Emergency Survival: Are Your Off-Grid Survival Skills Good Enough? - By: Alex Grid

When you’re faced with a situation where you must catch what food you can to stay alive, where you must rely on the elements of nature for shelter and water until the situation resolves, how do you come out? You may even suffer injuries or adverse weather conditions, both of which can hamper not only your ability to survive, but also the ability of rescue workers to find you. Are your survival skills enough that you make it out alive? Or do you become another death statistic?

There are some basic survival skills everyone should know. Without these basic skills chances of survival are greatly reduced, leaving the survival of a matter of luck rather than knowledge. With those basic skills you can protect yourself during emergency situation, avoid dying from thirst and starvation. Here are those basic survival skills:

Shelter and Warmth

Set up a reasonably warm and safe protected shelter. Cold and wetness are your two biggest enemies. Psychological warfare is the next enemy on the list. Hope and willpower are two of your biggest allies. Be prepared to make this situation work. Find twenty to thirty rocks that can be put into the fire and used underneath the dirt to keep you heated from underneath. The rocks will retain heat, if insulated by the ground, for most of the night. Used in conjunction with ground, it can keep you warm for a sometime. Understand the basics of heat loss. Try to keep your head, hands, and feet covered, but protect your core at all costs from heat loss. Use ground covering to avoid heat loss through the ground while sleeping.

Food and Water

Prepare for eating bugs if it gets to that point. Look for fruits and roots that are edible. Remember the extensive Google session you had before the trip? This is where is comes in handy. Understand about mushrooms and plant life, and know which in the area should be avoided. Look for things like pine needles (edible), cactus (edible), and cactus apples.

Clothing

Wear smart and technical clothing. Cotton may look good, but it’s bad for cold and wet conditions. Opt for synthetics or wool, and always wear long underwear made from high-quality materials. Don’t forget that heat is trapped in dead, insulated air. This means old, dead leaves can insulate between a shirt and jacket. You can then use your own body heat to perpetuate more sustained heat.

These are some basic survival skills required by every person for emergency survival. Look for all available resources, and always be prepared for anything. Spend the time and the money on quality information and equipment, and never underestimate the elements or bad luck. Anything can happen at any time, and you should be prepared for it.

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