Survival n art f maintaining lf, nd n th regard, u mut bm n xrt. Of ur, t nt fr a mn t survive n th wd wthut any certain kll nd experience. If you wnt into th wd on purpose, for example, for a mng, you rbbl tkd a knife, a m, fd nd wrm lth. But thr r lw some mrgn situations, for xml when u jut get lost nd hv t survive extremely ut f your rgnl plan. How huld u do in that ?
Survvl kll are thnu tht a rn may u in order t sustain lf in n t f natural nvrnmnt r bult environment. Th thnu are mnt t rvd b necessities fr humn lf whh nlud water, food, nd hltr. Th skills l urt rr knwldg nd interactions with nml and plants t rmt the utnng of lf vr a period f time. Survival kll r often td with the need to survive n a dtr tutn.
Survvl skills r ftn b ideas and blt tht nnt nvntd nd used themselves fr thund f r.
Outdr tvt such as hkng, bkkng, hrbk rdng, fishing, nd hunting ll rur b wilderness urvvl skills, ll n hndlng mrgn tutn. Buhrft nd primitive lvng r most ftn self-implemented but require mn f the m kll.
Frt Aid
First d (wldrn frt d n particular) n hl a rn urvv nd function wth injuries nd lln tht wuld thrw kll r incapacitate hm/hr. Cmmn and dangerous injuries include:
Bites from snakes, dr nd thr wld nml
Bn frtur
Burn
Drwn
Headache
Hrt attack
Hmrrhg
Hthrm nd hyperthermia
Inftn thrugh food, animal ntt, r drinking non-potable water
Pnng from numtn f, r contact with, poisonous lnt r poisonous fung
Srn, rtulrl f th nkl
Vmtng
Wund, whh m become nftd
Th survivor m nd t l th contents of a frt d kit or, if ng the rurd knwldg, nturll urrng mdnl lnt, mmblz njurd lmb, or even trnrt nttd mrd.
Shltr
Mn l who r forced nt urvvl tutn ftn hv a rk f danger because f direct exposure t th elements. Mt l n urvvl tutn d f h/hrthrm, r nml ttk. A hltr n rng from a natural shelter, uh a v, overhanging rk utr, or fallen-down tree, t an ntrmdt frm f man-made hltr such as a dbr hut, tree pit shelter, r snow v, to mltl man-made structures such a tr, tnt, r lnghu. It ntd tht m mmn properties btwn these structures r:
- Ltn (w from hazards, uh as lff; and nrb mtrl, like fd sources)
- Inultn (from grund, rn, wnd, r, r sun)
- Heat Source (thr bd heat or fire-heated)
- Prnl r Gru Shltr (hvng multiple individuals)
How T Survv Gttng Lost In Th Wd
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