In this episode of the Doom and Bloom (tm) Survival Medicine Hour, the Altons discuss the viral illness that rages on in the Caribbean and South America, with 2000 U.S. cases in 2014:  Chikungunya Virus.  Also, Dr. Bones (Joe Alton, M.D.) discusses new thinking about tourniquets as well as the important survival antibiotic Metronidazole (Fish-Zole).

In this episode of the Survival Medicine Hour with Nurse Amy and Dr. Bones (Amy Alton, A.R.N.P. and Joe Alton, M.D.), we discuss the issues surrounding survival when stranded in a vehicle during a winter storm, what you should have in your car to stay safe, and more cold weather stuff. Also, how to prevent deaths that could be avoided in an off-grid scenario by stockpiling antibiotics, plus more...

In the latest episode of the Doom and Bloom(tm) Survival Medicine Hour, the Altons, aka Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy, discuss spirituality and its role in survival, cardiac and non-cardiac causes of chest pain (including acid reflux and ulcers), and more...

In this episode of the Survival Medicine Hour with Joe and Amy Alton, aka Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy, we discuss an incident of food poisoning in Florida and what to do if it happens to you, how to deliver a baby, a whooping cough outbreak in California, Olive crop failure in Italy, and much more...

In this episode of the Doom and Bloom Survival Medicine Hour, Joe and Amy Alton, aka Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy discuss strange animal die-offs in the last month, the latest typhoon to threaten the Philippines, some good news from NASA, how to deal with kidney stones, and basics of caring for early pregnancy.

In this episode of the Survival Medicine Hour with Joe and Amy Alton, aka Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy, they discuss basics of ballistic trauma (how bullets cause wounds), good fats vs bad fats, and how to treat styes, plus much more...

In this episode of the Doom and Bloom(tm) Survival Medicine Hour, Joe and Amy Alton (aka Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy) discuss things that you can do to prevent infectious diseases from affecting your family in good times OR bad...

In this episode of the Survival Medicine Hour, Joe Alton, M.D. and Amy Alton, A.R.N.P., aka Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy, discuss survival sanitation as it pertains to human waste, uses of vinegar, and the latest case of Ebola being evacuated to the U.S.

In this episode of the Survival Medicine Hour, Amy and Joe Alton, aka Nurse Amy and Dr. Bones, discuss the early cold wave coming from Alaska and cold-related medical issues like hypothermia. Also, our recent trip to the Self-Reliance Expo in Denver and more...

In this episode of the Doom and Bloom(tm) Survival Medicine Hour, Joe and Amy Alton, aka Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy, discuss prevention and treatment of influenza, plus what happens when you get interviewed by reporters about Ebola.  Nurse Amy completes her 2-part interview with Nick Adams, author of The American Boomerang: How the World's Greatest Turnaround Nation will do it again!