...
Survival Medicine Hour: Respiratory infections, Opioids, More
October 05, 2018 18:30 - 56 minutes - 50.4 MBSURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST It’s important to realize that the majority of respiratory infections, including the flu and the common cold, are caused by viruses and do not improve with the use of antibiotics. Some infections of the respiratory tract are bacterial in origin, however; others are secondary infections that invade a weakened victim of a viral illness. These tend to be in the lower airways (called “bronchitis”) or in the lung tissue itself (called “pneumonia”). Find out from Joe...
Survival Medicine Hour: Off-Grid Waste Issues, Face Masks, More
September 28, 2018 17:30 - 56 minutes - 50.4 MBWe’ve mentioned that we’re finishing up a book on antibiotics and the diseases they treat, and I hope you’ve made some provisions for having some antibiotics in your medical storage, even if they’re the fish antibiotics that we write about. If you really believe there might be some event that’s going to take our society to the brink one day, you’ve got to know that this stuff is just not going to be as available as it was, and whatever you have is going to be hard to replace. So while you’re ...
Survival Medicine Hour: Immunity, STDs, Disease Outbreaks
September 21, 2018 17:30 - 56 minutes - 50.4 MBOur body is a fortress that is constantly under siege by bacteria, viruses, and other pathogens. Every day, we fight off attempts by one or another of these germs to gain a foothold. Luckily, our immune system is usually aware of the presence of substances not recognizable as part of the body. The human response to infection involves the actions of certain cells and other substances called “antibodies” in blood. Find out from Joe Alton MD and Amy Alton ARNP about how your body works to fight ...
Survival Medicine Hour: Hurricanes, Cough Remedies, Styes, More
September 14, 2018 17:00 - 56 minutes - 50.4 MBHurricane Florence is making landfall in the Carolinas as we’re recording, and they’re expecting a lot of wind, rain, and storm surge. Every year around this time, the U.S. can expect storms like this to menace the East and Gulf coasts, yet many citizens still find a way to be caught by surprise. Joe and Amy Alton put together 30 safety tips that will give your family the best chance of preparing for and surviving that storm. The family caregiver has to be able to handle problems that occur ...
Survival Medicine Hour: Nat'l Preparedness Month, Infectious Disease, Sick Rooms
September 07, 2018 15:00 - 56 minutes - 50.4 MBIn good times, we have the luxury of modern medical facilities and advanced techniques to isolate a sick patient from healthy people. If we ever find ourselves in a grid-down scenario, most of these advantages will go the way of the dinosaur, and we will be placed in, essentially, the same medical environment we experienced in the 19th century. It should be possible for the medically prepared to put together a “sick room” or “hospital tent” that will minimize the chance of infectious disease...