The Survival Medicine Handbook · A Guide for When Help Is Not on the Way by Alton, Joseph -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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TABLE OF CONTENTS DISCLAIMER DEDICATIONS ABOUT THE AUTHORS PREFACE: THE SECOND EDITION

• TAKING RESPONSIBILITY • WHAT THIS BOOK ISN’T

INTRODUCTION: ARE YOU NORMAL? SECTION 1: PRINCIPLES OF MEDICAL PREPAREDNESS

• DOOM AND BLOOM VS.DOOM AND GLOOM • BAD NEWS AND GOOD NEWS • HISTORY OF PREPAREDNESS • MEDICAL PREPAREDNESS • THE CONCEPT OF INTEGRATED MEDICINE • WILDERNESS MEDICINE VS. • THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY

-Practice What You Preach

SECTION 2: BECOMING A MEDICAL RESOURCE

• THE SURVIVAL MEDIC • THE STATUS ASSESSMENT

-Responsibilities -Scenarios -How Many People? -Special Needs? -Physical Environment -How Long? -Obtaining knowledge -Obtaining Training?

• LIKELY MEDICAL ISSUES YOU WILL FACE • MEDICAL SKILLS YOU WILL WANT TO LEARN • MEDICAL SUPPLIES

-Sterile vs. clean -Personal carry Kit (IFAK) -Nuclear family kit -Medic at Away Camp List -Community clinic supply kit

• NATURAL REMEDIES:A PRIMER • ESSENTIAL OILS • THE MEDICINAL GARDEN • THE PHYSICAL EXAM • THE MASS CASUALTY INCIDENT

-S.T.A.R.T. -Primary Triage: MCI scenario -MCI scenario results

• PATIENT TRANSPORT • THE IMPORTANCE OF PATIENT ADVOCATES

SECTION 3: HYGIENE AND SANITATION

• HYGEINE-RELATED MEDICAL ISSUES • LICE, TICKS, AND WORMS • DENTAL ISSUES

-How teeth decay -Toothache -Dental fractures -Subluxations and Avulsions -Dental extraction

• RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS

-Colds vs. influenza -Guide to protective masks

• FOOD AND WATER-BORNE ILLNESS

-Sterilizing water -Sterilizing food

• DIARRHEAL DISEASE AND DEHYDRATION

-Rehydration

• DEALING WITH SEWAGE ISSUES • FOOD POISONING

SECTION 4: INFECTIONS

• APPENDICITIS AND CONDITIONS THAT MIMIC IT

-Tubal pregnancy -Diverticulitis -Pelvic inflammatory disease -Ovarian cysts

• URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS • HEPATITIS • PELVIC AND VAGINAL INFECTIONS • CELLULITIS • ABSCESSES • TETANUS • MOSQUITO BORNE ILLNESS

SECTION 5: ENVIRON MENTAL FACTORS

• HYPERTHERMIA (HEAT STROKE) • HYPOTHERMIA

-Prevention -Frostbite and Immersion (trench) foot -Cold water safety -Falling through the ice

• ALTITUDE SICKNESS • WILDFIRE PREPAREDNESS

-Smoke inhalation

• TORNADO PREPAREDNESS • HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS • EARTHQUAKES PREPAREDNESS • ALLERGIC REACTIONS

-Minor and chronic allergies -Hay Fever -Asthma -Anaphylactic reactions

• POISON IVY, OAK, AND SUMAC • RADIATION SICKNESS • BIOLOGICAL WARFARE

SECTION 6: INJURIES

• MINOR WOUNDS • MAJOR AND HEMORRHAGIC WOUNDS

-Commercial blood clotting agents

• SOFT TISSUE WOUND CARE • WOUND CLOSURE

-Tapes, glues, and sutures -All about sutures -When to close/leave open a wound

• LOCAL ANESTHESIA AND NERVE BLOCKS

-Radial (wrist) blocks -Digital (finger) blocks

• HOW TO SUTURE SKIN • HOW TO STAPLE SKIN

-Staples vs. sutures

• BLISTERS, SPLINTERS, AND FISHHOOKS

-Foot Care

• NAILBED INJURIES • BURN INJURIES

-First degree burns -Second-degree burns -Third-degree burns -Natural burn remedies

• ANIMAL BITES • SNAKE BITES • INSECT BITES AND STINGS

-Bee/wasp -Spiders -Scorpions -Fire Ants -Bedbugs

• HEAD INJURIES • SPRAINS AND STRAINS • DISLOCATIONS • FRACTURES

-Rib fractures and pneumothorax

• AMPUTATION

SECTION 7: CHRONIC MEDICAL PROBLEMS

• THYROID DISEASE

-Hyperthyroidism -Hypothyroidism

• DIABETES • HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE

-Taking a blood pressure

• HEART DISEASE AND CHEST PAIN

-Cholesterol issues

• ULCER AND ACID REFLUX DISEASE • SEIZURE DISORDERS

-When a person collapses

• JOINT DISEASE

-Arthritis types -Natural therapy for joint disease

• KIDNEY AND GALL BLADDER STONES • DERMATITIS (SKIN RASHES) • VARICOSE VEINS

SECTION 8: OTHER IMPORTANT MEDICAL ISSUES

• CPR IN A COLLAPSE SITUATION

-Airway obstruction

• HEADACHE

-Headache Types -Natural headache relief

• EYE CARE

-infections of the eye -eye trauma -The “broken” nose

• EARACHE

-Ear infections -Other ear problems

• HEMORRHOIDS • BIRTH CONTROL, PREGNANCY, AND DELIVERY

-How to prevent pregnancy -Pregnancy care basics -Delivery

• ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION • SLEEP DEPRIVATION

SECTION 9: MEDICATIONS

• ESSENTIAL OVER-THE-COUNTER DRUGS • PAIN MEDICATIONS • NATURAL PAIN RELIEF • STOCKPILING MEDICATIONS

-Antibiotic options -Antibiotic overuse -Other medicines

• HOW TO USE ANTIBIOTICS

-Amoxicillin -Ciprofloxacin -Doxycycline -Azithromycin -Clindamycin -Metronidazole -Sulfa Drugs -Ampicillin -Antifungal medications -Antiviral medications

• EXPIRATION DATES • AN OPEN LETTER TO PHYSICIANS

SECTION 10: REFERENCES PRINT AND VIDEO REFERENCES GLOSSARY OF MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY

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