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Survival skills are techniques that a person may use in order to sustain life in any type of natural environment or built environment. These techniques are meant to provide basic necessities for human life which include water, food, and shelter. The skills also support proper knowledge and interactions with animals and plants to promote the sustaining of life over a period of time. Survival skills are often associated with the need to survive in a disaster situation.^[1] Survival skills are often basic ideas and abilities that ancients invented and used themselves for thousands of years.^[2] Outdoor activities such as hiking, backpacking, horseback riding, fishing, and hunting all require basic wilderness survival skills, especially in handling emergency situations. Bushcraft and primitive living are most often self-implemented, but require many of the same skills.

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First aid[edit]

First aid (wilderness first aid in particular) can help a person survive and function with injuries and illnesses that would otherwise kill or incapacitate him/her. Common and dangerous injuries include:

• Bites from snakes, spiders and other wild animals
• Hypothermia (too cold) and hyperthermia (too hot)
• Infection through food, animal contact, or drinking non-potable water
• Poisoning from consumption of, or contact with, poisonous plants or poisonous fungi
• Sprains, particularly of the ankle
• Wounds, which may become infected

The survivor may need to apply the contents of a first aid kit or, if possessing the required knowledge, naturally occurring medicinal plants, immobilize injured limbs, or even transport incapacitated comrades.

Shelter[edit]

Many people who are forced into survival situations often get into serious trouble because of direct exposure to the elements. Most people in survival situations die of hypothermia, which can be easily avoided with basic survival skills. A shelter can range from a natural shelter, such as a cave, overhanging rock outcrop, or fallen-down tree, to an intermediate form of man-made shelter such as a debris hut, tree pit shelter, or snow cave, to completely man-made structures such as a tarp, tent, or longhouse. Here are some things to think about when planning to build a shelter:

Shelter considerations:

- Location (away from hazards, near materials)

- Insulation (from ground, rain, wind, air)

- Heat Source (body heat or fire-heated)

- Personal or Group Shelter

Fire[edit]

Making fire is recognized in the sources as significantly increasing the ability to survive physically and mentally. Lighting a fire without a lighter or matches, e.g. by using natural flint and steel with tinder, is a frequent subject of both books on survival and in survival courses. There is an emphasis placed on practicing fire-making skills before venturing into the wilderness. Producing fire under adverse conditions has been made much easier by the introduction of tools such as the solar spark lighter and the fire piston.

To start a fire one needs some sort of heat source hot enough to start a fire, kindling, and wood. Starting a fire is really all about growing a flame without putting it out in the process.

One fire starting technique involves using a black powder firearm if one is available. Proper gun safety should be used with this technique to avoid injury or death. The technique includes ramming cotton cloth or wadding down the barrel of the firearm until the cloth is against the powder charge. Next, the gun is fired upward in a safe direction, and ones runs and picks up the cloth that is projected out of the barrel, and then blows it into flame. Samsung galaxy tablet manual pdf. It works better if there is a supply of tinder at hand so that the cloth can be placed against it to start the fire.^[3]

Fire is presented as a tool meeting many survival needs. The heat provided by a fire warms the body, dries wet clothes, disinfects water, and cooks food. Not to be overlooked is the psychological boost and the sense of safety and protection it gives. In the wild, fire can provide a sensation of home, a focal point, in addition to being an essential energy source. Fire may deter wild animals from interfering with a survivor, however wild animals may be attracted to the light and heat of a fire.

Water[edit]

A human being can survive an average of three to five days without the intake of water. The issues presented by the need for water dictate that unnecessary water loss by perspiration be avoided in survival situations. The need for water increases with exercise.^[4] Since the human body is composed of up to 78% water, it should be no surprise that water is higher on the list than fire or food. Ideally, a person should drink about a gallon of water per day. Many lost persons perish due to dehydration, and/or the debilitating effects of water-born pathogens from untreated water.

A typical person will lose minimally two to maximally four liters of water per day under ordinary conditions, and more in hot, dry, or cold weather. Four to six liters of water or other liquids are generally required each day in the wilderness to avoid dehydration and to keep the body functioning properly.^[5] The U.S. Army survival manual does not recommend drinking water only when thirsty, as this leads to underhydrating. Instead, water should be drunk at regular intervals.^[6][7] Other groups recommend rationing water through 'water discipline'.^[8]

A lack of water causes dehydration, which may result in lethargy, headaches, dizziness, confusion, and eventually death. Even mild dehydration reduces endurance and impairs concentration, which is dangerous in a survival situation where clear thinking is essential. Dark yellow or brown urine is a diagnostic indicator of dehydration. To avoid dehydration, a high priority is typically assigned to locating a supply of drinking water and making provision to render that water as safe as possible.

