Top Ten Essential Medical Preparedness Books That Could Save Your Life!

  1. The Ultimate Survival Medicine Handbook by Joseph Alton M.D. and his Nurse wife Amy Alton
  2. Living Ready Pocket Manuel: First Aid Fundamentals for Survival by James Hubbard
  3. The Complete Medicinal Herbal: A Practical Guide to the Healing Properties of Herbs by Penelope Ody
  4. Where There is No Doctor by David Werner
  5. Where There is No Dentist by Murray Dickson
  6. A Book for Midwives: Care for Pregnancy, Birth, and Women’s Health by Sheila Kitzinger
  7. Ditch Medicine: Advanced Field Procedures for Emergencies by Hugh Coffee
  8. Wilderness Medicine: Beyond First Aid by William W. Forgey
  9. The Survival Medicine Handbook: A Guide for When Help is NOT On The Way by Joseph Alton M.D. and his Nurse wife Amy Alton
  10. The Modern Herbal Dispensatory: A Medicine-Making Guide for Herbalists by Thomas Easley and Steven Horne

***DON’T FORGET: Nurse’s PDFs; Wilderness First Responder manuals

Ready for Anything: The Top Ten Must-Read Books for Ultimate Preparedness

Top Ten Preparedness Books: 

  1. The Disaster Preparedness Handbook-by Arthur T. Bradley 
  1. How to Survive The End of The World As We Know It-by James Wesley Rawles 
  1. Build the Perfect Bug Out Survival Skills-by Creek Stewart 
  1. The Prepper’s Blueprint-by Tess Pennington 
  1. Where There is No Doctor-by David Werner, Carol Thuman, Jane Maxwell 
  1. The Ultimate Survival Medicine Guide-by Joseph Alton, MD 
  1. Emergency War Surgery-by the U.S. Department of the Army 
  1. The Ultimate Guide to Wilderness Living-by John McPherson and Geri McPherson 
  1. The Complete Guide to Emergency First Aid-by Paul McCarty 
  1. Nuclear War Survival Skills-by Cresson Kearney 

Honorable mentions and other books to have on hand:

Nurses PDFs 

Preparedness/Survival Fiction: Any books written by James Wesley Rawles 

Down and Dirty Old School Preparedness: Any old books by Ragnar Benson such as Survival Poaching 

Medical Information: Any material by Joseph Alton, MD and his wife; Where There is No Dentist-by Murray Dickson 

Homesteading/Long-Term Survival: The Encyclopedia of Country Living-by Carla Emery

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