Survival Medicine Hour: Chikungunya, Antibiotics, Tourniquets

01/03/15 • 56 min

In this episode of the Doom and Bloom (tm) Survival Medicine Hour, the Altons discuss the viral illness that rages on in the Caribbean and South America, with 2000 U.S. cases in 2014: Chikungunya Virus. Also, Dr. Bones (Joe Alton, M.D.) discusses new thinking about tourniquets as well as the important survival antibiotic Metronidazole (Fish-Zole).

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