Recent thinking is that boiling or commercial filters are significantly safer than use of chemicals, with the exception of chlorine dioxide.^[9][10][11]

Food[edit]

Culinary root tubers, fruit, edible mushrooms, edible nuts, edible beans, edible cereals or edible leaves, edible moss, edible cacti and algae can be gathered an if needed, prepared (mostly by boiling). With the exception of leaves, these foods are relatively high in calories, providing some energy to the body. Plants are some of the easiest food sources to find in the jungle, forest or desert because they are stationary and can thus be had without exerting much effort.^[12]Skills and equipment (such as bows, snares and nets) are necessary to gather animal food in the wild include animal trapping, hunting, and fishing.

Focusing on survival until rescued by presumed searchers, the Boy Scouts of America, or BSA, especially discourages foraging for wild foods on the grounds that the knowledge and skills needed are unlikely to be possessed by those finding themselves in a wilderness survival situation, making the risks (including use of energy) outweigh the benefits.^[13]

Navigation[edit]

Those going for trips and hikes are advised^[14] by Search and Rescue Services to notify a trusted contact of their planned return time, then notify them of your return. They can tell them to contact the police for search and rescue if you have not returned by a specific time frame (e.g. 12 hours of your scheduled return time).

Survival situations can often be resolved by finding a way to safety, or a more suitable location to wait for rescue. Types of navigation include:

• Celestial navigation, using the sun and the night sky to locate the cardinal directions and to maintain course of travel
• Using a map, compass or GPS receiver
• Natural navigation, using the condition of surrounding natural objects (i.e. moss on a tree, snow on a hill, direction of running water, etc.)

Mind preparedness[edit]

The mind and its processes are critical to survival. The will to live in a life-and-death situation often separates those that live and those that do not. Stories of heroic feats of survival by regular people with little or no training but a strong will to live are not uncommon. Among them is Juliane Koepcke, who was the sole survivor among the 93 passengers when her plane crashed in the jungle of Peru. Situations can be stressful to the level that even trained experts may be mentally affected. One should be mentally and physically tough during a disaster.

To the extent that stress results from testing human limits, the benefits of learning to function under stress and determining those limits may outweigh the downside of stress.^[15] There are certain strategies and mental tools that can help people cope better in a survival situation, including focusing on manageable tasks, having a Plan B available and recognizing denial.^[16]

Urban survival[edit]

Earthquake[edit]

In a building collapse, it is advised that you:^[17]

• Seek protection under a structure like a table or a doorway
• Cover your mouth with your shirt to filter out dust
• Use your phone light to signal for help, or call
• Don't move till you are sure something wouldn't topple on you

Important survival items[edit]

Often survival practitioners will carry with them a 'survival kit'. This consists of various items that seem necessary or useful for potential survival situations, depending on anticipated challenges and location. Supplies in a survival kit vary greatly by anticipated needs. For wilderness survival, they often contain items like a knife, water container, fire starting apparatus, first aid equipment, food obtaining devices (snare wire, fish hooks, firearms, or other,) a light, navigational aids, and signalling or communications devices. Often these items will have multiple possible uses as space and weight are often at a premium.

Survival kits may be purchased from various retailers or individual components may be bought and assembled into a kit.

Common questionable survival skills[edit]

Some survival books promote the 'Universal Edibility Test'.^[18] Allegedly, it is possible to distinguish edible foods from toxic ones by a series of progressive exposures to skin and mouth prior to ingestion, with waiting periods and checks for symptoms. However, many experts including Ray Mears and John Kallas^[19] reject this method, stating that even a small amount of some 'potential foods' can cause physical discomfort, illness, or death.

Many mainstream survival experts have recommended the act of drinking urine in times of dehydration and malnutrition.^{[citation needed]} However, the United States Air Force Survival Manual (AF 64-4) instructs that this technique is a myth and should never be applied.^{[citation needed]} Several reasons for not drinking urine include the high salt content of urine, potential contaminants, and sometimes bacteria growth, despite urine's being generally 'sterile'.

