Not a bad boo kid you are just starting out or looking to prep for an isolated incident. A lot of good information on what to have on hand to get you through a few weeks. Some good detail on what to look for and written in an easy to understand way.

If you are looking for alternative medicines to use once what you are used to is gone in an extreme situation, this doesn't have much to offer you. While a good reference, it's not much help pin a real off-grid scenario with no access to what you are used to.

If you are looking for a book to give you list of medicines and their uses while you are standing in a fully stocked pharmacy, this is the book you want. If you are looking for a book that will give you options in a non-perfect world, keep looking. I was looking for something more like zombie apocalypse help, and I got what to do when life is wonderfully fabulous. It is just not what I thought it would be.

William W. Forgey, M.D., gives the basics of urgent medical care that can be easily referenced in an emergency. While you really should try to read through the book to know the basics before an emergency, the page numbers of each scenario are clearly listed and the language is simple with clear explanations perfect for someone frantic in an emergency.

When I requested this ARC a couple of months ago, I had no idea how relevant it would feel today. Basically a guide to diagnosis and providing first aid off the grid. The chapter on infectious diseases was particularly interesting reading. This will definitely be a popular volume at my public library, where we already had preppers in the community, and will probably have many more post-COVID-19 quarantine.

A good medical reference guide for those who feel safe only when prepared for the worst. It is a very interesting read, even if you are not a dedicated prepper, you'll find many good ideas for your own readiness pantries. The author obviously spent considerable time and effort to share the medical knowledge he has accumulated during his career. I enjoyed the guide and have already shared much of the information with my family and friends. Definitely worth the reading time.

An all too timely resource given the current worldwide COVID19 crisis. Not field medicine, but medicine for the prepared home.

Very thorough and well written. A little extreme in places, or unreasonable unless having years to prepare, but a really good guide to have. I wish there was a little more on plant remedies, but there is a section of uses for a few different herbs/plants.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an advanced reader copy in exchange for a fair review. These opinions are my own.

It's important to note what this book is and what it isn't. This is a book written by an older conventional medical doctor about how to do conventional medicine in the wild or after some sort of doomsday scenario such as a nuclear war. It relies almost exclusively on prescription and over the counter medicines, and recommends that you purchase and assemble a very complete medical kit of supplies and medicines to use with this book. It is NOT a "here's what to do on the fly if you get sick or hurt and can't get to the doctor" kind of book. It assumes you will prepare for whatever is coming by buying the many prescription and non-prescription conventional medications that a conventional Western doctor would prescribe and then use them as he instructs.

The only mention of anything alternative at all is a list of 11 plants that others consider helpful such as garlic and rosemary, with a few words describing what general help they are, at the end of the book. It's less than a page and not even complete sentences (example: "Mint: stimulant, digestive"). There are no wild plants, herbs or alternative remedies mentioned at all, not even standard ones like making a plantain leaf poultice to quickly and effectively treat an insect sting. Even therapies used by doctors in developing countries are not discussed, such as the use of honey to treat burns or varicella (chicken pox) blisters, which numerous medical studies have shown is a highly effective treatment much more likely to be handy in a prepper scenario than the medical supplies he lists.

Antibiotics are recommended so often and for so many ailments that you're not likely to have any friendly bacteria left a month into doomsday.

If this is what you're after, this is a very thorough book. For me, it was less helpful.

I read a temporary digital ARC of this book for the purpose of review.