Disaster can strike anywhere and in any place. Whether you are a long time resident of the desert or someone who is visiting it for the first time, it is important to know the special needs that this environment can present.
The desert is beautiful and deadly. Danger is always present, especially once you leave well-traveled roads. Not only strangers but also Sunday sightseers have found this to be true. Native born desert dwellers have been careless and have suffered the consequences. The information in this desert survival manual may save your life.
The way to stay out of trouble is to think in terms of trouble. This Desert Survival Manual will help anyone feel at ease in the desert out-of-doors environment and increase chances of survival should circumstances demand it. Travel in the desert can be an interesting and enjoyable experience or it can be a fatal or near fatal nightmare. That is why it is so important if you are considering traveling to or through the desert to know some important facts about desert survival before you go.
This ten page desert survival manual covers a wide range of topics to help anyone in the desert to stay safe and alive. It cannot detail survival rules for every situation; however, it can reinforce basic common sense rules for the not so familiar travelers in this hostile environment.
Topics Covered
- Pathfinding
- Walking
- Automobile driving
- Signals
- Equipment
- Recommended survival items
- Health
- Carrying water in the desert
- Ration sweat - not water
- Finding water in the desert
- Heat disorders their symptoms and first aid
- Heat wave safety rules
- Recommended survival items
- Poisonous creatures
- Prevention and treatment
- Treatment of poisonous snakebite
- Poisonous insects and spiders
- Gila monster
- Food
