Monday, June 9, 2014

Weekly Book Bonanza: Week 2 The Doom and Bloom Survival Medicine Handbook - First Edition


This book is on my absolute must have list. So much so that I wish I could enter this giveaway. But I cannot. I wish you all good luck. If you do not win, this is one book that I strongly encourage you to consider getting.

Week #2 or the Giveaway Extravaganza Weekly Book Bonanza is The Doom and Bloom Survival Medicine Handbook - First Edition.  Keep your Loved Ones Healthy in Every Disaster, from Wildfires to a Complete Societal Collapse.

Written by Joseph Alton, M.D. & Amy Alton A.R.N.P. (aka: Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy of DoomandBloom.net) with the precision of those in the medical field yet in terms any laymen can readily understand, this book covers a wide array of topics! It is an easy read and well formatted for finding what you need to learn.  Every family should have at best a foundation for emergency medical situations.  This book goes beyond the foundation but lays stable ground work on which to build as well.

It is well laid out to compartmentalize issues as you learn how you might be able to treat them.  Sections include:  'Principles of Medical Preparedness', 'Becoming a Medical Resource','Hygiene, Sanitation and Environment', 'Infections', 'Environmental Factors', 'Injuries and Reactions', ' Chronic Medical Problems' and 'Other Important Medical Issues' such as nosebleeds, stockpiling medication, etc.

Each section within The Doom and Bloom Survival Medicine Handbook - First Edition  has multiple sub-sections to help you become better equipped to handle the incidents that can occur during disaster.  From Cellulitis to Snake bites, Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy address so many things in this 419 page book. Many of the things of which you may not have been aware!    The book also includes a Glossary (which can be very helpful to a novice or those unfamiliar with medical terms) and other Medical References.While here is a Second Edition:The Survival Medicine Handbook: A Guide for When Help is Not on the Way  the one we are giving away, is the building blocks to address almost every given emergency and should not be overlooked for the newer version.
This Giveaway is for a first edition copy (The Doom and Bloom Survival Medicine Handbook - First Edition ) which retails on Amazon for about $30.00 before shipping.  Wouldn't it be a great addition to your preparedness library?  You bet it would!  So enter below.

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