Many of us have issues with insomnia in normal times. In disaster settings, your chances to get a good night’s sleep plummet eve further as the stress, increased duties, and even hostile actors wreak havoc on your life. Those who are sleep-deprived are less alert and prone to mistakes in judgment that can impact their chances of survival. In this video, Dr. Joe Alton tells you all you need to know about sleep deprivation and what strategies exist that might help, even in tough times.

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Wishing you the best of health in good times or bad,

Joe Alton MD

Find out more about sleep deprivation and 200 other medical topics off the grid in the Book Excellence Award winner in Medicine, The Survival Medicine Handbook: The Essential Guide For When Help Is NOT On The Way. Plus, check out quality medical kits for beach outing and other scenarios at store.doomandbloom.net.



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