Survival Medicine

Survival Medicine episodes:

• 03.27.2024

  Survival Medicine Podcast: Internal Injuries, Dressings/Bandages, Raw Honey...

  You know, we talk a lot about medical supplies that you have to get serious training for, like tourniquets, hemostatic dressings, decompression needles, and the like, but there are important supplies you probably have right now in your medicine cabinet...

  
• 03.10.2024

  Survival Medicine Podcast: Tornadoes, Medical Skills, Draining Abscesses, More

  Joe and Amy Alton's Survival Medicine Podcast discusses the start of tornado season and how to get yourself prepared, [lus basics of draining boils and abscesses off the grid. Dr. Bones takes a hard look at medical skills needed to...

  
• 02.24.2024

  Survival Medicine Podcast: Survival Realities, Frostbite, Essential Oils, Dakins

  In this episode of the Survival Medicine Podcast, Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy discuss hard realities regarding survival situations, and how the family medic needs a mindset adjustment to be effective in that role. Also, Dr. Joe Alton talks about...

  
• 01.24.2024

  Survival Medicine Podcast: Hypothermia, Pest Infestations, Respiratory Infection

  In this episode of the Survival Medicine Podcast, Dr. Joe and Nurse Amy Alton discuss cold weather exposure and its ill effects, known as "hypothermia." Plus, the medic has to know how to deal with mundane issues as well as...

  
• 12.30.2023

  Survival Medicine Podcast: Pet Antibiotics, Winter Car Survival,Natural Remedies

  In this episode of the Survival Medicine Podcast, Dr. Joe Alton and Nurse Practitioner Amy Alton lament the loss of fish and other equivalent antibiotics due to the actions of the FDA, leaving the family medic in survival settings with...

  
• 11.30.2023

  Survival Medicine Podcast: Pneumonia, Medical Barter, Prostatitis, More

  In this episode of the Survival Medicine Podcast, Dr. Joe Alton and Nurse Practitioner Amy Alton proudly announce their first children's book, "Snowbie, the first snowman," a heartwarming story of how snowmen came to be, great Christmas bedtime reading for...

  
• 11.10.2023

  Survival Medicine Podcast: Dental Issues, Arthritis, Yellow Fever

  Dr. Joe and Nurse Amy Alton discuss dental issues, gouty arthritis, yellow fever, more in this episode of the Survival Medicine Podcast, broadcast from the beautiful Great Smoky Mountains! You might be ,medically prepared, but are you dentally prepared? Most family...

  
• 10.14.2023

  Survival Medicine Podcast: Acid Reflux, Narcan, Wound Irrigation, Tic Disorders

  In this episode of the Survival Medicine Podcast, Dr. Joe and Nurse Practitioner Amy Alton discuss a wide range of medical topics from tic disorders to acid relux to wound care. Amy gives a thorough overview of gastro-esophageal reflux disease...

  
• 09.24.2023

  Survival Medicine Podcast: RSV, Headaches, Herbal Quality, Protective Vest, More

  In this episode of The Survival Medicine Podcast., Dr. Joe and Amy Alton, aka Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy, discuss upcoming fall season issues like colds, flus, respiratory syncytial virus, headaches, quality control of herbal drugs, and the myth of...

  
• 08.28.2023

  Survival Medicine Podcast: Flesh Eating Bacteria, Mudslides, Hurricanes, more

  Recent hurricanes on the West and East coast have threatened millions, and it's important for you to know what to do if one of these juggernauts is heading in your direction. Dr. Joe Alton tell you what you need to...

  
• 07.31.2023

  Survival Medicine Podcast: Shark Attacks, Bee and Wasp Stings, Herbal Remedies

  You’d have to look far and wide for someone who hasn’t been stung by an insect at one point or another.  It’s not pleasant in any situation, but bees and wasps especially can inflict some real discomfort if you run...

