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Best Emergency-Preparedness Books

"The Survival Doctor's Guide to Wounds"by James Hubbard, M.D., M.P.H.

Kicking off National Preparedness Month, I asked some of my Facebook fans to recommend fiction and nonfiction books they like. I plan on making a permanent page for emergency-preparedness on the blog.

Here’s the list so far. I’ve added a few of my own. On the permanent page, I’ll be including the fans’ comments about the books. So please share what you think about these, or recommend other emergency-preparedness books and tell why you like them.

I’ll add your recommendations and comments to the permanent page, along with your name unless you tell me otherwise. The page will also link to the books. If you have a website, I’ll add that link as well.

Note: The permanent page has been created.
It’s evolving, so please keep adding your suggestions and reviews to this post.

General Preparedness

Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine: The Definitive Home Reference Guide to 550 Key Herbs with all their Uses as Remedies for Common Ailments, by Andrew Chevallier

SAS Survival Guide 2E: For any climate, for any situation, by John Wiseman

Survival Mom: How to Prepare Your Family for Everyday Disasters and Worst-Case Scenarios, by Lisa Bedford

When Technology Fails: A Manual for Self-Reliance, Sustainablity, and Surviving the Long Term Emergency, by Matthew Stein

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Medical Preparedness

The Doom and Bloom(tm) Survival Medicine Handbook: Keep your loved ones healthy in every disaster, from wildfires to a complete societal collapse, by Joseph Alton, M.D.

The Survival Doctor’s Guide to Wounds: What to Do When There is No Doctor, by James Hubbard, M.D., M.P.H.

The Survival Doctor’s Guide to Burns: What to Do When There is No Doctor, by James Hubbard, M.D., M.P.H.

Where There Is No Doctor, by David Warner, Jane Maxwell, and Carol Thuman

Fiction

Alas, Babylon, by Pat Frank

Breathe No Evil, by Stephen Quayle and Duncan Long

The Hunger Games trilogy, by Suzanne Collins

The Jakarta Pandemic, by Steven Konkoly

Little House on the Prairie series, by Laura Ingalls Wilder

My Side of the Mountain series and handbook, by Jean Craighead George

One Second After, by William Forstchen

The Pulse: A Novel of Surviving the Collapse of the Grid, by Scott B. Williams

The Road, by Cormack McCarthy

September 4th, 2012 | Tags: | Category: General
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  • Dale Petersen

    Survivors: A Novel of the Coming Collapse [Hardcover]
    James Wesley Rawles
    Patriots: Surviving the Coming Collapse [Hardcover]
    James Wesley Rawles
    I have read the “Patriots” By Rawles. The book takes you through making a group and selecting equipment and having a safe Place. There are instances of what can happen and what they did to prepare for some instances. I thought it was a great read for fiction and what to do to prepare for collapse. I have not read “Survivors” yet, but will as soon as I can get a copy.

    • http://www.thesurvivaldoctor.com James Hubbard, M.D., M.P.H.

      Thanks, Dale.

  • Marta

    Hi, by any chance do you have the books The Survival Doctor’s Guide to Wounds: What to Do When There is No Doctor and The Survival Doctor’s Guide to Burns: What to Do When There is No Doctor in book form not for an e-reader or did I miss the part that says it’s in book form? I do not have an e-reader nor do I have the desire to ever get one.

    • http://www.thesurvivaldoctor.com James Hubbard, M.D., M.P.H.

      Marta, you can go to amazon and download an app so you can download Kindle books on your computer, or you can go to http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/205639 and buy the book in pdf form, then print it from your computer.
      Thanks, and hope that helps.

  • David Rea

    One of my favourites is Pulling Through, by Dean Ing. Not only a great survival novel, but also has an appendix with step by step instructions for making devices which could save your butt in case of a nuclear war or accident. I also have fond memories of Pat Frank’s Alas, Babylon, even though I haven’t read it in about 35 years.

    • http://www.thesurvivaldoctor.com James Hubbard, M.D., M.P.H.

      Thanks, David.

  • Patty

    Homestead Survival sent Me. Great stuff to know !

    • http://www.thesurvivaldoctor.com James Hubbard, M.D., M.P.H.

      Thanks, Patty.

  • Paul Carroll
    • http://www.thesurvivaldoctor.com James Hubbard, M.D., M.P.H.

      Thanks, Paul.

  • Bonnie

    Here is a book that is worth reading for the prepper that is getting started. Emergency Preparedness and More, by Howard Godfrey.
    He describes ways to improvise whenever possible. He delivers information in a way that you can understand and even gives reviews on actual products. His information on food storage, water and equipment is straight forward. He tells you about different regions and how to get and filter water, has pictures of different equipment he has made and tells u how to make it. A must read book.

    • http://www.thesurvivaldoctor.com James Hubbard, M.D., M.P.H.

      Thanks, Bonnie.

  • http://www.thesurvivaldoctor.com James Hubbard, M.D., M.P.H.

    Great ideas, Nurse Laura. Thanks.

  • Nurse Laura

    Dr. Hubbard, I would add “Where There Is No Dentist” by Murray Dickson to your list. I also would recommend getting a guide on antibiotic usage. I have the “Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy ” by Gilbert, et al. As a long time nurse (42 years), I probably have a better idea than most lay folks, but even I like having the guide to help if your antibiotic supply is limited and you might need to know what will work best for UTI if you don’t have the first choice, etc. I am very organized and with the help of a physician prepper, made myself an excel spreadsheet which simplifies this information which can look daunting at first. The other recommendation I have other than the ones you mention is making your own books…by that I mean printing off articles, hints and ideas and keeping in a notebook. Since I am my family’s healthcare person in the event of TEOTWAWKI, I have a medical notebook I keep as well any reference books. Some folks may think this unnecessary, but if we have a grid down situation or EMP, we may not be able to use our computers or e books. When I find helpful info, I save on the computer, but print as well. my general TEOTWAWKI book includes everything from uses for WD 40 to how to decontaminate water, and my medical book includes such things as pediatric dosing and how to deliver a baby.

    • april

      Nurse Laura,
      Would you be willing to share your Excel doc?