What you will learn...

  • Wilderness Survival Medicine

    Practice how to improvise life-saving medical skills with limited equipment. Learn about emergency medicines, bleeding control, improvised splinting techniques and much more!

  • Tools, Techniques & Tactics

    Fire building, shelter construction, emergency signaling, wilderness navigation, food & water procurement. All the essential skills to safely travel in the wilderness and effectively deal with emergency situations.

  • Survival Personalities

    Discover how certain personalities, characteristics and traits can improve your survival chances. Learn how to effectively manage stress to increase your chances of a positive outcome!

  • Backcountry Navigation Skills

    Map Reading, Plotting Bearings, Coordinate Systems, Route finding, Orienting a Map, Field Bearings, Triangulation, Planning your trip, GPS skills, Smartphone Apps

Wilderness Survival Manual Table of Contents

  • 1
    Chapter 1: Welcome Outdoor Adventures and aspiring guides/SAR!!
  • 2
    Chapter 2: Survival Psychology, Physiology and Tactics
  • 3
    Chapter 3: The "GO-SUIT"
  • 4
    Chapter 4: The Survival Kit
  • 5
    Chapter 5: First Aid Skills
  • 6
    Chapter 6: Shelters
  • 7
    Chapter 7: Fire Building
  • 8
    Chapter 8: Staying Warm
  • 9
    Chapter 9: Emergency Signaling
  • 10
    Chapter 10: Water Procurement, Water Purification & Dehydration
  • 11
    Chapter 11: Backcountry Navigation Skills
  • 12
    Appendix A: Wild Edibles
  • 13
    Survival Stories: The good, bad & ugly
  • 14
    About
  • Start Here! Course Introduction: Wilderness Survival
  • Survival mindset Analyzing Wilderness Survival: Factors and Outcomes of Survival Situations The Stress Response & Coping Strategies Survival Statistics Quiz Survival Philosophies, Methodologies and Strategies Survival Tactics: The Rule of 3's Gearing Up for Success: Trip Plans and Emergency Action Plans Rule of 3's quiz
  • Clothing and the Layering System
  • Designing an effective survival kit FREE PREVIEW Constructing a Comprehensive individual first aid kit (IFAK) Survival Kit: Shelters Survival Kit: Fire Kit Survival Kit: Water Kit Survival Kit: Navigation Survival Kit: Signals Survival Kit: Knife Survival Kit: Cord Survival Kit: Emergency Satellite Communication Devices Survival Kit: Headlamp Survival kit: Food Survival Kit: Repair Kit
  • First Aid Skills FREE PREVIEW
  • Tarp Shelters Survival Knots Group Shelters Natural Shelters Snow Shelters
  • Fire Building
  • Staying Warm at Night Survival Tarp to help prevent Hypothermia
  • Emergency Signaling signal mirror video
  • Water procurement & Dehydration Water Purification Seawater and Urine
  • Introduction: Navigating the Backcountry - Bridging Ancient Skills and Modern Technologies Gearing Up for Success: Trip Plans and Emergency Action Plans Common Navigation Terminology & Landmark Glossary for Mountain, Wilderness & Desert Travel Laying the Groundwork: Fundamentals of Map Reading FREE PREVIEW Topographical Contour Line Basics Identifying steep and flat terrain with contour lines Contour line ID: peaks, hills, and mountains Identifying Ridges and Gullies Latitude and Longitude Universal Transverse Mercator System (UTM) Test your knowledge: Map Reading quiz Map Bearings Taking a Map Bearing with a Compass FREE PREVIEW Test your knowledge: Map Bearing Quiz Compass 101 Test your knowledge: Compass anatomy quiz Orient Map with Compass Triangulation GPS Smart phones for navigation Test your knowledge: GPS Quiz Dedicated GPS vs Smartphone GPS Assignment Modern Routefinding: GPS Bearings Electronic Mapping Gaia GPS Desktop App Introduction Gaia GPS Desktop Waypoints and Routes Gaia GPS Mobile App Settings & Preferences natural navigation Safety Bearings Navigating Survival: The Tactical Decision of Staying Versus Traveling Gaia GPS Mobile App main features Orient Map with Compass (download for offline use)
  • Wild Edibles
  • Survival stories
  • Brian

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