Traumatic injuries occur in the tens of millions every year. These don’t always (hardly ever, as a matter of fact) occur right outside of a hospital. You may need to evaluate a wound, stop blee...
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 thoro...
Almost a decade ago, before Russia invaded Ukraine or even Crimea, I wrote about a Ukrainian medic named Oleysa Zhukovskaya, a young woman who volunteered as a medic at protests against the Pro-R...
https://www.doomandbloom.net/the-group-medic-in-hostile-actions/
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 situati...
Nurse Amy and I would like to announce that we’ll be giving a free lecture, exhibiting medical kits, and conducting a small hands-on suture/staple/wound care class in Knoxville, TN at the Self-...
https://www.doomandbloom.net/self-reliance-experience-knoxville/
From a simple cut to burns, any damage to skin is akin to a hole in your body’s protective armor. These injuries occur more frequently than we’d like. The main goal is to encourage quick heal...
Wound Debridement in Remote Settings Injuries in remote settings like a wilderness trail or survival homestead pose challenges to the medic not experienced in long-term wound care. Ordinarily, a ...
Survival Medicine Hour #344 In this episode of the Survival Medicine Hour, Joe and Amy Alton, aka Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy, tackles a number of tough topics like, what can you put in an open wound...
https://www.doomandbloom.net/survival-medicine-hour-dakins-soln-shock-hpv-garlic/
Dakin’s Solution One of the challenges facing the caregiver in austere settings is how to prevent infection in open wounds. After a disaster, people may be forced to perform activities of daily...
https://www.doomandbloom.net/dakins-solution-for-wound-care/
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...
https://www.doomandbloom.net/survival-medicine-hour-mers-dental-wounds-more/