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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.