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The Survival Medicine Handbook: The Essential Guide for When Help is NOT on the Way 4th Edition

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Black & White Version. If a disaster took away the high-technology we take for granted, would you be prepared to keep you family healthy? Could you be an effective medic when hospitals are overcrowded and the ambulance is heading in the other direction? Can you take over if you were the highest medical asset left? Medical preparedness advocates Joe Alton, MD and Amy Alton, NP’s award-winning “Survival Medicine Handbook: A guide for when help is NOT on the way” is now out in its greatly expanded and revised 4th edition!
Previous editions have been 1st place winners in the Book Excellence Awards in Medicine, and this one has many more topics and almost triple the illustrations to give you the info needed to keep it together, even when everything else falls apart. Called “America’s favorite survival medic” by American Outdoor Guide, NY Times/Amazon bestselling author Dr. Joe Alton and Nurse Practitioner Amy Alton have put together a 700 page book that encompasses trauma care, first aid, chronic care, medical procedures, and much more. It’ll be an essential reference for anyone concerned about the uncertain future.
The Survival Medicine Handbook is written in plain English that anyone can understand, but it’s not just another medical first aid book. It’s unique in that it assumes that a disaster, natural or man-made, has removed all access to hospitals or doctors for the foreseeable future; you, the average person, are now the highest medical resource left to your family. The book’s goal is to make you effective in that role.
With over 300 topics and 300 illustrations, the 4th edition of the Survival Medicine Handbook covers just about every situation the family medic will encounter in times of trouble. This is only a portion of the table of contents:
SECTION 1: PRINCIPLES OF MEDICAL PREPAREDNESS
SECTION 2: BECOMING A MEDICAL ASSET
SECTION 3: MEDICAL SUPPLIES
SECTION 4: NATURAL MEDICINE
SECTION 5: THE HISTORY AND PHYSICAL
SECTION 6: HYGIENE AND SANITATION
SECTION 7: HEAT, COLD, AND ALTITUDE ISSUES
SECTION 8: NATURAL DISASTERS
SECTION 9: RADIATION/BIOLOGICAL/CHEMICAL EVENTS
SECTION 10: HEAD ISSUES
SECTION 11: DENTAL ISSUES
Section 12: RESPIRATORY ISSUES
SECTION 13: HEART ISSUES
SECTION 14: ABDOMINAL ISSUES
SECTION 15: URINARY TRACT ISSUES
SECTION 16: GENITAL TRACT ISSUES
SECTION 17: BONES AND JOINTS
STRAINS, SPRAINS, AND OTHER INJURIES
-Wrapping a Sprain-Sprains vs. Fractures-Orthopedic Natural Remedies
FRACTURES
Types of Fractures
Reducing a Deformity
Traction
Applying Splints
Placing a Cast-Care of Casts and Splints
Open Fracture Wound Care-Long
Term Fracture Care
DISLOCATIONS
SECTION 18: SKIN ISSUES
Cellulitis, Abscesses and Incision and Drainage
SECTION 19: ANIMAL BITES, STINGS, AND OTHER ISSUES
SECTION 20: ALLERGIC REACTIONS AND ANAPHYLAXIS
SECTION 21: MINOR WOUNDS
SECTION 22: BURNS
SECTION 23: BLEEDING TRAUMA
BLEEDING CONTROL TECHNIQUES-TOURNIQUETS-HEMOSTATIC DRESSINGS
SECTION 24: MAJOR WOUNDS
CHEST TRAUMA
-Rib Fractures
-Pneumothorax
-Needle Decompression
-Chest Seals
-Chest Tubes
BLUNT TRAUMA-STAB WOUNDS-GUNSHOT WOUNDS-SHOCK
SECTION 25: OPEN WOUND CARE
SECTION 26: WOUND CLOSURE
METHODS OF WOUND CLOSURE-HOW TO SUTURE SKIN-HOW TO STAPLE SKIN-DRAINS
SECTION 27: MASS CASUALTIES
SECTION 28: PATIENT TRANSPORT
SECTION 29: PREGNANCY, AND CHILDBIRTH
SECTION 30: OTHER MEDICAL CONDITIONS
SECTION 31: PANDEMICS
SECTION 32: NURSING CARE OFF THE GRID
SECTION 33: MENTAL HEALTH
SECTION 34: MEDICATIONS
ESSENTIAL OVER-THE-COUNTER MEDICATIONS-PAIN MEDICATIONS-NATURAL PAIN RELIEF
SECTION 35: ANTIBIOTICS
HOW TO USE ANTIBIOTICS-WHICH AND HOW MANY?-EXPIRATION DATES-PROPER STORAGE Of MEDICINES
When medical personnel are overwhelmed and modern technology is non-existent, The Survival Medicine Handbook is THE essential book for your home library.

