I WANT TO SHOW YOU HOW MOST PEOPLE THINK WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT THEY NEED TO "LIVE IN THE WOODS" FOR A MONTH OR TWO.
WHILE SEVERAL SUGGESTIONS ARE VALID AND EVEN "UNIQUE", WE CAN'T CARRY PACKS THAT WEIGH 200 POUNDS!
SO GO HAVE A LOOK IF YOU FEEL LIKE IT, AND THEN READ ON:
http://ask.metafilter.com/100978/What-to-bring-to-live-in-the-woods
SOME THINGS WE TRULY NEED FOR SURVIVAL, LIKE POTS, PANS, THINGS TO CARRY OTHER THINGS IN (WATER, GATHERED FOOD, THE BABY?) CAN BE MADE AFTER WE REACH SAFETY.
FIRST, WE NEED TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE WITH ENOUGH TO SUSTAIN LIFE FOR AT LEAST 3 DAYS!
WE WILL NEED TO "TRAVEL LIGHT"!
BY NOW, YOU SHOULD BE FAMILIAR WITH WHAT TO TAKE ALONG SHOULD YOU HAVE TO LEAVE YOUR HOMES AND SEEK SHELTER ELSEWHERE.
THAT'S WHAT GOES IN THOSE "BUG-OUT BAGS".
GO BACK AND READ THE PREVIOUS BLOG IF YOU MISSED THAT.
WE WILL NEED SOMETHING TO DIG WITH, CUT WITH, SEW WITH, START A FIRE WITH, SOMETHING TO HELP US SEE IN THE DARK ...THINGS WELL COVERED IN THE BUG-OUT BAG LISTS.
THESE THINGS ARE FUNDAMENTAL, NECESSITIES.
ONCE SAFE, OR EVEN SAFER, WE'LL NEED OTHER THINGS THAT MAY ALSO BE CONSIDERED FUNDAMENTALS: SOMETHING TO COOK IN, MAYBE SOMETHING TO COOK ON.
SOME FOOD MUST BE COOKED, OR AT LEAST HEATED, AND WE MAY NEED TO BOIL SOME WATER.
COOKING AND HEATING CAN BE DONE OVER AN OPEN FIRE, AS IN ROASTING A RABBIT OR BIRD, AND WARMING A CAN OF BABY FORMULA (AFTER YOU PUNCH A HOLE IN THE LID, AND ARE CAREFUL NOT TO BOIL IT!) , BUT, EVENTUALLY, WE'LL WANT OR NEED TO MAKE A POT OF SOUP, STEW, MAKE A PAN OF FLAT BREAD (IF WE HAVE FLOUR OR CORNMEAL), OR CREATE A SYRUP FOR SWEETENING, ETC.
EATING, COOKING UTENSILS CAN BE PRIMITIVE, STICKS (POINTED OR CURVED, THIN OR BROAD AND FLAT), AS CAN DISHES TO EAT FROM (NON-TOXIC LEAVES, BARK, CROSS-SECTIONS OF FELLED TREES,DRIED TO GET RID OF RESINS, EVEN FLAT ROCKS PROPERLY CLEANED).
<CLICK HERE> TO SEE HOW TO MAKE SOME OF THESE COOKING AND EATING UTENSILS, AS WELL AS TO SEE OTHER METHODS OF PRIMITIVE COOKING.
THAT SITE ALSO OFFERS TIPS ON FOOD STORAGE,
BUT POTS AND PANS WILL HAVE TO BE CRAFTED.
CLEANED SCAVENGED CANS OR OTHER METAL CONTAINERS DEEMED SAFE FOR HUMANS AND SAFE TO HEAT TO THE BOILING POINT WILL BE IDEAL.
NATURALLY HOLLOWED-OUT ROCKS ARE FINE TO COOK IN, BUT REMEMBER SOME MAY CRACK OR "EXPLODE" WHEN EXPOSED TO HIGH HEAT.
IT IS POSSIBLE TO COOK/HEAT IN ANIMAL SKINS, BUT THEY MUST BE PROPERLY "CURED".
ONE CAN ALSO COOK WRAPPED MEATS AND VEGETABLES IN GLOWING EMBERS, EITHER EMBERS BURIED IN THE GROUND OR THOSE OF A CAMPFIRE.
