The ultimate survival manual
Title:
The ultimate survival manual
Author:
Johnson, Rich, 1947- author.
ISBN:
9781681880433
Personal Author:
Edition:
Extreme edition.
Publication Information:
San Francisco, CA : Weldon Owen, [2016]
Physical Description:
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
General Note:
Includes index.
Abstract:
Contains 361 survival tips including basic first aid, and tips for surviving in wilderness, disaster, and urban situations. This revised and expanded edition ventures farther into deeper, scarier, and stranger places in search of the ultimate survival information. Packed with the hands (and feet, and teeth) –on tips, this go-to-survival guide will help you prevail over the worst that the world has to offer.
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Added Uniform Title:
Outdoor life (Denver, Colo.)
Document ID:
SD_ILS:2236553
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Summary
Summary
SURVIVE MODERN DANGERS AS TAUGHT BY SPECIAL FORCES EXPERT RICH JOHNSON
In a world awash with natural and manmade disasters, anticipation and preparation are crucial to your survival chances. Survival guru and American Special forces expert Rich Johnson walks you through 350 pages of practical and crucial skills and scenarios that could help save you and your family.
Packaged in a durable, wipe-clean flexicover with metallic corner-guards, this practical manual withstands heavy-duty use indoors and out.
Overcome Modern Dangers . Learn how to avoid airborne diseases, clean chemical spills and treat poisoning victims. Read Real-Life Survival Stories . Concrete examples of how survival skills helped in true crisis situations such as home invasions, Cartel abductions, snowstorms, hurricanes, and wildfires. Learn basic survival skills . Detailed instructions on how to make a bow and arrow, the CORRECT way to don a gas mask and how you can harvest Aspirin from tree bark. Gain advanced survival skills . Develop your expertise with guides on how to generate your own power, build a quarantine room, start a car with a screwdriver and crucial advice on decontaminating yourself, your home and your family. Tips from an American Expert. Rich Johnson is a former special forces soldier, instructor to the US Coast Guard and contributor to Outdoor Life magazine. Having spent over two years living in the wild with his wife and adolescent children, Rich offers advice that is both expert and practical.
Author Notes
When it comes to survival, Rich Johnson's done a lot of it. He's worked as a demolition sergeant in the US Army Special Forces, a Coast Guard Auxiliary instructor, an EMT, a volunteer firefighter, and a policeman. In his off hours, he's excelled as an advanced SCUBA diver, paratrooper, sailor, and skier. He once spent a year living in a cave and eating bugs--for fun! He's written extensively for Outdoor Life and a number of other outdoor adventure and automotive magazines.
For over 110 years, Outdoor Life has provided outdoor and urban survival expertise to millions of readers. Their authors have written on everything from disaster preparedness to subsistence hunting and fishing, to which guns to use against the undead (really!). Readers count on them for survival information from the everyday (how do I best bandage a bad cut) to the extreme (what if my town is devastated by a tornado?).
