"Show Me How to Survive", written by Joseph Pred and the Editors of Outdoor Life, is a well-illustrated and succinctly-written publication of Weldon Owen (ISBN13-978-1-61628-132-8). The paperback book is colorful and insightful and there is something here for everyone to learn and apply when necessary.
Show Me How to Survive is Applied Biology and Life Application Combined
This book is extremely well-illustrated with minimal additional, but very helpful, short written instructions and labels as it deals with needful situations that require thoughtful and good thinking. Some of the many instructional diagrammatic panels are illustrated below. Whether it is the Heimlich maneuver, dealing with entrapment in snow-enveloped car, clothes or a house on fire, being streetwise and careful, planning for national disasters, and other circumstances there is something here for mature adults to relate to and understand. Not everyone will encounter a cougar, or deal with a snakebite, yet coping with a fracture, bleeding, a heart attack or a mugger or assailant are all parts of life situations which occur when you least expect it. Therefore, this book has applications that may help carry the moment, the hour or the day that leads to survival.
Can "Show Me How to Survive" Be Helpful
The header here is a good question because someone may question the value the survival ideas or tools in this book. You would be wrong to think that way because an emergency or disaster could be just moments away from anyone. Disaster survival in the country or suburban areas can be different from urban survival and this book is a realistic evaluation of those actions and activities that someone may or will have to take to survive. Consider these 12 questions that are answered in the book:
- Do you have a first aid kit and what do you need for a really good kit?
- What could you do to disarm a close range shooter or killer, if that were necessary?
- Do you have the ability to survive in a city or urban setting when there is social collapse?
- What do you need to know in hurricanes, flood situations?
- What does a good emergency kit look like?
- Why and how should you make emergency plans? What are those plans. if any?
- Can you escape a criminal's holds of your wrist, neck or bear hugs?
- Can you decompress the chest if a victim, stop bleeding, cauterize a wound?
- Can you recognize important venomous insects?
- What are the signs, symptoms and needs of people with a stroke, heart attack, asthma allergy?
- What do you do with a dislodged tooth, a concussion, a bird covered with oil, a person in an ice hole or in hypothermia?
- Can you start a fire with a fire drill or plank, build a campfire?
- Can you collect and purify water in a desert or the woods?
In summary, there are 175 different and useful ideas for adults to think about regarding survival. This is an adult book because it discusses mature topics for human survival such as how to capture pigeons and squirrels for food and survival, the proper handling and care of firearms and treatment of injuries. This book is a useful guide to thinking and role playing for actual, survival situations. The retail price of $14.95 makes the book a bargain since any one of the 175 explanations and illustrations may one day save or preserve your or some other life.
Source
Pred, Joseph. 2011. Show Me How to Survive. Weldon Owen Publishers, San Francisco. (ISBN13-978-1-61628-132-8).
Donald Reinhardt - Think, read, write & live well always. DJR has a PhD in Biology/Microbiology & is a Fellow & Diplomate, ASM Amer Acad Micro.
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