TO SEE AN EXAMPLE OF THIS TYPE COOKING, <CLICK HERE> AND SCROLL JUST A BIT.
THAT WEBSITE ALSO DEMONSTRATES PLANK COOKING, "TENNIS RACK" COOKING (NO, NOT A LITERAL TENNIS RACKET), AND FLAT STONE COOKING.
FOOD CAN BE COOKED IN THE ABOVE WAY IN LEAVES OR ROLLED UNTIL COVERED IN VERY MOIST CLAY WHICH WILL DRY AND CRACK AS THE FOOD COOKS, AND THEN YOU JUST FREE THE FOOD FROM THE CLAY.
A SIMILAR COOKING METHOD TO EMBERS COOKING INVOLVES USING BURIED HOT ROCKS.
<CLICK HERE> TO SEE THAT METHOD.
NATURAL HOT SPRINGS WILL ALWAYS BE A SOURCE FOR COOKING FOODS AND KEEPING WARM, BUT SINCE MOST DON'T KNOW WHAT MINERALS MAY BE IN THOSE SPRINGS, CLOSED CONTAINERS WOULD BE NECESSARY.
AS YOU CAN SEE, ONE REALLY DOESN'T NEED A BIG SET OF POTS AND PANS TO COOK FOOD, OR DISHES TO EAT FROM, BUT WHETHER WE FASHION THEM OF RECYCLED CANS OR LOCAL CLAY, OR STONE, OR WOOD WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THAT NOW.
STORAGE CONTAINERS
FROM WATER TO SEEDS, WE NEED THINGS TO STORE OTHER THINGS IN.
STORAGE IS A FUNDAMENTAL NECESSITY/
WE WANT TO KEEP WHAT WE HAVE OR WHAT WE FORAGE FOR, ETC, SAFE FROM WEATHER, INSECTS, LARGER VARMINTS, AND MAYBE EVEN OTHER HUMANS BENT ON TAKING INSTEAD OF WORKING FOR WHAT THEY NEED.
WE CAN'T PACK NEAT LIDDED STORAGE CONTAINERS INTO THE WOODS, SO WE WILL HAVE TO FASHION THOSE ONCE WE'VE SETTLED IN A LITTLE.
METAL AND WOODEN CONTAINERS, SOME KEPT IN-GROUND, OTHERS AS FAR ABOVE GROUND AS WE CAN FIND A PLACE FOR, WILL BE THE PREFERRED MEANS OF STORAGE, ALL MADE FROM MATERIALS AVAILABLE "OUT THERE".
YES, WE MAY NEED GATHERING BASKETS, SOME SORT OF BIN TO ORGANIZE CLOTHING, STAPLES, GEAR, ETC, IN, BUT MOSTLY WE'LL NEED STORAGE FOR FOOD, WATER, MEDICAL SUPPLIES/MEDICINES, AMMUNITION.
THOSE THINGS WILL BE OUR TREASURES SO WE MUST SAFELY STORE THEM.
LET COMMON SENSE DICTATE WHAT YOU NEED.
CONTAINERS MUST BE AS WATERPROOF AS POSSIBLE, AS STURDY AS POSSIBLE IN CASE IT MUST BE BURIED, AND NON-TOXIC TO HUMANS.
IT'S FINE TO RECYCLE, BUT REMEMBER TO THOROUGHLY CLEAN EVERYTHING! AVOID THE POSSIBILITY THAT IMPROPER STORAGE WILL CAUSE ANYONE TO BE ILL.
IF WE PROCESS OUR FOODS AND STORE THEM PROPERLY, IF WE DO ALL WE CAN TO AVOID ILLNESS FROM NOT DOING SO, THERE WILL STILL BE TIMES WHEN WE WILL AWAKEN TO THE FACT THAT WE NEED MEDICAL TREATMENT.
WE WILL NEED A DOCTOR!
WHAT IF THERE ISN'T EVEN A VETERINARIAN NEARBY?
BEING YOUR OWN PHYSICIAN
THAT'S CERTAINLY A "SCARY" THOUGHT, ISN'T IT?