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Description

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Doom and Bloom, LLC; 4th edition (August 24, 2021)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 694 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0988872501
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0988872509
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.53 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8 x 1.57 x 10 inches
  • UNSPSC-Code : 55101500 (Printed publications) Report an incorrect code

Review

“I have known and worked with the Joe and Amy Alton for over10 years now. They have been an invaluable resource to my community at TheSurvival Podcast. I know of no other individuals who have done as much toeducate the prepper community as to medical preparedness.”-Jack Spirko,Owner and Founder of The Survival Podcast

“You can’t purchase medical preparedness like you can buyother survival and preparedness gear.Medical preparedness is 90% knowledge and know-how! That is why I alwayssay, the first book any prepper should own is The Survival Medical Handbook byDr. Joe and Amy Alton!”-Todd Sepulveda, Founder, The Prepper Website

“As a person responsible for many people. I keep mySurvival Medicine Handbook nearby. Ifyou’re not a medical provider, this book will help you keep someone alive untilhelp arrives. Kudos to Joe and Amy for their dedication to teaching austeremedicine through their podcasts and publications.”-Scott Hunt, Author,Owner of Practical Preppers

I’ve relied on Joe and Amy Alton for timely andimportant medical articles for more than 20 years. They increase themagazine’s value, and they are a part of the reason we are not simply read andtossed, but read and kept in a drawer for later rereading.”-Dave Duffy, Founderand Editor Emeritus, Backwoods Home Magazine

“Joe and Amy Alton have long been my preferred source forany information related to medical issues in austere settings. TheirSurvival Medicine Handbook (4th edition) should be in every prepper library.They cover a huge range of topics, with easy to follow and understand steps fordiagnosis and treatment for when the professionals aren’t available. I simplycannot recommend this book highly enough.”-Jim Cobb, Editor-in-Chief, PrepperSurvival Guide Magazine

From the Author

In researching the fourth edition, we looked at everyindividual medical problem likely to confront the medically responsible personin the family. How could we teach a non-medical person to approach that problemin an effective but simple way?

We considered what medical supplies they would need and howto use them. For long-term disasters, we found natural alternatives that wouldhelp when the conventional medicines ran out. More importantly, we figured outstrategies to do something even more important: How to prevent medicalproblems. Prevention will save the family medic both headaches and heartaches.

It wasn’t easy for a doctor and nurse practitioner to writea medical book that didn’t advise you to head for the nearest hospital orclinic every single time an emergency occurs. Many times, we had to dig intoour collection of 19th century medical books to find methods that might beuseful off-the-grid. We realized that many of these methods weren’t superior towhat modern medicine has to offer. To be honest, some were downright obsolete. Despitethis, we found a number of our ancestors’ strategies that might be useful in afuture catastrophe.

When the first book was published, we expected that,perhaps, a hundred people might obtain a copy. Imagine our shock when thenumber reached so many more! We greatly underestimated the number of peopleconcerned about the risk of both natural and man-made disasters, epidemics, andterrorist attacks.