Excerpts
Excerpts
Tip 041: Live through a Grizzly Encounter If a grizzly's mauling you, cuss yourself for getting in that fix. But do it quietly, because you're supposed to be playing dead, and corpses don't talk. The griz probably doesn't want to eat you, but you've interrupted her routine (it's most likely a female protecting cubs). And now you're going to have to pay. TAKE YOUR MAULING The best thing you can do to avoid injury or death is to shield yourself by going face-down on the ground with your backpack (let's hope you're wearing one) protecting your back. Cover your head and neck with your hands and play dead; it's your best chance of not becoming dead for real. KEEP QUIET Expect to be batted around, perhaps bitten a few times, and maybe clawed. Stay quiet if you can, which is a tall order when a bear has one of your body parts in her mouth. WAIT IT OUT When the bear decides you are no longer a threat or an annoyance, she'll probably huff and wander away. Stay still until she's long gone. Excerpted from The Ultimate Survival Manual by Rich Johnson All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.Table of Contents
| Introduction from Outdoor Life |
| A Note from Rich |
| Essentials |
| 001 Assemble an At-Home Oil Survival Kit |
| 002 Stock an Office BOB |
| 003 Gear Up with a To-Go BOB |
| 004 Pack for Surviving in the Wild |
| 005 Make a Kit in a Can |
| 006 Build a First-Aid Kit |
| 007 Stop Bleeding |
| 008 Disinfect a Wound |
| 009 Bandage a Wound |
| 010 Assess and Respond: Deal with Blood Loss |
| 011 Immobilize an Arm Injury |
| 012 Fake a Sling |
| 013 Set a Bone |
| 014 Make a Splint |
| 015 Save with CPR |
| 016 Perform the Heimlich Maneuver |
| 017 Identify and Treat Burns |
| 018 Treat for Shock |
| 019 Handle Hypothermia |
| 020 Treat Frostbite |
| 021 Survive Heat Illnesses |
| 022 Defeat Dehydration |
| Wilderness |
| 023 Avoid Getting Lost |
| 024 Assess Your Situation |
| 025 Measure Remaining Daylight |
| 026 Find Yourself on a Map |
| 027 Scout for Shelter |
| 028 Build a Shelter from Branches and Leaves |
| 029 Hole Up in a Tree Well |
| 030 Make a Bed in a Pinch |
| 031 Hunt for Water |
| 032 Purify Water in the Wild |
| 033 Filter Water with Your Pants |
| 034 Learn Fire-Making Basics |
| 035 Make a Fire Four Ways |
| 036 Upgrade Your Shelter |
| 037 Predict the Weather with Plants |
| 038 Get Noticed by Rescuers |
| 039 Light Up a Signal Fire |
| This Happened To Me! When Grizzlies Attack |
| 040 Know Your Bears |
| 041 Live Through a Grizzly Encounter |
| 042 Assess and Respond: Handle Animal Attacks |
| 043 Stand Your Ground against a Lion |
| 044 Beware Africa's Deadliest Beasts |
| 045 Live Through a Stampede |
| 046 Navigate Tall Grass |
| 047 Outrun a Croc on Land |
| 048 Avoid Being Gator Bait |
| 049 Chow Down on Gator Tail |
| 050 Dress a Snake |
| 051 Wade Through a Swamp |
| 052 Build a Swamp Shelter |
| 053 Keep Bugs Out of Your Pants |
| 054 Tie a Square Lashing |
| 055 Avoid Dreaded Trench Foot |
| 056 Set a Snare for Small Animals |
| 057 Make a Jaw Spear |
| 058 Dig a Hole Trap |
| 059 Fish with Your Shirt |
| 060 Improvise a Skewer Hook |
| 061 Test Plants for Edibility |
| 062 Gobble Up Bugs |
| 063 Rid Big Game of Harmful Bacteria |
| 064 Spit-Roast That Bunny |
| 065 Butcher a Deer Leg |
| 066 Drag a Deer |
| 067 Put Your Kill to Use |
| 068 Trap a Goose |