SO LET'S JUST FACE IT AND GET RID OF THE FEAR!
WE'LL START AT THE "TOP" AND WORK DOWN, BEING REALISTIC AND HONEST.
UNLESS YOU ARE A SKILLED SURGEON AND HAVE ACCESS TO SOME SORT OF WELL-CLEANED OPERATING AREA, CHANCES ARE QUITE SLIM YOU WILL SUCCESSFULLY BE ABLE TO PERFORM SURGERY OF A LIFE-SAVING SORT.
YOU MAY BE ABLE TO REMOVE AN INFLAMED APPENDIX, A FOREIGN OBJECT FROM A HUMAN TORSO, EVEN MANAGE A CESAREAN SECTION AND SEE YOUR "PATIENT" LIVE, BUT EVEN THAT WOULD TAKE NERVES OF STEEL, A VERY GOOD MEDICAL MANUAL THAT SHOWED YOU HOW IN EXPLICIT DETAIL, AND THE INSTRUMENTS YOU WOULD NEED TO ACCOMPLISH THE DEED.
A FURTHER STRETCH MIGHT SEE US TAKE OUT A BURSTING GALLBLADDER OR AMPUTATE A LIMB WITHOUT LOSING THE PATIENT...BIG MAYBE.
WE REALLY NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO ALL OF THE ABOVE.
YES, IT IS THE LEAST WE CAN DO, BUT IT ALSO THE MOST WE SHOULD EXPECT CAN BE DONE.
AND IF IT IS YOU WHO NEEDS ONE OF THOSE THINGS DONE FOR YOU, ALL YOU CAN DO IS GO IN PREPARED WITH JUST SUCH A MANUAL SO MAYBE SOMEONE ELSE CAN TAKE THAT BALL AND SCORE A TOUCHDOWN FOR YOU.
IT WILL HELP IF YOU ARE A PARENT, HAVE GONE THROUGH CHILDHOOD ILLNESSES AND SEEN THE DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE OVER AND OVER AGAIN FOR "COMMON ILLNESSES".
WE KNOW THAT A FEVER MEANS SOMETHING IS WRONG.
WE DON'T KNOW IF WHATEVER IS WRONG WILL REQUIRE MEDICAL TREATMENT, BUT WE CAN HAVE A RESOURCE, SOMETHING THAT MAY HELP US DECIDE AND THEN SHOW US WHAT TO DO.
WE CAN PREPARE THE BEST WE CAN AND NOT ANY FURTHER.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO HEART BYPASS SURGERY, BRAIN SURGERY, TRANSPLANT ORGANS, REPAIR ANEURYSMS, REMOVE OR TRADITIONALLY TREAT CANCERS.
WE MAY NOT EVEN BE ABLE TO DO A ROOT CANAL, BUT WE CAN DO ALL THAT WE CAN HUMANLY AND HUMANELY DO TO HELP OURSELVES AND OTHERS WHEN WE ARE SICK.
WE CAN ISOLATE THE SICK, TO KEEP ILLNESS FROM SPREADING, MAKE THE INJURED AS COMFORTABLE AS POSSIBLE, BUT WE MAY JUST NOT BE ABLE TO SAVE A BRITTLE DIABETIC, A SERIOUSLY ASTHMATIC CHILD, OR SOMEONE WITH A BLEEDING ULCER.
WITHOUT ACCESS TO X-RAY, SONOGRAM, MRIs, CT SCANNERS, DIALYSIS MACHINES, HEART MONITORING SYSTEMS, AND A HOST OF OTHER LIFE-SAVING TECHNOLOGY, WE WILL SEE A LOT OF LOST LIVES.
WE SIMPLY FACE THAT FACT AND MOVE ON TO THOSE WHO CAN BE SAVED WITH WHAT KNOWLEDGE WE HAVE AND WHAT LIFESAVING TOOLS WE HAVE AT OUR DISPOSAL.
YES, WE WILL DO ALL WE CAN, BUT AFTER THAT, NO ONE SHOULD FEEL GUILTY THAT ALL WE CAN IS NOT ENOUGH!
INGRAIN THAT INTO YOUR MINDS.
ACCEPT IT.
