Survival Medicine

In this episode of the Doom and Bloom Survival Medicine Hour, Joe and Amy Alton, aka Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy, welcome their good friends Dave and Lenie Duffy of Backwoods Home Magazines, a great homesteading resource! Also, Dr. Bones discusses nailbed injuries, the MERS epidemic brewing in South Korea, and the government's inadvertent shipment of live Anthrax spores to 51 labs in 17 states and 3 countries.

In this episode of the Survival Medicine Hour, Joe and Amy Alton (aka Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy) discuss the recent inadvertent shipment of live Anthrax to labs in nine states, the recent floods in Texas and Oklahoma and strategies on how to stay safe in one, and the antibiotic Azithromycin (Z-pack) and its application for survival settings. Nurse Amy discusses medical benefits of certain mushrooms, herbal therapy for depression, and genetically modified food issues.

In this episode of the Doom and Bloom(tm) Survival Medicine Hour, Joe and Amy Alton, aka Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy, discuss recent evidence of human-to-human transmission of Middle East Respiratory Virus (MERS), how teeth decay, considerations when dealing with open wounds, and the possible genetic nature of risk taking, and its relevance to survival settings.

In this episode of the Survival Medicine Hour podcast, Joe Alton, MD, and Amy Alton, ARNP, discuss Lyme disease in detail, Doxycycline as n antibiotic for survival settings, research on date syrup that suggests it has more antibacterial activity than Manuka honey, and the unusual case of Dr. Ian Crozier, Ebola CDC patient that developed active virus on the inside of his eye months after he survived the disease. Finally, a sneak peak at a project that the Altons are involved in that's a departure from survival medicine...

In this episode of the Survival Medicine Hour Podcast, Joe and Amy Alton, aka Dr.Bones and Nurse Amy, discuss principles of herbal healing, how penicillin was invented (by accident), the antibiotic Metronidazole (Flagyl, Fish-Zole), and the perils of antibiotic overuse.

In this episode of the Survival Medicine Hour, Joe Alton, MD, and Amy Alton, ARNP, discuss the recent news about bird flu, all about lice infestations, and the antibiotic Cipro and its application in survival settings.

In this episode of the Survival Medicine Hour Podcast, Joe and Amy Alton, aka Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy, discuss a hazard you'll encounter if you don't sterilize water in the wilderness: Giardiasis! Also, a discussion of how to survive at sea, whether on a capsized boat, a life raft, or in the water. Plus, a bump on the road hits our dynamic duo when black mold is encountered in spare rooms at their residence...

In this episode of the Survival Medicine Hour podcast, the Altons, aka Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy, discuss two epidemic diseases that sound  and look similar but aren't: Typhoid and Typhus. Also, Nurse Amy discusses the various uses of valerian root in home remedies, and we begin a discussion of the use of tourniquets in austere environments.

In this episode of the Doom and Bloom(tm) Survival Medicine Hour, Joe and Amy Alton, aka Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy discuss the recent 3-building blaze in NYC, the nature of fires, and how to survive one. Also, Dr. Bones tells you how to make normal saline solution for irrigation of wounds, and Nurse Amy tells you went to close a wound and when to leave it open. Finally, Dr. Bones goes out on a limb with his recommendation to replace the standard handshake with fist bumps?! Hear him out, there's hard data supporting it!

In this episode of the Survival Medicine Hour, Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy discuss expirations dates and what they really mean, how to deal with open wounds, and health benefits of tomatoes.