Seeing that so many already realize the need for medicalpreparedness, the Fourth Edition of the Survival Medicine Handbook spends lesstime trying to make the case for it than previous versions. Instead, the bookcovers more issues than ever before and covers almost every subject in moredetail. Every topic is meant to help the family medic identify, treat, and/orprevent sickness and injury in austere settings. This may sometimes veerfrom a purely medical aspect, but also include common-sense advice.

The sheer amount of information made the Fourth Edition toocumbersome, so you might notice this book is physically larger. This wasnecessary, as every section has been updated or amended in some way. We hopethat this book will serve as a useful reference guide for your family.

We have always known that whoever accepts responsibility fortheir family’s well-being in uncertain times is a very special person. We hopethat this book will be a useful tool in making them effective in their role asmedical resource. As always, we’re committed to helping them accomplish theultimate goal in survival: To keep it together, even if everything else fallsapart.

From the Back Cover

NY Times andAmazon bestselling authors JOE ALTON, MD and AMY ALTON, APRN are on a mission:to put a medically prepared person in every family.

In naturaldisasters, epidemics, and civil unrest, the ambulance might not be heading inyour direction when needed. In a world where modern hospitals are overwhelmedor don’t exist due to a catastrophe, you might become the highestmedical asset left to your family. Are you prepared to deal with medical issuesif the rescue helicopter isn’t just over the horizon?

The FOURTHEDITION of the bestselling book excellence award® winner in medicine THESURVIVAL MEDICINE HANDBOOK™ is a comprehensive guide to help the averageperson keep their loved ones healthy in any situation where help is noton the way.

The SURVIVALMEDICINE HANDBOOK’S fourthedition, greatly expanded and revised, is a unique book that seeks to findstrategies that would work when modern medicine isn’t an option. It combinesconventional and alternative medicine to give you all the tools you’ll need tosucceed, even if everything else fails. Written in language anyone canunderstand, THE SURVIVAL MEDICINE HANDBOOK hopes to impart not just theknowledge, but the judgment necessary to be an effective caregiver off thegrid.

With the FourthEdition of THE SURVIVAL MEDICINE HANDBOOK, the family medic will becomeeffective in their role and, have no doubt, save lives in the uncertain future.Begin your journey on the road to medical preparedness today!

About the Author

Joseph Alton MD, FACOG, FACS

Joseph Alton MD, FACOG, FACSpracticed as a board-certified Obstetrician and Pelvic Surgeon for close to 25years before retiring to devote his efforts to preparing families medically fordisaster and other austere scenarios. A Life Fellow of the American College ofObstetrics and Gynecology and retired Fellow of the American College ofSurgeons, he is a NY Times bestselling author and contributor to well- knownmagazines in the survival, preparedness, and homesteading genres. He speaks atpreparedness conferences throughout the country on the topic of medicalreadiness. A member of MENSA, Dr. Alton collects medical books from the 19thcentury to gain insight into off-grid medical strategies.

Amy AltonAPRN, CNM

Amy Alton APRN,CNM is a Nurse Practitioner and a Certified Nurse-Midwife. She has had years ofexperience working as a Nurse Practitioner in large teaching institutions aswell as smaller, family-oriented hospitals. She designs quality medical kits  and lectures frequently on disaster medical supplies.Amy has extensive medicinal herb gardens and works to include natural remediesinto her strategies.

Dr. and Ms. Altonare graduates of the Master Gardener program through their state’s agriculturalextension office. They are also proficient in aquaculture and have cultivatedaquaponic, raised bed, and container gardens. As “Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy,”they host the award-winning survival website and producevideo and radio programs under the Doom and Bloom® label.

Dr. and Ms. Altonhave a simple mission: To put a medically prepared person in every family forany disaster. They know that, to accomplish their mission, the average personmust learn to use all the tools in the medical woodshed. The Altons areconvinced that a medically prepared family will have the best chance tosucceed, even if everything else fails.

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