EVERY "REAL" DOCTOR HAS TO ACCEPT THE SAME THING!
SOMETIMES DEATH COMES NO MATTER WHAT WE DO.
WHAT CAN WE PREPARE FOR NOW THAT WILL HELP US CARE FOR OURSELVES AND OTHERS WHO ARE SURVIVING WITH US?
WE CAN LEARN BASIC HUMAN ANATOMY.
WHERE IS THE APPENDIX?
WHERE IS A FEMALE UTERUS?
CHARTS OF THE HUMAN SYSTEM ABOUND ON THE INTERNET, BOOKS THAT SHOW HUMAN SYSTEMS IN GREAT DETAIL CAN BE FOUND ON WEBSITES LIKE HALF.COM FOR UNDER A DOLLAR.
THEE ARE SO MANY FREELY DOWNLOADABLE MILITARY AND FIRST RESPONDER MANUALS THAT SHOW HOW TO PERFORM MINOR SURGERIES THAT I COULD NOT COUNT THEM ALL.
I FAR PREFER MILITARY AND FIRST RESPONDER MANUALS TO EVEN THE LIKES OF BRADFORD ANGIER'S "HOW TO BE YOUR OWN WILDERNESS DOCTOR", WHICH IS A FINE BOOK.
THERE ARE EVEN SCOUTING MANUALS THAT SHOW HOW TO STABILIZE A BROKEN LIMB AND MOVE AN INJURED PATIENT.
AGAIN, SUCH MANUALS CAN BE HAD CHEAPLY, BUT ARE WORTH THEIR WEIGHT IN GOLD!
INSTEAD OF GOING TO YOUTUBE TO BE ENTERTAINED, LET'S GO THERE TO LEARN HOW TO DO ALL THAT WE CAN DO.
BEFORE MY SON'S RECENT OPEN HEART SURGERY, I WENT TO YOUTUBE AND WATCHED THE ENTIRE PROCEDURE!
IT HELPED ME COPE.
YOU WILL BE AMAZED AT THE SURGICAL VIDEOS THERE!
I'VE WATCHED A COUPLE ON RELIEVING INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE OVER 100 TIMES.
IT'S SOMETHING I NEVER HAD TO DO, BUT WAS CURIOUS ABOUT.
I ASSURE YOU, ALMOST ANYONE WHO HAS BASIC KNOWLEDGE AND THE WANT-TO AND EVEN UNCONVENTIONAL TOOLS CAN PERFORM A TRACHEOTOMY AFTER WATCHING IT DONE A COUPLE DOZEN TIMES!
WE ARE AMAZINGLY CAPABLE OF MANY THINGS!
HAVE CONFIDENCE!
BUT NEVER HAVE OVER-CONFIDENCE.
BE SAFE, RATHER THAN SORRY!
LEARN THE SYMPTOMS OF COMMON ILLNESSES.
LEARN THE SIGNS OF REAL TROUBLE IN A HUMAN'S HEALTH.
NOW, WHILE WE MAYBE HAVE TIME, TAKE A COURSE, OR A REFRESHER COURSE IN FIRST AID.
LEARN HOW TO GIVE MOUTH-TO-MOUTH RESUSCITATION, PERFORM CPR AND
THE HEIMLICH MANEUVER, STOP ARTERIAL BLEEDING, TREAT SOMEONE IN SHOCK, TREAT BURNS, CAUTERIZE A WOUND, AND ANYTHING ELSE YOU HAVE THE TIME AND DESIRE TO LEARN.
SOME CLASSES ARE FREE, SOME COST A FEW DOLLARS, BUT HOW MUCH IS A HUMAN LIFE WORTH TO YOU?
HOW MUCH DO YOU VALUE YOUR OWN LIFE?
DIRECTLY BELOW THIS BLOG, I WILL DROP LINKS TO MANY WEBSITES, LIST MANY BOOKS, RELATIVE TO THIS SUBJECT OF "BEING YOUR OWN DOCTOR".
WHAT YOU DO AFTER THAT IS UP TO YOU.
WE CAN ALL HOPE WE NEVER NEED TO BE OUR OWN PHYSICIAN, BUT LET US KEEP IN MIND IT IS A STRONG POSSIBILITY.