  
• 07.13.2023

  Survival Medicine Podcast: Dental Trauma, Malaria, Herbal Remedies

  It’s true that a survival group needs someone with medical knowledge and supplies to treat heavy bleeding and orthopedic injuries. Indeed, the average survival medical kit concentrates on these issues to the exclusion of much else. Even well-prepared medics don’t...

  
• 06.19.2023

  Survival Medicine Podcast: Heat Stroke, Cellulitis, Herbal Remedies, Dehydration

  In this extended episode of the Survival Medicine Podcast, Dr. Joe Alton and Nurse Practitioner Amy Alton discuss another wide range of topics, including how to make herbal remedies, dehydration from hot summer weather, how to diagnose, treat, and prevent...

  
• 05.27.2023

  Survival Medicine Podcast: Bleeding, Ticks, Lyme, Making Herbal/Dental Meds,

  In this extended episode of the Survival Medicine Podcast, Joe Alton, MD, FACS, FACOG, and Amy Alton APRN, CNM go into various diverse topics! Dr. Joe Alton discusses bleeding issues in honor of National Stop The Bleed Day, then pivots,...

  
• 05.03.2023

  Survival Medicine Podcast: Dental Extraction, Medicinal Gardens, Osteoarthritis

  In a survival scenario, the family medic will be called on to care not only for medical issues, but dental as well. Military medics during the Vietnam War reported that they dealt with dental problems almost as often as medical....

  
• 04.12.2023

  Survival Medicine Podcast: Water Disinfection, Marburg, Strokes

  Water. You can't live without it, but in a survival scenario, bad water could be the reason you don't make it. In this episode, Dr. Joe Alton discusses various ways to deal with questionable water, including disinfection methods, filtering, getting...

  
• 04.12.2023

  Survival Medicine Podcast: Water Disinfection, Marburg, Stokes

  Water. You can't live without it, but in a survival scenario, bad water could be the reason you don't make it. In this episode, Dr. Joe Alton discusses various ways to deal with questionable water, including disinfection methods, filtering, getting...

  
• 03.09.2023

  Survival Medicine Podcast: Chemical Emergencies, Thyme, Medical Supplies, More

  In this episode of The Survival Medicine Podcast, Dr. Joe Alton and Nurse Practitioner Amy Alton discuss the importance of the medic knowing their role and job description in times of trouble, plus how to decide the types and number...

  
• 02.11.2023

  Survival Medicine Podcast: Earthquakes, Listeria, Allergy Prevention, Safe Foods

  Recently, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake caused massive damage and loss of life in parts of Turkey and Syria. Over 22,000 deaths are confirmed so far, with more than 60,000 injured. Dr. Joe Alton tells you everything you need to know...

  
• 01.21.2023

  Survival Medicine Podcast: Altitude Sickness, Community and Survival, More

  It's winter, and some folks are heading for ski resorts, and that means a big change in altitude for most. The National Academy of Sciences reports that 33.5% of the population lives below an elevation of 100 meters above sea...

  
• 01.06.2023

  Survival Medicine Podcast: Dr. Joe Alton discusses dog flu, winter car survival,

  Winter storms like "bomb cyclones" can be life-threatening, so it's important to know how to winterize, not only your car, but yourself. In this episode, Dr. Joe Alton discusses different ways to make sure you survive that car trip out...

  
• 12.11.2022

  Survival Medicine Podcast: Brain Trauma, Bee Stings, Paxlovid, Wound Care

  Joe Alton MD, aka Dr. Bones, covers a broad range of topic in this episode, including traumatic brain injuries like concussions and worse. Head injuries will be common in survival settings, and the medic can still be effective even with...

  
• 11.28.2022

  Survival Medicine Podcast: RSV, Cellulitis, Antibiotics, Cold Water Safety

  People in off-grid settings are often called upon to perform activities to which they’re not accustomed. In daily survival, the inexperienced will suffer mishaps that lead to injury; in situations where sanitation is questionable, these injuries carry a risk of...

