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The Ultimate Survival Medicine Guide: Emergency Preparedness for ANY Disaster
The Ultimate Survival Medicine Guide: Emergency Preparedness for any Disaster is the new abridged version of the bestselling book The Survival Medicine Handbook . This unique medical book is meant to enable the average person to handle injuries and illness in situations in which modern medical facilities and professionals aren’t available due to a disaster. This book is written by America’s top medical preparedness experts: Joe Alton, MD, and Amy Alton, ARNP. Their mission: to put a medically prepared person in every family for when medical help is not on the way. Using decades of medical experience, they address, in plain language, dozens of medical issues associated with surviving disasters and epidemics. The Altons also discuss the medical supplies needed to become a medical asset to your family and community as well as alternative and natural strategies for when pharmaceuticals aren’t available. Most medical books will send you to the doctor or hospital when an emergency happens. The Ultimate Survival Medicine Guide assumes what might actually happen—that the average person could be left without medical help in a disaster. With this unique book, you’ll have a head start on keeping your family healthy in times of trouble.
About This Book
The Ultimate Survival Medicine Guide: Emergency Preparedness for any Disaster is the new abridged version of the bestselling book The Survival Medicine Handbook . This unique medical book is meant to enable the average person to handle injuries and illness in situations in which modern medical facilities and professionals aren’t available due to a disaster. This book is written by America’s top medical preparedness experts: Joe Alton, MD, and Amy Alton, ARNP. Their mission: to put a medically prepared person in every family for when medical help is not on the way. Using decades of medical experience, they address, in plain language, dozens of medical issues associated with surviving disasters and epidemics. The Altons also discuss the medical supplies needed to become a medical asset to your family and community as well as alternative and natural strategies for when pharmaceuticals aren’t available. Most medical books will send you to the doctor or hospital when an emergency happens. The Ultimate Survival Medicine Guide assumes what might actually happen—that the average person could be left without medical help in a disaster. With this unique book, you’ll have a head start on keeping your family healthy in times of trouble. Read more
| ISBN-13 | 9781629147703 |
| ISBN-10 | 1629147702 |
| Publisher | Skyhorse |
| Publication Date | August 2015 |
| Edition | 1 |
| Pages | 328 |
| Language | English |
| Dimensions | 6 x 0.8 x 9 inches |
| Weight | 1.5 pounds |
Expert Analysis & Insights
In-depth editorial assessment across key dimensions
Highly practical focus on improvisation, stockpiling, natural alternatives, and transport when no help exists. Candid about real-world constraints.
Ideal for preppers, campers, and families building a home medical kit; supplement with a full survival medicine handbook.
Includes an index, glossary, and emergency contacts for quick look-up. Portable paperback format suits a go-bag library.
Keep at home for pre-disaster review; in the field, rely on a laminated quick-reference card alongside this book.
Written in clear, conversational style that promotes retention. Many readers find it entertaining and easy to digest.
Good for self-motivated learners who absorb information well via text; use in tandem with illustrated field guides.
Well-structured table of contents progresses from principles to specific conditions and medications, mirroring a short course in survival medicine.
Could serve as a self-study outline for prepper groups, but requires companion materials and practical skill stations.
Authors are respected medical professionals who ground advice in practical, if austere, clinical reasoning. Emphasizes interventions only for when no professional care is available.
Useful for healthcare providers designing community disaster protocols in remote settings, not as a standalone clinical guideline.