WE DO ALL WITHIN OUR POWER, DO ALL WE CAN DO, AND PRACTICE REMAINING CALM ENOUGH TO DO WHAT HAS TO BE DONE.
PANIC, UNBRIDLED FEAR WILL KILL...US, SOMEONE WE LOVE, SOMEONE WHO MIGHT HAVE BEEN HELPED IF WE HADN'T PANICKED.
SELF-DISCIPLINE IS MANDATORY.
START BY DISCIPLINING YOUR OWN MIND, YOUR THOUGHTS.
I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW BECAUSE NO TWO OF US ARE THE SAME.
WHAT WORKS FOR ME PROBABLY WOULD NEVER WORK FOR SOMEONE ELSE.
BUT SELF-DISCIPLINE CAN BE ATTAINED...IF WE WANT IT, IF WE SEE THE ABSOLUTE NEED FOR IT.
IT GIVES US A WHOLE NEW FORM OF CONFIDENCE TO KNOW THAT WE CAN "GET A GRIP", CALM OURSELVES, NOT PANIC.
BUT IT DOES TAKE PRACTICE, AS ALL THINGS DO, TO PERFECT.
DIRECTLY BELOW THE LIST OF RESOURCES FOR "BEING YOUR OWN DOCTOR" WILL BE OTHER RESOURCE LISTS FOR FUNDAMENTALS.
PLEASE NOTE! IF YOU FIND A BROKEN LINK, PLEASE LET ME KNOW WITH A COMMENT SO I CAN REPLACE IT.
ALL OF THESE ARE VALID AND WORKING AS I LIST THEM TONIGHT.
ALL HAVE BEEN CHECKED FOR VIRUSES.
THE TEA ROOM BY NO MEANS EXPECTS ANYONE TO GO BUY ALL BOOKS LISTED IN ANY BLOG.
GO READ REVIEWS, LOOK AT A FEW SAMPLE PAGES ON AMAZON, IF THEY ARE AVAILABLE, AND SEE WHICH ONE IS FOR YOU.
SOME PARTIAL BOOKS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE ON GOOGLE.
I'M CERTAIN THAT ANYONE READING HERE IS WELL CAPABLE TO ADD TO ALL I WRITE, FIND YOUR OWN RESOURCES.
SOMETIMES I, ALL OF US (?), JUST NEED A NUDGE IN A CERTAIN DIRECTION TO MAKE A MONUMENTAL JOURNEY, OR ATTEMPT THE "IMPOSSIBLE", OR FIND SOMETHING WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
THAT'S ALL THESE BLOGS CAN DO.
I'M NO SURVIVAL EXPERT.
I HAVE BEEN SCHOOLED BY MEN WHO COULD SURVIVE ANYTHING, AND DID SO IN THREE WARS, IN CONDITIONS ONE MIGHT THINK NO ONE COULD SURVIVE.
FROM THE TIME I WAS A CHILD, THEY DRILLED SURVIVAL INTO MY MIND, AND SHOWED ME HOW TO BE A SURVIVOR.
BUT I AM NO EXPERT.
I AM JUST SUDDENLY, OVERWHELMINGLY CONCERNED WITH THE SURVIVAL OF THE HUMAN SPECIES.
I DON'T KNOW WHY.
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHY.
I HAD TO SAY SOMETHING (WRITE SOMETHING), SO I HAVE.
I WILL OFFER ONE MORE PART IN THIS SERIES...AN EXTENSIVE LIST OF RESOURCES AND WHATEVER ELSE COMES TO MIND THAT SEEMS IMPORTANT.
I MAINLY JUST HOPED TO GET PEOPLE INTERESTED IN LEARNING HOW TO SURVIVE A CATASTROPHIC EVENT.
YOU CAN TAKE IT FROM HERE, I'M CERTAIN.
BEST REGARDS, ALL.
I HOPE THAT YOU ARE WELL AND REMAIN SO.
--
ON BEING YOUR OWN DOCTOR: LINKS AND BOOKS
DOWNLOADABLE PDF FILES, SOME QUITE EXTENSIVE:
~ "NAVAL VIRTUAL HOSPITAL"
SIMPLY MASSIVE SITE WITH EVERY MEDICAL TOPIC ONE MIGHT THINK OF FREE FOR DOWNLOAD.
