The Survival Doctor's Guide to Emergencies: A Physician's Advice on Being Prepared Anytime, Anywhere

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The Survival Doctor's Guide to Emergencies teaches laypeople step-by-step essentials to medical care during a crisis. Most of us want to be self-reliant and in control of our fate as much as possible. We worry about what can go wrong and whether we're doing the right thing to fix it when it does. Everyone should-and most want to-know medicine basics for times of crisis when there's no phone, no internet and little time. The Survival Doctor's Guide to Emergencies will show what to do for everything from stopping a bleeding to delivering a baby. "The Survival Doctor" will provide instruction if you have few or no medical supplies. Topics for instance are: * Prevention: How to use duct tape to prevent blisters and how to keep a wound from getting infected. * Injuries: How to stop a deep cut from bleeding and clean it. What never to put on a burn. How to prevent paralysis in a neck injury, set a broken arm, put a dislocated joint back into place, and make your own crutches. * The elements: How to prevent or treat hyperthermia, hypothermia, frostbite, and drowning. The best way to climb out of an ice hole. * Water: How to conserve it in your body and make unclean water drinkable with just a few easy steps. Many individuals and families are concerned about short-term and long-term survival in the face of disasters. "The Survival Doctor" provides the best preparation-knowledge.

James Hubbard, MD, MPH aka "The Survival Doctor" grew up hunting in Mississippi with his dad, a police officer. He'd spend many hours in a deer blind but what he liked to do was fix things. After over thirty years of family medical practice, James has combined his medical training with his outdoorsy roots. He is the founder of the popular blog TheSurvivalDoctor.com which garners over 750,000 viewers per month. He resides in Colorado Springs, CO.