The Emergency Survival Manual: 294 Life-Saving Skills (Outdoor Life)

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From break-ins to basement flooding to broken bones, this guide has everything you need to be prepared for any emergency that comes your way.
Who’s better suited to write a book about handling emergencies than an Emergency and Risk Management Consultant and the CEO of Mutual Aid Response Services (MARS)? Joseph Pred is the go-to-guy for assessing and handling emergencies. When you combine his knowledge with that of the experts at Outdoor Life magazine, what do you get? An epic book filled with lifesaving skills. This book also covers what to do before the first responders arrive…or if they never do.
Basic Tools & Skills: Everything you need to know to assess and start handling an emergency. From stocking a first aid kit and treating burns, cuts and broken bones, to protecting yourself when using pepper spray and performing CPR.
Home and Family Safety: Protect your house and keep you and your family safe. Learn how to deal with a lost child, handle house fires, public transit scares, car accidents, and help a sick or hurt pet.
Community Safety: All the ways to help your neighbors and keep your community safe. From what to do if you see a house being broken into and dealing with school tragedies, to coping with a major natural disaster and handling a toxic spill—and everything in between.
When disaster strikes you want to be ready, and you can be with the Emergency Survival Manual.

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From break-ins to basement flooding to broken bones, this guide has everything you need to be prepared for any emergency that comes your way. If you went into the woods with just a knife, your wits, and the shirt on your back, could you survive? If you’d read this book, the answer is yes! American Special forces expert Rich Johnson walks you through 350 pages of practical and crucial skills to help you survive modern dangers. This survival manual offers concrete, useful hints that cover everything from raising chickens in your urban backyard to going totally off the grid in your all-solar log cabin. Learn what to do in dozens of scary situations, including riding out a tsunami, getting lost in the woods, getting hit by an asteroid, or surviving the fall of civilization.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01E64EKSS
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Weldon Owen
Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 6, 2015
Edition ‏ : ‎ Illustrated
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 39.1 MB
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 685 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1681880884
Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Part of series ‏ : ‎ Outdoor Life
Best Sellers Rank: #194,160 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store) #20 in Safety & First Aid (Kindle Store) #59 in Outdoor Instructional Guides #88 in Safety & First Aid (Books)
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