  
• 09.23.2022

  Survival Medicine Podcast: Wound Care, Debridement, More

  In normal times, once you have stopped the bleeding and applied a splint or dressing, the emergency is “over.” You sit and wait for an ambulance or rescue helicopter to arrive and your part is over. In an austere setting,...

  
• 08.07.2022

  Survival Medicine Podcast: Flooding, Constipation, Monkeypox

  A world weary of one viral pandemic is now experiencing the early stages of another: In the last three months, more than 88 countries have reported a total of more than 30,000 cases of the disease called monkeypox, which was...

  
• 07.18.2022

  Survival Medicine Podcast: Saltwater Encounters, Drowning, Cellulitis

  t’s summer, and this is the time that people head out to the shore and take in the Great Outdoors. Millions will do just that, and the vast majority of beach-goers will experience nothing but a great time. On occasion,...

  
• 06.28.2022

  Survival Medicine Podcast: Anaphylaxis, Lightning, Complementary Medicine

  Well, it’s summer and a lot of folks are heading out into the great outdoors. In a disaster or any other situation that knocks us off the grid, we’ll be exposed a lot more to things like insect stings and...

  
• 06.10.2022

  Survival Medicine Podcast: Chamomile, IV basics, Rehydration Alternatives

  Today Nurse Amy and Dr. Bones talk about the health benefits of chamomile.  Yes, a regular MD and nurse practitioner touting the benefits of herbal tea, how about that?  Hey, in times of trouble, you gotta use all the tools...

  
• 05.31.2022

  Survival Medicine Podcast: Censorship, Stab Wounds, Peppermint, Leg Cramps

  A bill entered in California’s state legislature has gone where President Biden’s “disinformation bureau” couldn’t. Bill AB-2098 gives power to the state’s medical board to investigate and punish doctors whose advice and treatment regarding COVID-19 varies from their perceived “applicable...

  
• 05.06.2022

  Survival Medicine Podcast: Nasal Trauma, AFib, Valerian Root

  It’s a rare individual who has never had a nosebleed and a lot of people have, over the course of their lives, been the recipient of a punch in the nose or other facial trauma. Dr. Joe and Nurse Amy...

  
• 04.25.2022

  Survival Medicine Podcast: Thyroid highs and lows, alcoholism, more

  More than 20 million Americans experience some form of hormonal dysfunction related to the thyroid gland, so you can bet that the off-grid medic will eventually come across someone with it. You've gott to know  know how to recognize these...

  
• 04.06.2022

  Survival Medicine Podcast: Ear Issues, IBS

  How long do you think you’d last when the SHTF if you can’t hear the zombies sneaking up on you muttering something about tasty, tasty brains? The ear is the organ that controls, not only hearing, but balance as well....

  
• 03.12.2022

  Survival Medicine Podcast: Nuclear Events, Radiation, Wound Closure

  Some of our friends have discouraged us from speaking about the small possibility of a nuclear event in the unstable and uncertain future, but everyone should know about them, not panic, and understand that survival is possible in many cases....

  
• 02.04.2022

  Survival Medicine Podcast: Medical Dishonesty, Frostbite, Clove Oil, More

  In this topic-filled podcast, Dr. Joe Alton and Nurse Practitioner Amy Alton discuss corruption in the medical establishment that has led to bad messaging and advice for the current pandemic, and why this happens in a highly politicized society. Also,...

  
• 01.13.2022

  Survival Medicine Podcast: Ortho injuries, Antiseptics, Strokes

  In good times or bad, families may face any number of events where trauma causes injuries. In the United States alone, there are over 37 million emergency department visits annually due to some type of trauma. Off the grid, it...

  
• 12.08.2021

  Survival Medicine Podcast: Cold Water Safety, Gloves, Wound Infections, Nursing

  Well, we survived our first cold wave of the year down here in South Florida, where the temperatures dived all the way down into the high fifties. We’ve heard rumors that some places get even colder in winter, so, even...

