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Medical

The rule of Three is - 3 min without breathing, 3 hours exposure without shelter, 3 days without water, 3 weeks without food

Nip any possible medical problems in the bud and prevention is key

Mold skin and or foam is good for preventing blisters from rupturing

Treat sprains as breaks, check bandages every 15 min at most

Wear good hiking or army boots with dry socks


Do’s and Don’ts


Survival is war, anything goes and is done for survival and not amusement

Know your knots

Cotton is bad, Its is better than nakedness when wet and cold, Use Polyester or a blend, non natural ingredients in clothing

Wear non natural colors such as florescent yellow, orange, or pink. Flower petal colors can attract pollinating insects.

Signaling with a mirror without a hole, put to your face to the side of the dominant eye, and aim light between the outstretched fingers to aim, signal towards civilized areas (telephone poles, city lights, towers, etc – use threes as the international signal for help)

Use wire or something similar to tie to Chem. Lights and twirl them in wide circles to increase visibility, from above or horizontally

Make two kits, one extremely small, one large for urban emergencies

Pack NO FOOD in survival kits to avoid predators that smell your food, survival tend to ignore food issues because you can live 4 weeks without it, so it is really impracticable to include food in kit for emergency, long term survival is a different matter

Baking soda tooth paste or one that has no sweeteners avoid predator encounter as well

Your mind is your savior as well as your worst enemy, keep yourself busy even if it is wrong (can be corrected) and do not dwell on fear based issues or “analysis paralysis” can result, stay busy and mentally occupied

Never bank on one option for survival, always have one or two contingency plans, cover all your bases

Don’t expect to sleep at night, night is the toughest time in your survival, surviving the night is your goal, finding comfort is slim odds, multiples can sleep in shifts, most mental mind ***** happen at night, attitude is everything here, morning usually brings an emotional surge of optimist, sleeping during the day is warmer, safer etc

Shirt (or similar) = ace bandage

Use predetermined family secrets or code words to find children with or to pass onto SAR personnel

Fast moving cold water is ideal for drinking, if caught in river avoid things you can go under as you travel downstream

For magnetic protection use cotton cloth, wrapped with foil in several layers to protect batteries, compass, radio or any electrical equipment from magnetic damage

Use the buddy system

Bury Feces in a make shift latrine


Disasters

2 weeks is the average time for ground fallout before it is safe to go outside etc

ground fallout appears as sand which is very dangerous, do not kick it up into the air and breath it, to clear an area of radioactive material, remove the sand



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