Recommended book: Beginner's Guide to Family Preparedness
Survival tips:
The following are
12 things you can do to generally improve you chances of survival in any
disaster or other survival situation. The more of these 12 things you do, the
better prepared you will be to survive and help those you care about.
1. Learn
CPR. Take review classes every 1-2 years. Techniques are frequently improved
and review you will enable you to react more quickly and effectively.
2. Learn
first aid. Take a review class every 2-3 years.
3. Learn
to swim at least beginner level - be able to stay afloat and propel
yourself, and rest in the water.
4. Own
one or more survival kits and maintain them - for home, school, work, car
and a personal kit for travel on planes, boats, trains. Buy them or pack your
own.
5. Exercise.
Even a person in good physical condition can tire easily when walking through
thick brush, sand, snow, on a rocky slope, at a high altitude or in many other
likely terrains you could face in a survival situation. The better your health,
the greater hardships you can survive.
6. Get
immunized - stay current on all immunizations recommended for where you live
or travel.
7. Take
up an outdoor sport or hobby such as kayaking, scuba, backpacking, camping,
sailing, canoeing, rafting, orienteering, rappeling, etc. Such things can
increase familiarity and self confidence. To a city dweller, the jungle can be
frightening; to a Yacqui Indian, it is home. Become acquainted with the outdoors
so it won’t be so frightening.
8. Learn
to navigate in the wild.
9. Install
and maintain smoke detectors.
10.
Brainstorm possible disasters that could strike your home - flood,
tornado, blizzard, mud slides and so on. Devise a disaster plan for your home
and family related to each possible disaster.
11.
Read The
Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook, keep it where you
can get your hands on it fast to reference and buy an in-depth medical care
manual for home.
12.
Convince family members and close friends to take these steps with you.
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