Survival Medicine Hour: Diseases crossing the border, gunshot wounds, and more

07/12/14 • 56 min

In this episode of the Doom and Bloom(tm) Survival Medicine Hour, Joe and Amy Alton, aka Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy, discuss some diseases that are making it across the border in the recent immigrant crisis, new self-guiding technology in small arms, gun shot wound kit essentials, and the ill effects of sleep procrastination...

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