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Survival Kit You Can Survive

This document provides guidance on creating an effective survival kit and tips for surviving if lost or stranded. The key elements to include in every survival kit are instant protection from the elements, food, signaling devices, fire starting equipment, cooking/purifying water supplies, first aid items, and a waterproof bag to store them. Additional essentials are matches, tinder, a candle, shelter items, rope/string, a whistle, extra food, sun protection, a knife, map, compass, and first aid supplies. If stranded, the priorities are to stop, think of essentials, observe available resources, and plan actions. Positive mental attitude, shelter, and signaling rescuers are critical to survival.

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Survival Kit You Can Survive

This document provides guidance on creating an effective survival kit and tips for surviving if lost or stranded. The key elements to include in every survival kit are instant protection from the elements, food, signaling devices, fire starting equipment, cooking/purifying water supplies, first aid items, and a waterproof bag to store them. Additional essentials are matches, tinder, a candle, shelter items, rope/string, a whistle, extra food, sun protection, a knife, map, compass, and first aid supplies. If stranded, the priorities are to stop, think of essentials, observe available resources, and plan actions. Positive mental attitude, shelter, and signaling rescuers are critical to survival.

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Survival Kit You Can Survive.

I. Every Kit Should Include: 1. The best thing to remember is not to put yourself in a survival
* Instant body protection from weather elements situation - many times this can be done by proper preparation.
(Garbage bag, poncho, tarp) Good preparation should include:
* Instant energy food (candy, nuts, trail mix, protein bar) * Let someone know where you are going, your itinerary, and when
* A means of signaling (whistle, mirror) you expect to return.
* A means to start a fire * Be familiar with your area so you are less likely to get lost - know
* A means of cooking or heating water, or iodine tablets what direction you should head if you get confused and know the
to purify water, or a water filter (LifeStraw/Sawyer) natural boundaries (lakes, ridges, etc.) surround you.
* A means of patching bodily injuries
2. Things to remember:
* A flashlight and extra batteries
* Most people are rescued within 24 hrs.
2. Essentials Stored in a Waterproof Bag * Stay put and wait for rescue.
* Matches in waterproof container and lighter * International sign for distress: three of anything - three fires, three
* Tinder (cotton balls, 0000 steel wool, pinecones) shots, etc. (create triangles out of whatever you have available) SOS signal
* Candle with flashlight: three short flashes, three long flashes, three short flashes
* Shelter (two large, heavy garbage bags)
3. If you are in a survival situation:
* Rope or heavy string (paracord)
* S- stop where you are
* Whistle
* T- think of the essentials you need
* Extra food
* O- observe what is available for you
* Chapstick with sun block
* P- plan what you will do and in a priority order
* Knife
* Map 4. Survival Triangle – PMA, Stay Alive, Get Found!
* Compass * P.M.A. - A Positive Mental Attitude can determine 80 - 90 % of
* First aid supplies (band-aids, gauze pads, tape, ace wrap, safety survival chances.
pins, disinfectant, moleskin for blisters) * Stay Alive - Shelter/Warmth - provides protection from the elements;
* Portable phone charger/battery hypothermia = most likely cause of death in survival situations
Amount of time you can go without:
3. Emergency Essentials:
 Air- 3 mins
Water: condensation from tree limbs using plastic bag, condensation overnight
on plastic laid on ground/in pit  Water- 3 days
Food: Pine needles-vitamin c, aspen/birch-carbs (boil first), acorns/seeds-  Food- 3 weeks
fats/oils, cattails- roots, * Get Found- stay where you are, create a signal, make noise, be
Shelter: use plastic to create a lean-to, consider weather/wind, natural patient/wait
locations if necessary (under pine trees, cave, overhanging rock, fallen tree) 5. Basic Fears to Prepare For: Often these fears lead to panic, which
* Remember to make it obvious that you are there. Hang clothes, shine lights, greatly reduces chances of survival: Death, Unknown, Punishment, Ridicule,
keep your fire in the open. Animals, Discomfort, Being Alone, Personal guilt, Darkness, Weakness

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