| 069 Steer Clear of Poisonous Plants |
| 070 Remove a Tick |
| 071 Put Your Pee to Work |
| 072 Treat a Snake Bite |
| 073 Swing a Mean Machete |
| 074 Assess and Respond: Understand Poison Types |
| 075 Heal with Bugs |
| 076 Remove a Leech |
| 077 Keep Mosquitoes at Bay |
| 078 Banish a Botfly |
| 079 Avoid Scorpions |
| 080 Treat a Scorpion Sting |
| 081 Fight Dehydration in the Desert |
| 082 Navigate the Desert's Shifting Sands |
| 083 Make a Solar Still |
| 084 Scout for Water in the Desert |
| This Happened to Me! Trapped in a Canyon |
| 085 Seek Water in a Canyon |
| 086 Maximize Heat from a Campfire |
| 087 Scale a Canyon |
| 088 Equip Yourself for the Mountains |
| 089 Be a Modern Caveman |
| 090 Stay Safe in a Cave |
| 091 Find Food above the Tree Line |
| 092 Conquer Altitude Sickness in the Mountains |
| 093 Bed Down on a Cliff |
| 094 Case Study: Snowed In Avoid Getting Stranded in the Mountains |
| 095 Trek Across a Glacier |
| 096 Tie a Double Figure-Eight Knot |
| 097 Rappel on the Fly |
| 098 Descend a Scree Slope |
| 099 Start a Fire in the Snow |
| 100 Turn Snow into Water |
| 101 Build a Snow Cave |
| 102 Traverse an Ice Floe |
| 103 Rig an Ice-Fishing Trap |
| 104 Improvise Snow Goggles |
| 105 Make Emergency Snowshoes |
| 106 Cross an Icy Pond |
| 107 Get Out of Broken Ice |
| 108 Save Someone from a Chilly Demise |
| 109 Swim across a Raging River |
| 110 Wade across a River |
| 111 Ford a River with Friends |
| 112 Tie a Fisherman's Knot |
| 113 Orient Yourself by the Stars |
| 114 Signal a Boat |
| 115 Improvise a Float |
| 116 Beat Hypothermia in the Water |
| 117 Find Drinking Water at Sea |
| 118 Catch Fish in Open Waters |
| 119 Case Study: Adrift in the Gulf Stay Alive at Sea |
| 120 Right a Capsized Boat |
| 121 Put Out a Boat Fire |
| 122 Start a Flooded Motor |
| 123 Plug a Leak |
| 124 Avoid Shark Bites |
| 125 Make Peace with a Man-of-War |
| 126 Deal with Sea Caves |
| 127 Escape Kelp Entanglement |
| 128 Keep Track of Time at the Equator |
| 129 Find Lunch in a Tide Pool |
| 130 Swim against a Riptide |
| 131 Make the Most of a Coconut |
| 132 Assess a Deserted Island |
| 133 Make Rope with an Improvised Vise |
| 134 Craft a Raft |
| 135 Know When Your Raft's Close to Land |
| Disaster |
| 136 Be Ready for Disaster |
| 137 Spot Tornado Warning Signs |
| 138 Judge Where a Tornado is Heading |
| 139 Assess and Respond: Stay Safe in a Tornado |
| 140 Reinforce Garage Doors in a Windstorm |
| 141 Deal with a Downed Power Line in a Car |
| 142 Tree-Proof Your Home |
| 143 Buck a Downed Tree |
| 144 Prepare Your House for a Hurricane |
| 145 Build a Dike |
| 146 Make DIY Flood Protection |
| 147 Case Study: Wind Gone Wild Survive a Heck of a Hurricane |
| 148 Make a Life Raft from Household Items |
| 149 Turn Your Attic into an Ark |
| 150 Make Waterproof Matches |
| 151 Paddle Through Floodwaters |
| 152 Drive Safely on Flooded Roads |
| 153 Dig Your Truck Out of the Mud |
| 154 Live Through a Flash Flood |
| 155 Rescue Someone Caught in a Flood |
| 156 Return Home Safely After a Flood |
| 157 Live Through Lightning |
| 158 Install Lightning Rods on Your Roof |
| 159 Help Someone Struck by Lightning |
| 160 Survive a Wildfire |
| 161 Prevent a Forest Fire |
| 162 Protect Your Home from Wildfires |
| 163 Case Study: When Things Get Hot Withstand a Firestorm |
