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Survival Medicine Hour: Surviving Fires, Making Normal Saline, Wound Decisions

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In this episode of the Doom and Bloom(tm) Survival Medicine Hour, Joe and Amy Alton, aka Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy discuss the recent 3-building blaze in NYC, the nature of fires, and how to survive one. Also, Dr. Bones tells you how to make normal saline solution for irrigation of wounds, and Nurse Amy tells you went to close a wound and when to leave it open. Finally, Dr. Bones goes out on a limb with his recommendation to replace the standard handshake with fist bumps?! Hear him out, there's hard data supporting it!

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Survival Medicine Hour: Surviving Fires, Making Normal Saline, Wound Decisions

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