Essentials

Wilderness

Disaster

Urban

Extreme.

Introduction from Outdoor life -- Note from Rich -- Essentials: -- 1: Assemble an at-home survival kit -- 2: Stock an office BOB -- 3: Gear up with a to-go BOB -- 4: Pack for surviving in the wild -- 5: Make a kit in a can -- 6: Build a first-aid kit -- 7: Stop bleeding -- 8: Disinfect a wound -- 9: Bandage a wound -- 10: Assess and respond: Deal with blood loss -- 11: Immobilize an arm inquiry -- 12: Fake a sling -- 13: Set a bone -- 14: Make a splint -- 15: Save with CPR -- 16: Perform the Heimlich maneuver -- 17: Identify and treat burns -- 18: Treat for shock -- 19: Handle hypothermia -- 20: Treat frostbite -- 21: Survive heat illnesses -- 22: Defeat dehydration -- Wilderness: -- 23: Avoid getting lost -- 24: Assess your situation -- 25: Measure remaining daylight -- 26: Find yourself on a map -- 27: Scout for shelter -- 28: Build a shelter from branches and leaves -- 29: Hole up in a tree well -- 30: Make a bed in a pinch -- 31: Hunt for water -- 32: Purify water in the wild -- 33: Filter water with your pants -- 34: Learn fire-making basics -- 35: Make a fire four ways -- 36: Upgrade your shelter -- 37: Predict the weather with plants -- 38: Get noticed by rescuers -- 39: Light up a signal fire -- This happened to me! When grizzlies attack -- 40: Know your bears -- 41: Live through a grizzly encounter -- 42: Assess and respond: Handle animal attacks -- 43: Stand your ground against a lion -- 44: Beware Africa's deadliest beasts -- 45: Live through a stampede -- 46: Navigate tall grass -- 47: Outrun a croc on land -- 48: Avoid being gator bait -- 49: Chow down on gator tail -- 50: Dress a snake -- 51: Wade through a swamp -- 52: Build a swamp shelter -- 53: Keep bugs out of your pants -- 54: Tie a square lashing -- 55: Avoid dreaded trench foot -- 56: Set a snare for small animals -- 57: Make a jaw spear -- 58: Dig a hole trap -- 59: Fish with your shirt -- 60: Improvise a skewer hook -- 61: Test plants for edibility -- 62: Gobble up bugs -- 63: Rid big game of harmful bacteria -- 64: Spit roast that bunny -- 65: Butcher a deer leg -- 66: Drag a deer -- 67: Put your kill to use -- 68: Trap a goose -- 69: Steer clear of poisonous plants -- 70: Remove a tick -- 71: Put your pee to work -- 72: Treat a snake bite -- 73: Swing a mean machete -- 74: Assess and respond: Understand poison types -- 75: Heal with bugs -- 76: Remove a leech -- 77: Keep mosquitoes at bay -- 78: Banish a botfly -- 79: Avoid scorpions -- 80: Treat a scorpion sting -- 81: Fight dehydration in the desert -- 82: Navigate the desert's shifting sands -- 83: Make a solar still -- 84: Scout for water in the desert -- This happened to me! Trapped in a canyon -- 85: Seek water in a canyon -- 86: Maximize heat from a campfire -- 87: Scale a canyon -- 88: Equip yourself for the mountains -- 89: Be a modern caveman -- 90: Stay safe in a cave -- 91: Find food above the tree line -- 92: Conquer altitude sickness in the mountains -- 93: Bed down on a cliff -- 94: Case Study: Snowed in avoid getting stranded in the mountains -- 95: Trek across a glacier -- 96: Tie a double figure-eight knot -- 97: Rappel on the fly -- 98: Descend a scree slope -- 99: 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 -- 295: Safeguard against pirates -- 296: Call for help during a pirate attack -- 297: 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

Index

Acknowledgments.