Many classic cowboy movies, classic survival books and even some school textbooks suggest that sucking the venom out of a snake bite by mouth is an appropriate treatment and/or also for the bitten person to drink their urine after the poisonous animal bite or poisonous insect bite as a mean for the body to provide natural anti-venom. However, venom can not be sucked out and it may be dangerous for a rescuer to attempt to do so. Modern snakebite treatment involves pressure bandages and prompt medical treatment.^[20]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^'12 Outdoor Survival Skills Every Guy Should Master'. Men's Fitness. 28 September 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
2. ^'Wilderness Survival Skills'. www.wilderness-survival.co.uk. 28 September 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
3. ^Churchill, James E. The Basic Essentials of Survival. Merrillville, IN: ICS, 1989. Print.
4. ^HowStuffWorks by Charles W. Bryant
5. ^Water Balance; a Key to Cold Weather Survival by Bruce Zawalsky, Chief Instructor, BWI
6. ^'Army Survival Manual; Chapter 13 – Page 2'. Aircav.com. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
7. ^'U.S. Army Survival Manual FM 21-76, also known as FM 3-05.70 May 2002 Issue; drinking water'. Survivalebooks.com. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
8. ^'Water Discipline' at Survival Topics
9. ^'US EPA'. Archived from the original on 29 December 2011. Retrieved 2011-12-27.
10. ^'Wilderness Medical Society'. Wemjournal.org. Retrieved 21 October 2011.^{[dead link]}
11. ^'Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources'. Dnr.wi.gov. 11 March 2008. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
12. ^'Master The Great Outdoors'. www.SurvivalGrounds.com. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
13. ^Wilderness Survival Merit Badge pamphlet, January 2008, at 38
14. ^Police, Victoria. 'Victoria Police - Search and Rescue Squad'. www.police.vic.gov.au.
15. ^Krieger, Leif. 'How to Survive Any Situation'. How to Survive Any Situation. Silvercrown Mountain Outdoor School.
16. ^Leach, John (1994). Survival Psychology. NYU Press.
17. ^https://www.ready.gov/earthquakes
18. ^US Army Survival Manual FM21-76 1998 Dorset press 9th printing ISBN1-56619-022-3
19. ^John Kallas, Ph.D., Director, Institute for the Study of Edible Wild Plants and Other Foragables. Biography^{[failed verification]}Archived 13 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine
20. ^Lawson, Malcolm (2013). 'Top 10 Survival Myths Busted'. SCS. DNM International. p. 1. Archived from the original on 27 April 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2015.

Further reading[edit]

• Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills; 8th Ed; Mountaineers Books; 596 pages; 1960 to 2010; ISBN978-1594851384.

External links[edit]

• Survival at Curlie

Media

• The short film Aircrew Survival: Cold Land Survival is available for free download at the Internet Archive
• The short film Aircrew Survival: Hot Land Survival is available for free download at the Internet Archive
• The short film Aircrew Survival: Survival Kits, Rafts, Accessories is available for free download at the Internet Archive
• The short film Aircrew Survival: Survival Medicine is available for free download at the Internet Archive
• The short film Aircrew Survival: Surviving on Open Water is available for free download at the Internet Archive
• The short film Aircrew Survival: Survival Signalling is available for free download at the Internet Archive
• The short film Aircrew Survival: Tropical Survival is available for free download at the Internet Archive
• The short film Aircrew Survival: The Will to Survive is available for free download at the Internet Archive

United States Army Field Manuals are published by the United States Army's Army Publishing Directorate. As of 27 July 2007, some 542 field manuals were in use.^[1] They contain detailed information and how-tos for procedures important to soldiers serving in the field. Starting in 2010, the US Army began review and revision of all of its doctrinal publications, under the initiative 'Doctrine 2015'. Since then, the most important doctrine have been published in Army Doctrine Publications (ADP) and Army Doctrine Reference Publications (ADRP), replacing the former key Field Manuals. Army Techniques Publications (ATP), Army Training Circulars (TC), and Army Technical Manuals (TM) round out the new suite of doctrinal publications. Not all FMs are being rescinded; 50 select Field Manuals will continue to be published, periodically reviewed and revised. They are usually available to the public at low cost or free electronically. Many websites have begun collecting PDF versions of Army Field Manuals, Technical Manuals and Weapon Manuals.

Use of Field Manuals[edit]

Numerous field manuals are in the public domain.^[2] Especially for people training survival skills (e.g., survivalists, adventurous travelers, victims of natural disasters) the US Field Manuals may be a valuable resource.