| 164 Survive a Volcanic Eruption |
| 165 Cope with Ash |
| 166 Assess a Lava Field |
| 167 Retrofit Your House |
| 168 Keep Household Items Steady in a Quake |
| 169 Know Earthquake Hot Spots |
| 170 Understand Fault Activity |
| 171 Ride Out a Quake in a Car |
| 172 Weather an Earthquake |
| 173 Survive Being Trapped Under Debris |
| 174 Take Action after an Earthquake |
| This Happened to Me! Tsunami Race |
| 175 Know Tsunami Warning Signs |
| 176 Brace for a Big Wave |
| 177 Survive Being Swept Away in a Tsunami |
| 178 Deal with a Tsunami at Sea |
| 179 Know When Mud Might Flow |
| 180 Make it Through a Mudslide |
| 181 Save Your Home from Mudslides |
| 182 Know You're in Avalanche Country |
| 183 Assess Incline |
| 184 Recognize Avalanche Types |
| 185 Ride Out an Avalanche |
| 186 Get Rescued from an Avalanche |
| 187 Know Which Way Is Up |
| 188 Strap on an Avalanche Beacon |
| 189 Walk in a Whiteout |
| 190 Drive in a Blizzard |
| 191 Deal with Being Snowbound in a Car |
| 192 Ride Out a Blizzard at Home |
| 193 Prevent Carbon Monoxide Poisoning |
| 194 Store Food During a Blizzard |
| 195 Clear a Heavy Snow |
| 196 Protect Your Face in a Sandstorm |
| 197 Drive in a Sandstorm |
| 198 Pick a Safe Seat on a Train |
| 199 Stop a Train |
| 200 Get Your Car Off the Tracks |
| 201 Jump from a Moving Train |
| 202 Use Your Cell for an Airborne SOS |
| 203 Contact Air Traffic Control |
| 204 Jump Out of an Airplane |
| This Happened to Me! Panic in the Air |
| 205 Salvage a Crash Site |
| 206 Make It to the Lifeboat |
| 207 Abandon Ship Safely |
| 208 Swim Through Burning Oil |
| 209 Deal with a Hazmat Situation |
| 210 Decontaminate Yourself |
| 211 Seal Your Home During a Chemical Spill |
| 212 Get Clear of a Hazardous Spill |
| 213 Don a Gas Mask |
| 214 Prevent the Spread of Airborne Illnesses |
| 215 Dispose of a Body |
| 216 Improvise Shelter During Nuclear Fallout |
| 217 Bunk Up in a Bunker |
| 218 Assess and Respond: Understand Radiation |
| 219 Anticipate Radiation's Lasting Effects |
| 220 Make it Through a Power Outage |
| 221 Survive a Heat Wave |
| 222 Eat Right in a Blackout |
| 223 Start Your Car with a Screwdriver |
| 224 Siphon Fuel |
| 225 Charge Your Phone with a Flashlight |
| 226 Harness a Car Battery's Power |
| 227 Harvest Aspirin from Tree Bark |
| 228 Catch a Squirrel for Dinner |
| 229 Eat Roadkill |
| 230 Render Animal Fat |
| 231 Stash Valuables for Dark Times |
| 232 Scavenge Effectively |
| 233 Fend Off Looters |
| 234 Run Bartertown |
| 235 Build a Compound |
| 236 Rig a Hobo Stove |
| 237 Improvise Tools |
| Urban |
| 238 Sense Your Surroundings |
| 239 Foil a Pickpocket |
| 240 Carry Survival Gear on a Keychain |
| 241 Drop a Decoy Wallet |
| 242 Hit Where It Counts |
| 243 Defend Yourself with Pepper Spray |
| 244 Find Substitutes for Pepper Spray |
| 245 Master Basic Fighting Technique |
| 246 Make a Serious Fist |
| 247 Clutch a Roll of Quarters |
| 248 Defend Yourself with Your Keys |
| 249 Figure Out If Someone Is Armed |
| 250 Conceal a Weapon |
| 251 Disarm an Attacker |
| This Happened to Me! Home Invasion |
| 252 Secure Your Home |
| 253 Handle an Intruder |
| 254 Wield a Tactical Flashlight |
| 255 Improvise a Weapon |
| 256 Make a DIY Alarm |
| 257 Stash Valuables in a Book |
| 258 Build an Outlet Safe |
| 259 Avoid Identity Theft |
| 260 Pick a Lock |