  
• 11.25.2021

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

  The environment plays a large role in your success as medic in survival settings. If you don’t take weather conditions and other factors into account, you have made the environment your enemy, and it’s a formidable one. One major issue...

  
• 11.04.2021

  Survival Medicine Podcast: Instruments, Rats, Hair Loss

  Many of the medical items in your storage, like instruments and some dressings, may come already sterile, but in survival, dressings are consumed and the sterile instruments become dirty. This leads to the question of how to sterilize your reusable...

  
• 10.10.2021

  Survival Medicine Podcast: Antivirals

  Although science has made great progress against bacterial disease, our advances against viruses are still in their infancy. Now, potentially good news is being reported in the battle against the current pandemic: An experimental oral drug known as molnupiravir reduces...

  
• 09.24.2021

  Survival Medicine Podcast: Hemostatic Dressings

  The control of major hemorrhage (called “hemostasis”) is the territory of paramedics and trauma surgeon in normal times. In survival scenarios, however, the family medic is unlikely to be either of these. Although direct pressure on a bleeding wound may...

  
• 09.12.2021

  Survival Medicine Podcast: Radiation/Nuclear Events

  For the survival medic, increasing international tensions means that knowledge about nuclear events and the physical damage associated with them is a worthwhile topic to know about. Short of an asteroid hitting Earth or an ultra-deadly pandemic disease, we mean...

  
• 08.14.2021

  Survival Medicine Podcast: Anxiety, Depression, PTSD Off The Grid

  In the US, almost twenty percent of the population has problems with anxiety, which is defined as feelings of apprehension, nervousness, and unease. It might be about an imminent event, a current situation, or may be of unknown origin. For...

  
• 08.01.2021

  Survival Medicine Podcast: Summer Water Hazards

  Last week The Altons said It’s a cruel, cruel summer, like the 80s song goes, and if you live on the coast or considering a trip to the beach during the dog days, you have more than sunburn to worry about....

  
• 07.15.2021

  Survival Medicine Podcast: Heat Waves, Burns, Medicinal Honey

  It’s a cruel, cruel summer, like the 80s song goes, and everywhere from Oregon to Montana to New York City can experience big problems this year with blackouts taking out the AC and making homes and businesses into sweatboxes more...

  
• 07.07.2021

  Survival Medicine Podcast Returns!

  Well, a lot of you might be wondering where we’ve been and why we took a hiatus from our podcasts and videos. It because ol' Dr. Bones had pneumonia, and recovery for me has been slow going. I have acid reflux, and...

  
• 04.07.2021

  Survival Medicine Podcast: Tornadoes!

  Six people are dead in the South after at least 23 tornadoes tore through Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia last week. The damage in places like Coweta County is Georgia, well, it looks like a bomb went off there. Five people...

  
• 03.15.2021

  Survival Medicine Podcast: Thyroid Issues, Hypertension

  In this audio episode of the Survival Medicine Podcast, Dr. Joe Alton and Nurse Amy Alton discuss chronic medical problems in survival scenarios, such as thyroid issues and high blood pressure. We mentioned in a recent show that the family...

  
• 02.25.2021

  Survival Medicine Podcast: Expiration Dates, Drug Storage

  In a disaster, especially a long-term one, the family medic has to be able to handle a lot of different emergencies. Some of these are clearly survivable, such as a broken finger, and some are not, like a bullet to...

  
• 02.09.2021

  Survival Medicine Podcast: Cellulitis, Abscesses

  All injuries carry a risk of infection. Various kinds of microbes can invade the body and cause Inflammation in soft tissues, also known as “cellulitis”. These infections develop when bacteria enter through a crack or break in your skin. You...

  
• 01.23.2021

  Survival Medicine Podcast: New Antibiotics

  It’s 2021, and over the last year, we’ve seen the most productive distributor of fish antibiotics, Thomas Labs stop manufacturing products, probably related to pressure from the FDA, who has repeatedly stated that it was increasing its “stewardship” of animal...