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LESSON TWO

INTRODUCTION TO SURVIVAL

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LESSON TWO ( INTRODUCTION TO SURVIVAL ) • The Aim’s of this Lesson is to Teach you the following: • 1,WHAT IS SURVIVAL, • 2,CONDITIONS AFFECTING SURVIVAL, • 3,SURVIVAL STRESSES, • 4,SURVIVAL REQUIREMENTS, • 5,INTRODUCTION TO SURVIVAL PRIORITIES,

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Reason way: Survival training reduces fear of the unknown and gives you self-confidence, it teaches you to live by your wits. Your Incentive

Survival training will teach you to stay alive in a hostile environment if become lost and separated or experience an in flight emergency .

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The Hunter-Gatherers,

SURVIVAL IS NOT SOMETHING NEW

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THIS STILL HAPPENS TO DAY

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WHAT IS

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Survive: Stay alive and escape from a hostile environment.

Survival: The ability and the desire to stay alive, under adverse conditions, all alone! Until Rescued

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THE THE ART ART OF OF SURVIVAL SURVIVAL The The art art of of staying staying alive alive when, when, faced faced with with loss, loss, hardship, hardship, danger danger or or disaster, disaster, utilising utilising what what you you have have to to hand hand to to create create aa positive positive environment environment to to live live through through your your experience. experience. Copyright Reuben Paul

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Your Aim Is To Survive Until Rescued

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CONDITIONS AFFECTING SURVIVAL

All Survival situations are different and the following conditions will bring both Physical and Psychological Affects on the survivor causing Mental Conflict & Stress.

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CONDITIONS AFFECTING SURVIVAL

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS

*Climate *Terrain *Life Forms

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CONDITIONS AFFECTING SURVIVAL

DURATION

(Time Condition) *Short Term *Moderate Term *Long Term Learn To Return

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CONDITIONS AFFECTING SURVIVAL

SURVIVOR’S CONDITION *Physical *Psychological *Material *Obligatory

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CONDITIONS AFFECTING SURVIVAL

SOCIO POLITICAL CONDITIONS

*Friendly *Hostile *Unknown

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SURVIVAL SITUATION

The Survivor will have to deal with all the conditions.

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DURATION (Time Condition) *Short Term *Moderate Term *Long Term

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS *Climate *Terrain *Life Forms

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THE CONDITIONS HAVE A AFFECT ON THE SURVIVOR

Mental Conflict & Stress;

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Pain Injury and Illness

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Hunger Survival Stresses Mental Conflict & Stress, Such As;

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Survival Requirements In all survival situation we must have requirements

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Equipment

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I encouraged you to carry your own personal survival items. Knife Para Cord

Heliograph

A Map and Compass

Whistle

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Contents of a Survival Tin

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RESOURCES PACK Contents ofSURVIVAL SurvivalINSTRUCTOR Tin 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21.

.Matches .Candle .Flint & Steel .Cotton Balls .Needles & Thread .Fishing Set. (Line, Hooks, Small Weights) .Button Compass .Mirror (Stuck to lid of tin) .Brass Wire .Wire Saw .Potassium Permanganate .Surgical / Razor Blade .Butterfly Sutures / Steri-Strip .Plasters .Condoms .Water Sterilising Tablets .Safety Pins .Para Cord .Tin Foil .Salt .Tampon

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Knowledge Even the best equipment in the world could be useless without the knowledge of its use.

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Willpower This is perhaps the most important factor of all. Having Survival skills is important;

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Sir Ernest Shackleton 1914-16

Strong willed people have in many cases come through some seemingly impossible situations. Copyright Reuben Paul

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REMEMBER Self Pity can be a killer Copyright Reuben Paul

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Self Pity Can Be a killer

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Priorities For Survival

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Survival Priorities

Successful survival depends on many environmental factors whether you are in the?

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Protection

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Survival Priorities

Location

Tell someone you have a problem and where you are. Copyright Reuben Paul

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Water

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Food

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Your Survival Priorities In Order are:

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Look Forward Lesson 3 In the Next lessons we will start looking at the survival Priorities in more detail:

Starting With:

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Homework: You must start making the following items for the field phase: 1. A Survival Tin 2. Improvised hat 3. Improvised Sleeping Bag 4. Improvised water bottle 5. Improvised Rucksack Learn To Return

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