TRULY ONE OF THE "MOTHERLODE" SITES FOR ACQUIRING MILITARY MEDICAL MANUALS.
http://www.vnh.org/
~ A WEBSITE WITH MANY DOWNLOADABLE MEDICAL MANUALS FROM SIMPLE EXAMINATION OF PATIENTS TO SURGERY.
http://www.stevespages.com/page7c.htm
~ NATO WAR SURGERY
http://kenax.net/seekthetruth/Reading/_Survival-guides/NATO-emergency-war-surgery.pdf
~ RANGER MEDIC HANDBOOK.
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.
TRAUMA MANAGEMENT (TACTICAL)
http://www.patriotresistance.com/Ranger_Medic_Handbook_2007_1_.pdf
~ CASUALTY TRIAGE, U.S. ARMY
http://www.drum.army.mil/tenants/Documents/C191W8TC%20CMAST%20-%20Casualty%20Triage.ppt
~ EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PROTOCOL
EMT-Basic: National Standard Curriculum
Instructor's Course Guide
ALMOST 700 PAGES
http://www.nhtsa.gov/people/injury/ems/pub/emtbnsc.pdf~ SURGICAL KNOT-TYING
http://www.covidien.com/imageServer.aspx?contentID=11850&contenttype=application/pdf
BOOKS
~ BEING YOUR OWN WILDERNESS DOCTOR by Bradford Angier and E. Russel Kodet, MD.
The outdoorsman's emergency handbook for times when a doctor may be too far away.
~ The Survival Medicine Handbook
by Joe Alton, M.D. and Amy Alton, A.R.N.P., the premiere Medical Preparedness Professionals from the top ten survival website www.doomandbloom.net.
Excellent book, and be sure to visit their website!
~BE YOUR OWN DOCTOR by "V.T."
Maybe this author is a physician who would catch hell from colleagues for putting out this kind of info?
Worth the read.
~ ARMAGEDDON MEDICINE
CYNTHIA J. KOELKER, M.D.
THE TEA ROOM IS FIRMLY AGAINST 'PRICE-GOUGING', WHICH THE AUTHOR OF THIS BOOK SEEMS TO ENJOY, BUT I'VE READ MOST OF A COPY OF THIS BOOK, AND IT MAY WELL BE WORTH $80?
I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE LAST ONE THAT SOLD ON HALF.COM WENT FOR $143.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE LAST ONE THAT SOLD ON HALF.COM WENT FOR $143.
THERE ARE SEVERAL YOUTUBE VIDEOS BY THIS NAME, OBVIOUSLY LINKED TO SELLING THE BOOK, BUT A FEW ARE "NICE".
Another military survival text for surviving in a number of situations, this manual explains the psychology of survival and preparation procedures, in addition to maintaining hygiene, crafting a makeshift shelter, and making water potable. Like the SAS Handbook, this version is edited for civilian use. It also comes as a free PDF download.
FUNDAMENTALS:
FURTHER READING:
~PRIMITIVE "NO TECHNOLOGY"
http://www.notechmagazine.com/category/primitive-technology
AND:
http://www.notechmagazine.com/2010/05/the-origins-of-invention-industry-among-primitive-peoples.html
~ PRIMITIVE WAYS
http://www.primitiveways.com/index.html
~ USING BICYCLE HANDLEBARS TO TILL THE SOIL AND MANY OTHER WONDERFUL ARTICLES
http://www.notechmagazine.com/
~ SOME LIGHTWEIGHT COOKING STOVES ARE LISTED HERE, FOR THOSE WHO MAY WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S AVAILABLE TO BUY, AND ARE WILLING TO PACK THESE AROUND.
http://www.happypreppers.com/Cooking-methods.html
~ FOOD STORAGE MISTAKES AND CORRECTIONS
https://www.usaemergencysupply.com/information-center/self-reliance/seven-major-mistakes-in-food-storage
AND:
http://americanpreppersnetwork.com/2012/04/10-rookie-food-storage-mistakes.html
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