The Extreme Survival Almanac is written specifically for the vast majority of regular people who may someday find themselves thrust into an emergency survival situation far from assistance - everyday travelers who have no specialized skill or gear to help them reach safety. It provides decision-making guidelines to walk the reader step by step from the first signs of trouble all the way through to the rescue. It includes thousands of useful tips and directions that can be understood and followed by panicked, possibly injured laymen stranded in the woods, in their vehicle or at sea, plus resource lists for scrounging usable survival equipment from a car, plane or boat as well as the natural environment.
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Reid Kincaid is the physician assistant (PA) at the Metlakatla Indian Reservation Clinic, located on remote Annette Island in southeast Alaska, and a PA with the U.S. Army Reserve. An outdoor enthusiast, he has traveled extensively in the United States and overseas and spends as much time as possible honing his skills in the backcountry of Alaska.
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If traveling in remote areas you need this book,
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This review is from: Extreme Survival Almanac: Everything You Need to Know to Live Through a Shipwreck, Plane Crash, or Any Outdoor Crisis Imaginable (Paperback)
What do you do when your car dies in the desert, or the small plane in which you are a passenger crashes into the water a long way from land, or someone on your hiking trip suffers a major injury miles from the nearest help? That's what this book is all about.It covers a surprising number of subjects, all having to do with survival when help is a long way away. It doesn't tell you how to prevent an accident from happening, but concentrates on what to do now that it has happened. It's biggest recommendation: Don't Panic. Among the subjects covered are; How to build a shelter, starting a fire, finding and purifying water, edible and inedible plants and animals, waiting for rescue and navigation with and without a compass. There is also a large section on survival medicine, covering everything from CPR to spinal injuries to frostbite to infection to insect bites to seasickness. The author hasn't forgotten psychological first aid, too. After a disaster has happened, psychological injuries can be worse than physical injuries. This is the sort of book to get familiar with before you go on your trip. You don't want to be reading it for the first time as the disaster is in progress. Those who do a lot of traveling in remote areas need this book. Those whose traveling is limited to hiking trips in a national park or state forest also need this book. It presents things in a very clear, step-by-step way, with lots of illustrations. Even those of us whose traveling is limited to watching TV travel shows could really use this book. One day, it will come in very handy.
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Although a bit heavy this book is a must for any serious outdoorsman. Whether you like mountaineering, ice or rock climbing, hiking, biking, canoeing, snowboarding, piloting or just simply travelling this book is suffused with helpful tips on staying alive.
The book is replete with diagrams and hand drawn pictures illustrating important points. The most helpful aspect of the book is the section which shows you how to make a survival kit with minimal weight and volume that you will NEED to survive.
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This is an outstanding book. There is a huge amount of knowledge to be gained by reading it. The information in this book could save your life and the lives of people you love. A necessity for anyone. I highly recommend it.
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Shelters are particularly important in cold or rough weather or when you must remain in an area for a prolonged period of time. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
prevailing rain patterns, declination indicator, properly constructed snare, true local noon, local mean noon, rigid litter, eastern declination, prevailing current patterns, vehicle wreckage, sand blindness, western declination, emergency drag, finding your position, commercial fire starter, survival medicine, strangling snare, shoulder firearm, rigid craft, chest puncture, setting your watch, true noon, bearing arrow, correct local time, rescue breathing, protractor reading Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sigma Octantis, Sawyer's Extractor, Apparent Local Noon, Greenwich Mean Time, Corrected Local, Department of Commerce, Southern Cross, Quick Reference, Winter Travel, High Clouds, Waiting It Out, Daylight Savings Time, Stopped Heart, Coal Sack, Cold Seas, Emergency Orientation, Middle Clouds, Planning Your Travel, Calculating True Local Noon, Death Treatment, Desert Insects, General List, Handling Vomiting, Internal Trauma, Lung Collapse Induced New!
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Shelters are particularly important in cold or rough weather or when you must remain in an area for a prolonged period of time. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
prevailing rain patterns, declination indicator, properly constructed snare, true local noon, local mean noon, rigid litter, eastern declination, prevailing current patterns, vehicle wreckage, sand blindness, western declination, emergency drag, finding your position, commercial fire starter, survival medicine, strangling snare, shoulder firearm, rigid craft, chest puncture, setting your watch, true noon, bearing arrow, correct local time, rescue breathing, protractor reading Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sigma Octantis, Sawyer's Extractor, Apparent Local Noon, Greenwich Mean Time, Corrected Local, Department of Commerce, Southern Cross, Quick Reference, Winter Travel, High Clouds, Waiting It Out, Daylight Savings Time, Stopped Heart, Coal Sack, Cold Seas, Emergency Orientation, Middle Clouds, Planning Your Travel, Calculating True Local Noon, Death Treatment, Desert Insects, General List, Handling Vomiting, Internal Trauma, Lung Collapse Induced New!
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- Wilderness Medicine by William Forgey on page 300, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Wilderness Medicine (Wilderness Medicine: Management of Wilderness and Environmental Emergencies) by Paul S. Auerbach MD MS on page 300, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Emergency Navigation: Pathfinding Techniques for the Inquisitive and Prudent Mariner by David Burch on page 283, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Medicine for the Outdoors: The Essential Guide to Emergency Medical Procedures and First Aid by Dr. Paul S. Auerbach on page 300, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Survive the Savage Sea (Sailing Classics) by Dougal Robertson in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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