How to prevent and treat shock in an injured person.

Treatment for conscious and unconscious victims

Shock is a life threatening condition that usually results from severe physiological stress and/or the lack of sufficient blood flow. Any injured person can go into shock. To prevent or reduce harm from shock, you must treat an injured person appropriately.

Dressing a bleeding would with direct pressure dressing

Serious bleeding must be controlled immediately or the victim may die within minutes. Here’s how to control bleeding using basic tools in a wilderness survival situation.

How to make soap? Handmade soap with the extract of stinging nettle (Urtica dioica)

One of the leading causes of death in long-term survival situations is infections and disease. Both leading causes are directly related to personal hygiene. Cleanliness is extremely important to your survival.

Introduction Your body loses water through normal bodily processes such as sweating and urination. A person loses and therefore requires an average of 2 to 3 liters of water daily. Environmental factors such as heat, cold, and altitude as well as your level of activity can cause your body to lose even more water. In…

Preparing an emergency survival kit – supplies needed for the ultimate bugout bag.

The environment you will operate in is key to the types of items you will need in your survival kit and how much equipment you put in it depends on how long you will be required to survive using the items in your bugout bag. Make sure you keep important life-saving items on your person…