Survival Medicine Hour: Jim Rawles, Trauma, Collapsed Lungs, More

01/17/16 • 56 min

Survival scenarios come with an increased risk of major trauma. Gunshot and knife wounds can lead to life-threatening chest wounds. Joe Alton, MD discusses options with faced with rib fractures and collapsed lungs (pneumothorax) in these situations. Also, a new virus has made its way across the Atlantic and is causing birth defects in thousands of newborns in Brazil and other countries. Find out more in Dr. Alton's report. Plus, famed author James Wesley, Rawles discusses the idea of a Christian refuge nation in his new novel "Land of Promise", and discusses the recent stock market woes as they pertain to a possible future economic collapse, all in the latest episode of the Survival Medicine Hour with Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy.

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