How to survive in the wilderness

1. How to survive in the wilderness

2. Will to Survive • When Faced with a survival situation an individual encounters many stress related behaviours that ultimately impact the mind and affect decision making • Without a desire to survive, acquired skills how to survive in the wilderness serve little purpose

3. Basic Needs • In a wilderness survival situation you will be confronted with many problems that you need to overcome. • There are four basic needs for survival in the wilderness

4. Four Basic Needs • Warmth • Water • Sleep • Food

5. Four Basic Need • The Survivor challenge is to put these needs in a priority list. • The priority will of course depend on what circumstances you are dealing with

6. Warmth • Maintaining ideal body temperature is crucial • Our body operate within a narrow temperature range • You cannot be to hot or cold or you will die • In most wilderness situation the challenge is to stay warm

7. Warmth • Even in the desert warmth is a issue • In the daytime the temperature is warm and at night the temperature drops • Shadow in the day and warmth a night

8. Water • Our Bodies need water for biological process to take place • The human body is made up of 75% water • We need a constant supply of water to function • Water is essential to life • The average person can last three days without water • Do not wait till you run out!!!!!!

9. Sleep • As human we need a certain amount of sleep to remain rational • Without sleep our minds begin to hallucinate and we become unable to make conscious decisions to better our situation

10. Food • An average adult can survive for three weeks without food • Food is rarely the first priority

11. Basic Steps • Survival depends a great deal on your ability to withstand stress in emergency situations and to take the right action • Knowledge and practical skills that can help you manage a difficult situation to enable you to remain calm and objective

12. Priority List • Warmth • Water • Sleep • Food

13. 8 basic Wilderness Survival Skills • Making shelter • Making fires without a matches • Finding and purifying water • Finding food • Signalling • Basic wilderness first aid • Basic weather prediction