The rules of survival in extreme situations

Our life is full of hazards: earthquakes, avalanches, tsunamis, hurricanes, car and plane crashes happen all the time and almost everywhere, and information on how to act in the face of such a local apocalypse, can greatly increase your chances of survival. So, here are some useful tips:

1. Never eat raw food


With food not worth the risk. Before something to eat, or cook your izzharte impromptu breakfast, lunch or dinner, and the water boil. Otherwise, there is a chance to pick up any pernicious bacteria or wand and get sick. And in the middle of the desert to the hospital you no one will take.

2. Try to stay dry in the cold


Wet the surface at low temperature loses heat 20 times faster - this also applies to the human body. If for some reason you still need to get into the water, remove clothing, keeping it dry, and do not wear, until they were dry. To dry off more quickly, you can lie in the snow (snow absorbs water), dress quickly and immediately start a fire.

3. Be aware of the "rule of three»


If things do not add up very well, and the question is how much more is left to you, remember the "rule of three": three minutes without air, three days without water and three weeks without food.

4. Do not forget about the time


You can just keep track of the days. If this is not done, the brain starts to joke with you bad jokes.

5. Never give


The road by walking. Instead of walking - not master. Deciding to give up, you do not leave yourself a chance at survival. Therefore, never give up.

6. Do not eat if you do not have water


The more you eat, the more your body needs water. Before you eat, make sure you still have water or you risk dying of thirst.

7. Stay in the area of ​​the crash


If you are in a plane crash and found Neznamov where you certainly should look for nearby water sources and gather up something to eat, but after necessarily voernites to the aircraft - to what's left of it - the rescuers will be easier to find you there, than in some kind of a jungle forest.

8. Keep a reliable knife


If you go on an exciting journey through the forests of the Amazon, keep with you a reliable folding knife - with a knife, you can not just cut the vines have taken the path, in which case it will help you start a fire.

9. There is no water? Drink urine!


Yes, it sounds disgusting, but no other way: without water you will surely die, but to "urine therapy" pull a couple of days. Urine may also be treated the wound, and in hot weather it is possible to wet the cloth, using it as a cold compress.

10. Keep a small backpack


Prefer small, waterproof and lightweight backpacks types - for example, such as those kayakers. Bulky, great climbing and hiking backpacks will only hinder their weight, they are and strive to cling to any branch.

11. Put the phone in the bag


Or in two packages. In any case, make it waterproof, if you suddenly find yourself in the area of ​​the cell towers, it is better that the phone was working.

12. Save energy - breathe through your nose


Your body consumes much more energy when you breathe mouth. In addition, mouth breathing, you lose a lot more moisture - and it is your weight in gold. So try to breathe through the nose.

13. Celebrate your way


Do not rely on your memory. Do notches on trees, break branches - anything, as long as you can then go back and do not get lost.

14. Stay calm


Easier said than done, but it's important to stay calm - Stress can turn a relatively small problem in a real disaster.

15. Stay hungry


Eat as much as you need to be on our toes. It is not necessary to fill the stomach, naedyatsya fill - so you not only squandered precious supplies of food, but also will feel sluggish.

16. Carry another pair of socks


They will be useful - in fact the legs are known, it is necessary to keep warm. As in the case of a telephone, they are also necessary to fold the package to leave a dry and changed every day. Clean, warm socks will make your survival is much more comfortable.

17. Always carry a water


Even if you go to a harmless hike on nature, always take a flask of water with him. In the desert, you can last a maximum of three days without water, a week - in the case of moderate temperature to 16-29 degrees.

18. Save water!


Water in the jar lacks the maximum for the day. Therefore, instead of drinking all at once, try to make small sips throughout the day - so you save stocks and do not die of thirst.

19. Find shelter


Find a quiet place where you could hide from the sun, penetrating to the bone the wind or cold - you can hide in the shade of a tree or in a cave (preferably uninhabited). If anything like that can not be found - improvise! Pitch yourself shelter improvised: for example, of twigs and moss.

20. Cover the head


Be sure to keep your head warm in the cold weather, but do not forget that in the heat as necessary to have a no headgear. It is not necessary to follow the latest fashion trends - can simply wrap a t-shirt around his head, and that will be enough. So you protect the head from sun stroke, and your body will not expend extra energy on cooling.

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