BASIC SURVIVAL TECHNIQUES

• Survival


  Meeting your basic needs for: Water, Food, Shelter
• Survival


  The state or fact of continuing to live or exist, typically in spite of an accident, ordeal, or difficult circumstances
• Survival is not a measure of an individual's success
• Key word for survival

  • Size Up the Situation
  • Use All Your Senses, Undue Haste Makes Waste
  • Remember Where You Are
  • Vanquish Fear and Panic
  • Improvise
  • Value Living
  • Act Like the Natives
  • Live by Your Wits, But for Now, Learn Basic Skills
• Size Up the Situation

  1. Find a place where you can conceal yourself from the enemy

  2. Use your senses of hearing, smell, and sight to get a feel for the battlefield

  3. Consider what is developing on the battlefield when you make your survival plan
• Size Up Your Surroundings

  1. Determine the pattern of the area

  2. Get a feel for what is going on around you
• Size Up Your Physical Condition

  1. Check your wounds and give yourself first aid

  2. Prevent further bodily harm
• Size Up Your Equipment

  Check to see what equipment you have and what condition it is in
• U - Use all you senses, Undue Haste Makes Waste

  You may make a wrong move when you react quickly without thinking or planning
• Use all your senses

  Note sounds and smells, be sensitive to temperature changes, be observant
• Remember Where You Are

  1. Spot your location on your map and relate it to the surrounding terrain

  2. Make sure others in your group know their location

  3. Constantly orient yourself
• Vanquish Fear and Panic

  If uncontrolled, they can destroy your ability to make an intelligent decision
• Improvise


  • Take a tool designed for a specific purpose and see how many other uses you can make of it
  • Use natural objects around you for different needs
• Value Living


  The will to live--placing a high value on living--is vital
• Act Like the Natives

  1. Watch how the people go about their daily routine

  2. Observe animal life in the area
• Act Like the Natives

  Show interest in the natives' tools and how they get food and water
• Without training in basic skills for surviving and evading on the battlefield, your chances of living through a combat survival and evasion situation are slight
• General Problems of Survival

  • Adjusting to the strange environment to the general area
  • Psychological condition one must conquer
• Cunning (Common Sense)


  • Rugged Terrain
  • Climate
  • Vegetation and wild life
  • Obstacles
• Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

  
  

  • Self-Actualization - Desire to become the most that one can be
  • Esteem - Respect, Self-Esteem, Status, Recognition, Strength, Freedom
  • Love and Belonging - Friendship, Intimacy, Family, Sense of Connection
  • Safety Needs - Personal Security, Employment, Resources, Health, Property
  • Physiological Needs - Air, Water, Food, Shelter, Sleep, Clothing, Reproduction
• Physiological needs - Air, Food, Water, Shelter, Sleep
• Safety needs - Protection from elements, security, order, law, limits, stability, freedom from fear.
• Love/Belongingness needs - Affection, relationships, work group, family, friends, intimacy.
• Belongingness and love needs - Affection, relationships, work group, family, friendship, intimacy.
• Esteem needs - Confidence, achievement, respect, independence, status, dominance, prestige, self-respect, mastery, control, etc.
• Esteem needs - Self-esteem, confidence, achievement, respect of others, independence, freedom, status, dominance, prestige, managerial responsibility, teacher, doctor, lawyer, etc.
• Esteem needs - Confidence, achievement, respect, status, dominance, reputation, prestige.
• Self-actualization needs - Morality, creativity, spontaneity, problem solving, lack of prejudice, acceptance of facts.
• Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs is the most widely accepted theory on human motivation.
• Theory X - Assumes employees are lazy, dislike work, need close supervision, avoid responsibility, and want security above all else.
• Theory Y - Assumes employees are committed, capable of accepting responsibility, motivated by internal factors such as recognition, growth opportunities, and job satisfaction.
• The first step is to identify your basic survival needs such as food, water, shelter, clothing, and safety.
• Physiological needs are the most basic human needs that must be satisfied first before other needs can be addressed.
• Safety needs refer to our need for security, stability, predictability, and protection from harm or danger.
• Physiological needs include food, water, air, shelter, warmth, sex, sleep, etc.
• Safety needs include protection from elements, security, law, health, property, etc.
• The hierarchy consists of five levels or stages that are arranged from basic to advanced needs.
• Theory Y - Employees have potential to be committed, responsible, creative, and productive if given opportunity.
• Food can be found through hunting or fishing, gathering wild plants, or finding edible insects.
• Water sources include rivers, lakes, streams, ponds, rainwater, dew, snow, and ice.