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Everyone Needs to Know These Survival Tips

We hope that you’ll never encounter a rabid dog or a poisonous snake, get lost at sea or have to make your way through the hot desert, but if something like this does happen, it’s important to know what to do.

Below are some great tips that could help save your life in these terrifying circumstances.

 
1. If You’re in the Open Sea
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Imagine that you’re on a boat in the open sea. How are you supposed to survive? Three things that’ll help you survive in the middle of the sea are food, water, and shade.
• There is food in the sea, you just need to know how to get it. In 1942, and Englishman survived 133 days at sea because he made a rod using flashlight wires. If you have similar materials, do the same. If there’s nothing that you can use, make yourself a net using a piece of cloth. 
• To get freshwater, you can make a distillation machine. This consists of two containers of varying sizes, a piece of plastic and a weight of some sort. Fill the larger container with seawater and place the smaller container in the saltwater. Cover the top of the larger container with a plastic bag, put the weight in the middle, and place in the sun. The seawater in the big container will start to evaporate, the plastic will keep it from escaping, and the droplets will fall into the small container. 
• Heatstroke will kill you much faster than hunger. Furthermore, the sunshine reflects from the water surface and can damage your retina. Take some clothes off and cover your head and your eyes. 
2. If You Get Lost in a Desert
• Try to travel at night. During the night, the temperature might drop by 95 Fahrenheit (35 degrees Celsius). Therefore, traveling at night decreases the risk of getting heat stroke and becoming dehydrated. This could help you save up to 1 gallon of water per day. 
• Many people think that there’s water inside cacti, but they actually contain poisonous lye. If you drink it, there’s a good chance that you will die. In deserts, water can be found in underground sources that are not that deep. 
3. If You’re Trapped under a Building or in a Cave
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If you happen to be trapped under debris, the most precious resource that you’ll have is air. Therefore, in order not to waste it, you need to know what to do.
• Breathe deeply, but exhale very slowly. Don’t use matches or lighter as a fire will decrease your oxygen levels. 
• Don’t scream. Screaming will just increase panic, meaning your heart will beat faster and you’ll have to breathe faster, using up more oxygen. 
• Take off your shirt and wrap it around your head. This will protect you from any suffocating dust that might come your way. 

4. If You Encounter a Wild Dog or Wolf

Wolves often attack when you’re in their territory. If a wolf is approaching you, you must slowly retreat while maintaining eye contact.

• Don’t turn your back and run. A lone wolf won’t attack you unless you run away and provoke it. 
• To scare the wild animal, scream as loudly as you can and act aggressively.
• If you have been unlucky enough to come across a pack of wolves or wild dogs, don’t let them surround you. Approach a tree and start to climb. 

5. Make Waterproof Matches
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Fire is extremely important for surviving in any weather, in any climate, but matches can get wet, so you should make them waterproof in advance. To do this, just put a thin layer of transparent nail polish on your matches and let them dry.
 

6. If You’re Bitten by a Venomous Snake

Right after you have been bitten, the spot will hurt a lot. The blood color might change to dark red or even blue. After that, the bitten spot will start to swell and other symptoms such as a headache, blurry vision, fever, and nausea will appear.

What to do: Doctors don’t recommend sucking out the venom because there might be some small wounds in your mouth. However, if you’re far away from the hospital, there is no other choice. You should suck out the poison a few seconds after you’ve been bitten.

Don’t push the bite or put a bandage on it. If the venom is concentrated in one place, it can lead to necrosis. Let the blood pour out as this will take some of the venom with it.

7. How to Know If You’ve Been Bitten by a Rabid Animal
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If you have been bitten, wash the wound right away with warm water and soap (if possible). Even if the animal wasn’t rabid, you could still get some other nasty infections.

If you have been bitten by a rabid animal, the wound will bleed for a long time and will become red and swollen. It will then start to itch badly, you’ll develop a fever, and you will become irritable. Rabies leads to death within 4-7 days, which is why it’s very important to visit the hospital after you’ve been bitten by a wild animal.

9. How to Signal SOS Correctly

If you’re in danger and have no means of communication, you need to know how to signal SOS properly.

The SOS signal looks and sounds like this: 3 short flashes or sounds, then 3 long ones and 3 short ones again. After the signal, wait for 3 seconds and repeat. If you receive 3 flashes of light or three whistles, it means that a rescue team is on its way.

10. How to Set Wet Wood on Fire
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This technique is known as a Swedish Torch. Place the log vertically and make a star-shaped cut as deep as you can. Place some dry grass and sticks inside and set them on fire. The log will catch fire very quickly, and it can burn for 2-5 hours, depending on the size of the log.

Bonus: One Thing That Can Save Your Life

A survival kit contains the most necessary things that will help to keep you warm, find food, water, or give first aid.

Take a small box and add a few matches, a band-aid, aluminum foil, a razor blade, fishing hook, antibiotic pills, a knife, a small candle, thread, duct tape, and wet wipes.

 

Source: brightside
Images: depositphotos

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