Wikifying the Field Manuals[edit]

According to The New York Times (14 August 2009), the Army has started to 'wikify' certain field manuals – allowing any authorized user to update the manuals.^[3] This process, specifically using the MediaWiki arm of the military's professional networking application, milSuite, was recognized by the White House as an Open Government Initiative in 2010.^[4]

List of selected field manuals[edit]

• FM 6-22 Leader Development 'The tenets of Army leader development provide the essential principles that have made the Army successful at developing its leaders.'
• FM 1, The Army^[A] – 'establishes the fundamental principles for employing landpower.' Together, it and FM 3–0 are considered by the U.S. Army to be the 'two capstone doctrinal manuals.'^[5]
• FM 3–0, Operations^[B] – The operations guide 'lays out the fundamentals of war fighting for future and current generations of recruits.'^[1]
• FM 3-05.70 U.S. Army Survival Manual –Used to train survival techniques (formerly the FM 21-76).
• FM 3-0.5.130, Army Special Operations Forces Unconventional Warfare. Establishes keystone doctrine for Army special operations forces (ARSOF) operations in unconventional warfare.
• FM 5–31, Boobytraps – Describes how regular demolition charges and materials can be used for victim-initiated explosive devices. This manual is no longer active, but is still frequently referenced.
• FM 3–24, Insurgencies and Countering Insurgencies;– Published May 2014.
• FM 34-52, Intelligence Interrogation – Used to train CIA interrogators in conducting effective interrogations while conforming with US and international law. Updated in December 2005 to include a 10-page classified section as a result of the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse scandal. Replaced in September 2006 by FM 2-22.3, Human Intelligence Collector Operations.
• FM 3-21.20 – covers the Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT)
• FM 27-10 (1956) – Cornerstone of rules of war for the US Military. This manual was last modified in 1976 and is still used by the US military today.
• FM 3–25.150 (Combatives)
• FM 3–22.5 (Drill and Ceremony)

Notes about Further Reading

A. ^Headquarters, Department of the Army (14 June 2005). FM 1, The Army. Washington, DC: GPO. OCLC72695749. ('HTML'(www).'PDF'(PDF).'PDF-in-ZIP'(ZIP). Retrieved 31 August 2013.)

B. ^Headquarters, Department of the Army (14 June 2001). FM 3–0, Operations. Washington, DC: GPO. OCLC50597897.

— Part A: Begin – Chapter 4(PDF). Archived from the original(PDF) on 14 July 2007. Retrieved 19 August 2013.

— Part B: Chapter 5 – Chapter 9(PDF). Archived from the original(PDF) on 14 July 2007. Retrieved 19 August 2013.

— Part C: Chapter 10 – End(PDF). Archived from the original(PDF) on 14 July 2007. Retrieved 19 August 2013.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

Army Survival Guide

1. ^ ^abGladstone, Brooke (27 July 2007). 'Operation Hearts and Minds' (Interview with Michael D. Burke). On the Media.Missing or empty url= (help) ('Sound version'(sound).'Transcript version'. Archived from the original(txt) on 25 May 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2014.)
2. ^U.S. Army. 'Active Field Manual'. Army Publishing Directorate. Archived from the original on 5 August 2010. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
3. ^Noam Cohen. 'Care to Write Army Doctrine? With ID, Log On'. The New York Times. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
4. ^'Open Government Initiative'. Whitehouse.gov. Archived from the original on 15 August 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
5. ^Headquarters, Department of the Army (14 June 2005). FM 1, The Army(PDF). Washington, DC: GPO. Preface (p.iii). OCLC72695749.

External links[edit]

Army Survival Handbook

• Army Publishing Directorate homepage at army.mil -Free Field Manuals and other publications in .pdf format.
• AHEC Collection including Field Manuals available at the US Army Heritage & Education Center, Carlisle, Pennsylvania
• 500 Field Manuals online at SurvivaleBooks.com
• Incomplete list of active field manuals at army.mil
• Field Manuals online at globalsecurity.org
• What's an Army field manual? by Slate
• The U.S. Army Stability Operations Field Manual The U.S. Army, with forewords by Lieutenant General William B. Caldwell, IV, Michèle Flournoy, and Shawn Brimley and a New Introduction by Janine Davidson. Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Press, 2009.
• Military Manuals Collections on CD or download at eMilitary Manuals.com