At least 98% of the content in both versions comes from the blog. However, the books contain only the information you need to care for your family. I omitted the vast majority of the personal accounts so that the text reads much more like a handbook. I tightened up the writing to reduce the number of pages as much as possible while still containing all the critical information. The manuscript has been proofread by three different people. Hopefully they caught all the typos. There are endnotes and a substantial index so that you can locate information quickly and do further research if desired. And still, the book is 450 pages.
I understand that the budget for preparedness is limited, and it gets more limited as food costs spiral upward. It's really important to me that every family prepare as well as possible, and so the information here is free. If you can't afford to buy a copy of the book, you can copy, paste, and print whatever articles you wish, and in the order they appear in the book. It may take half a ream of paper, plus the ink, to do it all.
- INTRODUCTION
- SECTION 1—BASIC HEALTH AND NUTRITION
- 1. UNDERSTANDING THE RATIONING OF MEDICAL CARE AND SUPPLIES (6-23-20)
- 2. THE GREATEST MEDICAL ADVANCES IN HISTORY
- 3. WATER
- BOILING
- BLEACH
- CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE
- WATER PURIFICATION TABLETS
- SOLAR DISINFECTION
- IODINE
- COMPARISON OF WATER PURIFICATION METHODS
- 4. HYGIENE
- A. HANDWASHING
- B. HAND SANITIZER
- C. QUARANTINE
- D. ISOLATION
- E. CLEANING
- F. DISINFECTING
- G. STERILIZING
- H. STERILIZING MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS
- I. WRAPPING MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS AND SUPPLIES FOR STERILIZATION
- 5. NUTRITION
- SECTION 2—MEDICATIONS AND SUPPLIES
- 6. NON-PRESCRIPTION OVER-THE-COUNTER (OTC) MEDICATIONS
- ANESTHETICS
- ANTACIDS
- ANTI-DIARRHEAL MEDICATIONS
- ANTIFUNGALS
- ANTIHISTAMINES
- ANTI-NAUSEA
- COLD AND COUGH MEDICATIONS
- EPINEPHRINE
- PAIN RELIEVERS
- SHELF LIFE OF EXPIRED MEDICATIONS
- ALTERNATIVE METHODS FOR ADMINISTERING MEDICATIONS (6-11-20)
- 7. PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS—ANTIBIOTICS, ANTIFUNGALS, ANTHELMINTHS
- ANTIBIOTICS
- Antibiotic Acquisition Chart
- Amoxicillin
- Augmentin
- Cipro
- Doxycycline
- Keflex (6-2-20)
- Metronidazole (6-30-20)
- Penicillin
- Allergic to Penicillin?
- Tetracycline
- ANTI-FUNGALS
- ANTHELMINTHS
- Ivermectin (6-16-20)
- Mebendazole
- PRESCRIPTION BOTTLE SHORTHAND DECODER
- 8. EXPENDABLE SUPPLIES
- CHEMICAL LIGHT STICKS
- COLD PACKS
- COMPRESSED WASHCLOTHS
- DRESSINGS
- ENEMA BAGS (7-7-20)
- GLOVES AND MASKS
- HEMOSTATIC AGENTS
- SKIN PREPS AND WASHES
- Betadine
- Dakin's Solution (5-26-20)
- Rubbing Alcohol
- SUTURES
- TAPES
- WRAPS
- 9. REUSABLE SUPPLIES
- 10. IMPROVISATIONAL SUPPLIES
- 11. TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
- DIAGNOSTIC (5-19-20)
- LIGHTING
- Penlights (6-16-20)
- TREATMENT (6-9)
- 12. SUPPLY ACQUISITION
- SECTION 3—ILLNESS AND DISEASE
- 13. SUPPLIES FOR DERMATOLOGIC ISSUES
- 14. BITES AND VECTOR-BORNE ILLNESSES
- 15. COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
- TYPHUS
- YELLOW FEVER
- OTHER MOSQUITO-BORNE DISEASES
- 16. UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS
- COLDS, INFLUENZA, AND ILLNESSES THAT LOOK LIKE COLDS (6-3)
- COUGHS
- CROUP
- EAR INFECTIONS
- EUSTACHIAN TUBE DYSFUNCTION
- INFLUENZA (6-3)
- PINK EYE
- PNEUMONIA
- RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS
- STREP THROAT
- 17. GASTROINTESTINAL AND ABDOMINAL ISSUES
- FOOD POISONING
- Botulism
- E. coli
- Giardia (6-10)
- Listeria
- Norovirus
- Salmonella
- APPENDICITIS
- DIVERTICULAR DISEASE
- BEZOARS
- CHOLECYSTITIS
- CHOLANGITIS
- GALLSTONES
- ULCERS
- 18. UROGENITAL CONCERNS
- KIDNEY STONES
- URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS (6-17)
- SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES (6-24)
- 19. ENVIRONMENTAL INJURIES
- FROSTNIP AND FROSTBITE
- HYPOTHERMIA
- HYPERTHERMIA
- RADIATION
- 20. SELECTED CHRONIC CONDITIONS
- ASTHMA
- DIABETES TYPE 1
- DIABETES TYPE 2
- HYPOTHYROIDISM
- LIFE-THREATENING ALLERGIES
- SECTION 4—MEDICAL RECORDS
- 21. MEDICAL RECORDS
- PERSONAL MEDICAL RECORDS
- TAKING AND GIVING A PATIENT HISTORY
- ASSESSING A PATIENT
- 22. VITAL SIGNS (5-23)
- BLOOD TYPES
- SECTION 5—SAMPLE MEDICAL KITS
- 23.SMALL MEDICAL KITS
- 24. LARGE MEDICAL KITS
- SECTION 6—APPENDICES
- APPENDIX 1. RECOMMENDED READING
- ALTON’S ANTIBIOTICS AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE: The Layman’s Guide to AvailableAntibacterials in Austere Settings
- ARMAGEDDON MEDICINE
- SURVIVAL AND AUSTERE MEDICINE, 3RD EDITION
- THE SURVIVAL MEDICINE HANDBOOK
- HERBAL ANTIBIOTICS
- HERBAL ANTIVIRALS
- THE HERBAL MEDIC
- NUCLEAR WAR SURVIVAL SKILLS
- APPENDIX 2.
- THE MASTER MEDICAL SHOPPING LIST
- APPENDIX 3.
- TRADE AND GENERIC NAMES FOR COMMON MEDICATIONS (7-5
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