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     This book can save your life! It tells how to meet the challenges of outdoor survival in any typical emergency that might arise, no matter whether the location is in the mountains or in desert terrain. It focuses on the basics: maintaining body temperature; providing shelter, fire, water and food; and avoiding hazards. It also provides careful instruction in the techniques of wilderness travel, search and rescue procedures, and proper preparation of equipment and clothing. This material is presented in a concise, useable manner that can be effectively utilized in times of emergency.

     The authors are skilled woodsmen who know the outdoors, and who have taught college-level survival courses for various universities. Their approach is practical, because they've encountered and dealt with the problems of many emergency situations. The years of training and experience they've acquired make them highly qualified to write this important book.

   You Can Stay Alive! is a book that can be read and applied by people of all ages--youth and adults alike. Every hunter should carry a copy in his camper. It deserves a place in every hiker's, skier's and fisherman's knapsack. Boy Scout troops should have several copies in the troop library. The book should be tucked away in the cyclist's and snowmobiler's tool kit, and wise drivers will see that a copy is kept in the family car. Emergencies happen unexpectedly, and the place where You Can Stay Alive! is needed is at the emergency site! Don't procrastinate--read this book thoroughly and then put it in your emergency kit--it may someday help to save the life of someone you love.

Table of Contents

1. What To Do First, 11
Controlling Fear and Panic, 11
Maintaining Body Temperature, 12
Cold, 12
Heat, 15

2. Wilderness Medicine, 17
Cold Diseases, 17
Hypothermia, 17
Frostbite, 20
Heat Diseases, 23
Heat Cramps, 24
Heat Exhaustion, 24
Heat Stroke or Sunstroke, 24
Fevers, 26
Dehydration, 27
Sunburn, 27
Snow/Sun Blindness, 28
Altitude Sickness, 29
Basic First Aid, 31
Medicinal and Other Useful Plants, 34

3. Shelters and Keeping Warm, 36
Campsite Selection, 36
Shelters, 38
Snow Cave, 38
Snow Trench, 41
Tree Shelter, 41
Miscellaneous Shelters, 43
Wind breaks, 43
Bedding, 49
Fires, 50
Location and Preparation, 50
Tinder, 53
Reflectors, 56
Holding a Fire, 56
Putting Out a Fire, 57
Sleeping Warm, 57
Airing, 57
Hot Rocks, 58
Coal Beds, 59

4. Water and Food, 62
Water, 62
Winter, 62
Summer, 63
Food, 65
Winter, 65
Summer, 66
Common Edible Plants in the Rocky Mountains, 67
Cooking, 71
Edible Animals, 72

5. Hazards, 79
Avalanche, 79
Flooding, 83
Hailstorms, 84
Sand and Dust Storms, 85
Falling Rocks, 85
Animals, 86
Ticks, 88
Insect Stings, 89
Cactus Spines and Burrs, 90
Snakes and Scorpions, 91

6. Travel, 94
Orientation, 94
Snow, 98
General Information, 98
Snowshoes, 101
Skis, 102
Stream Crossings, 102

7. Search and Rescue, 106
Organizing a Search, 106
Air Search, 107
Ground Search, 108
Aiding Rescuers, 109
Signal Fires, 109
Ground Signals, 111

8. Preparation and Prevention, 112
Equipment, 113
Clothing, 118
Can Your Children Survive?, 120

Appendix 1: Making Cordage, 123

Appendix 2: Intestinal Parasite Treatment, 124

Index, 125

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