I learned to appreciate the value of a poncho in my younger years, and to this day, I consider it a versatile piece of equipment that shouldn’t miss from your backpack. Regardless, if you’re a prepper, a survivalist, or just a camping enthusiast, the poncho will become your best friend in times of need.
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Emergency Field Care For Amputation Victims
Proper pre-hospital care for an amputation victim saves the life of the patient and provides the best chance of reattachment of the lost limb. However, you must know what you are doing before lending a helping hand. Otherwise, you could cause more harm than good.
The Challenges Of Fording When Venturing Into The Wilderness
Flooded streams and rivers present a formidable barrier to wilderness travel, and except for desert country, there is the likelihood that hikers will be confronted with fording. Fording requires experience, and it doesn’t worth putting your life at risk if you don’t know what you’re doing.
A Good PLAN Is All It Takes To Survive
Survival is the art of staying alive anywhere in the world. We are on survival from the time we are born, although with modern technology life is getting easier. Double glazing, central heating, good clothing, and food are all making us softer. These comforts can work against us in a survival situation, and you need a good PLAN to survive.
Tips To Good Optics Use When Hunting or Tracking
A spotting scope and a quality pair of binoculars are mandatory for the serious hunter and tracker. While making a quality purchase is the first step, there are some keys to good optics use in the field. There’s a long way from pulling out your binoculars and spotting your first kill of the day. Lear forward and learn how to use your optics in the field.
Splinting Techniques To Relieve Pain And Avoid Further Injury
The scope of this article is to give you an introduction to splinting techniques and materials. These guidelines are intended to be used when dealing with fractures of the arms or legs. Since medical aid will not always be available, it is worth learning as much as possible about taking care of yourself in an austere environment.
Escape Route Planning For When It Hits The Fan
In October 2016, Hurricane Matthew forced people to evacuate their homes. With more than 2.5 million people being told to evacuate, it was the second-largest evacuation in U.S. history. Without having an escape route planned and not taking things seriously, many decided to hunker down and test their luck. If you are a serious prepper, you probably learned by now that luck plays only a minor part when it comes to surviving a major catastrophe. Having an escape route planned and bug out bags ready is necessary in these modern times.
Tactics For Avoiding And Surviving Bear Attacks – Part 2
If you love the great outdoors and enjoy spending time in nature, chances are that sooner or later, you will encounter a bear. It happens all the time and even tough not all encounters have a tragic ending, is better to learn some tactics for avoiding and surviving bear attacks.
Tactics For Avoiding And Surviving Bear Attacks
An in-depth look at the Black and Grizzly Bears and the potential danger they may present to the outdoor enthusiast. Suggested precautions and procedures for avoiding and surviving bear attacks and minimize the possibility of death or injury in a chance encounter.
Using Snares For Food And Defense
A metal cable does more than hold heavy stuff together. It can provide you with food and even act as a defense system. Snares fashioned from such cable make fast-acting, sure-holding traps. Using snares for food and defense can make the difference between life and death for the keen survivalist.
Wild Mushrooms – Can you Tell The Difference Between Edible And Poisonous?
For the death-dyers outdoors enthusiasts there’s a thing called “wild mushrooms roulette.” It’s similar to the Russian roulette, and both are played much the same, and both are equally dangerous. Learning to tell the difference between edible and poisonous wild mushrooms will help you score some food in the wild, and you won’t have to try your luck with the abovementioned game.
Coping With Mass Casualties After A Gruesome SHTF Event
A natural or manmade disaster can often lead to mass casualties as history showed us. This is actually a common occurrence in poorly developed countries, but it’s also starting to become a somehow familiar picture for the rest of us. Rescuers often experience the same psychological problems as victims. If you happen to survive a destructive event, you will become one of the rescuers, and you will have to deal with the emotional issues following the aftermath.
Tactics And Decision Making In A Self-Defense Situation
Almost all shooting school instructors teach that the conditioned reflex is supreme in a self-defense situation. In armed confrontations, you will, under stress, react as you’ve programmed yourself to do. This is true, as repeated practice builds a set of conditioned reflexes which can serve you well in deadly danger. Conditioned reflexes have their problems, though.