| 261 Figure Out If Your Home Is Bugged |
| 262 Lose a Tail |
| 263 Beware Common Poisons |
| 264 Save a Poisoning Victim |
| 265 Soak Up Poison with Activated Charcoal |
| 266 Install Smoke Detectors |
| 267 Prevent Electrical Fires in the Home |
| 268 Make Your Home Fire-Safe |
| 269 Assess and Respond: Fight a Fire |
| 270 Stock Fire Safety Gear |
| 271 Smother a Fire |
| 272 Use a Fire Extinguisher |
| 273 Escape a Burning House |
| 274 Steer with Blown Tires |
| 275 Deal with Brake Failure |
| 276 Get Out of a Skid |
| 277 Drive on Black Ice |
| 278 Stop Hydroplaning |
| 279 Live Through a Cliff-Hanger |
| 280 Survive Crashing into the Water |
| 281 Put Out a Car Fire |
| 282 Pack a Lifesaver in Your Car |
| 283 Avoid a Carjacking |
| 284 Play It Safe in a Parking Garage |
| 285 Signal from a Car Trunk |
| 286 Escape from a Car Trunk |
| 287 Outsmart Your Kidnappers |
| 288 Deduce Where You're Being Held |
| 289 Avoid Stockholm Syndrome |
| 290 Free Yourself from Ropes |
| 291 Case Study: Nabbed by the Cartel Survive an Abduction |
| 292 Live Through a Hostage-Taking |
| 293 Assess and Respond: Take a Blow |
| 294 Know Basic Maritime Laws |
| 294 Safeguard Against Pirates |
| 295 Call for Help During a Pirate Attack |
| 296 Repel Boarders from Your Boat |
| This Happened to Me! One Mean Machete |
| 298 Get to Know the Customs |
| 299 Avoid Counterfeit Cops |
| 300 Be a Smart Traveler |
| 301 Blend In for Safety |
| 302 Hide Money in Your Clothes |
| 303 Use the Buddy System |
| 304 Exit a Tunnel Safely |
| 305 Stay Safe on Mass Transit |
| 306 Survive a Human Stampede |
| 307 Be Alert to the Risk of Terrorism |
| 308 Prevail in a Riot |
| 309 Know the Weapons of a Raging Mob |
| 310 Deal with Tear Gas |
| 311 Evade IEDs |
| 312 Escape a Dirty Bomb |
| 313 Avoid Sniper Fire |
| 314 Slip Past Enemy Forces |
| 315 Case Study: Gone Postal Live Through a Workplace Shooting |
| 316 Stock Your Gun Safe |
| 317 Clean a Firearm |
| 318 Lock Up Your Weapons |
| 319 Clear a Jam |
| 320 Shoot with the Proper Stance |
| 321 Treat a Powder Burn |
| 322 Deal with a Gunshot Wound |
| 323 Help Someone Who Has Been Impaled |
| 324 Silence Your Gun |
| 325 Modify Your Shotgun |
| 326 Make the Most of a Shotgun Shell |
| 327 Shoot a Crossbow |
| 328 Sharpen a Knife |
| 329 Pick Your Blade |
| 330 Throw a Knife |
| 331 Build a Better Bola |
| 332 Make a Shank |
| 333 Make a Bow and Some Arrows |
| Extreme |
| 334 Find Food in the Arctic |
| 335 Light a Fire on the Ice |
| 336 Survive the Tundra |
| 337 Punch a Polar Bear |
| 338 Fight Off Jaws |
| 339 Don't Hold Your Breath |
| 340 Plunge Over a Waterfall |
| 341 Ride a Raging River |
| 342 Survive Killer Bees |
| 343 Say No to This Crush |
| 344 Survive a Swim with Piranhas |
| 345 Know Your Deadly Spiders |
| 346 Endure Torture |
| 347 Get Away From a Gunman |
| 348 Amputate Your Own Limb |
| 349 Dispose of a Dead Body |
| 350 Create a Quarantine Room |
| 351 Deal With the Walking Dead |
| 352 Handle a Hijacking |
| 353 Break Out of P.O.W. Camp |
| 354 Live Through a Parachute Failure |
| 355 Ride Out an EMP |
| 356 Generate Your Own Power |
| 357 Join the Resistance |
| 358 Survive Nuclear Fallout |
| 359 Seriously, Don't Hold Your Breath |
| 360 Patch a Spacesuit Leak |
| 361 Make It through a Meteor Strike |
| Index |
| Acknowledgments |
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