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Essential Survival Skills is a step-by-step guide to surviving and thriving in the wilderness. Includes everything you need to know when hiking or camping, such as how to build a shelter and first aid information for various types of insect bites and possible illnesses. Progresses from the very basics for beginners, through all the elements essential to becoming adept at wilderness survival, to advanced techniques to keep you ahead of the game. Illustrated sequences provide a precise guide for learning new skills or brushing up on techniques, while graphic devices analyze core details.
Contents
Prelims
Introduction
Chapter 1: PLANNING
Essence of survival
Psychology
Planning a trip
Planning an expedition
Survival kits
Choosing gear
Packing your gear
Chapter 2: CAMP CRAFT
Choosing a campsite
Making a camp fire
Finding water
Treating water
Weather essentials
Reading the clouds
Plants & wildlife
Morse code
Ropes & knots
More knots
Chapter 4: NAVIGATION
Maps & map-reading
Compasses
GPS & software
Route finding
Chapter 5: SHELTER
Make-anywhere shelter
Forest shelters
More forest shelters
Hot-weather shelters
More hot-weather shelters
Desert shelters
Beach shelters
Snow shelters
More snow shelters
Emergency shelters
Essential Survival Skills
Chapter 6: WATER
Temperate sources
Tropical sources
Desert sources
Cold conditions
Water afloat
Emergency water sources
Chapter 7: FIRE
Choose your fire
Fire without matches
Emergency fire-making
Wild cooking
Chapter 8: EMERGENCY SURVIVAL
Diseases
Ailments
Poisonous plants
Bites and stings
Wild animals
Environmental hazards
Extreme weather
Survival at sea
Self-rescue
Rescuing others
Attracting rescuers
Chapter 9: FIRST AID
Basics: first aid kit; treating cuts, grazes, blisters.
Heat maladies: dehydration, heat stroke, heat cramps, heat exhaustion.
Treating burns.
Removing foreign objects.
Poisoning, diarrhea, and vomiting.
Bites and stings: animal bites, snake bites, insect stings and tick bites, plant poisons.
Glossary
Index/Acknowledgments
DK Publishing; February 2011
178 pages; ISBN 9780756673383
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178 pages; ISBN 9780756673383
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