Survival Medicine

In this episode of the Doom and Bloom™ Survival Medicine Hour, Joe and Amy Alton, aka Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy, discuss the effects of alcohol, good and bad, on your health, sleep deprivation, new viruses on the horizon in West Africa, and basics of Escape and Evasion in Nurse Amy’s interview with Jack of Black Scout Survival, Part 2.

In this episode of the Doom and Bloom(tm) Survival Medicine Hour, Nurse Amy, aka Amy Alton, A.R.N.P., interviews Jack of the popular Black Scout Survival Youtube channel, and Joe Alton, M.D., aka Dr.Bones, discusses colds, flus and pneumonias from both a traditional and an alternative standpoint in survival settings. Plus: Boko Haram, End of Ebola in Sight?, and more...

In this episode of the Doom and Bloom(tm) Survival Medicine Hour, Joe Alton, M.D. and Amy Alton, A.R.N.P.,aka Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy, discuss how to deal with nosebleeds in austere settings, the role that honey may have in treating infections with MRSA, an old rehydration method that may have applications in post-apocalyptic scenarios, and Azithromycin as a survival antibiotic.  Also, the terrorist attack that killed 2000 this week that you didn't even hear about...    

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 Doom and Bloom Survival Medicine Hour, Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy (Joe Alton, M.D. and Amy Alton, A.R.N.P.) discuss Ticks and Lyme Disease, Triage in survival settings, care of the elderly, tea tree essential oil, and a new virus that's raging through the Caribbean as we speak.

In this episode of the Doom and Bloom(tm) Survival Medicine Hour, Joe and Amy Alton, aka Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy, discuss an asteroid near miss, automated portable defibrillators, Muslim pilgrims and MERS, natural pain relief options and other herbal remedies, and more....

In this episode of the Doom and Bloom(tm) Survival Medicine Hour, Joe Alton, M.D., aka Dr. Bones, and Amy Alton, A.R.N.P., aka Nurse Amy, interview their good friend Jim Cobb, author of the popular new book "Prepper's Long-Term Survival Guide: Food, Shelter, Security, Off-the-grid Power and more life-saving strategies for self-sufficient living.  Also, Dr. Bones reveals new research that shows that healthy urine is NOT sterile, contrary to popular belief.   

In this episode of the Doom and Bloom(tm) Survival Medicine Hour, Joe Alton, M.D. and Amy Alton, A.R.N.P., aka Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy discuss a new mosquito-borne virus in humans, another new virus that's killing millions of piglets, tetanus, medicinal uses of peppermint, and how to evaluate the human tongue....