Cold Burn: 4 Tips for Avoiding Frostbite
Frostbite is an injury caused by exposure of skin and tissue to extremely cold temperatures, with the toes, fingers, ears, and nose being the most vulnerable.
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Survival Situations
Stories of Survival: Louis Zamperini and Russell Allen Phillips
47 DAYS ON THE OPEN OCEAN
On Thursday September 20th, 1945, the Daily Times-Tribune of Alexandria, Indiana — beneath a photo of the hulking wreckage of the Mit...
Layer Up: How to Layer for Winter Camping
Being too cold or too hot during the winter can be uncomfortable at best, and possibly fatal, at worst. Being too cold in winter will have obvious effects on yo...
Bacteria, Bugs And Bioterrorism: Surviving Something You Can’t See
It’s Monday morning at a Level 1 trauma center in Chicago, Illinois, and Dr. A.J. Cummings, founding member of the Academy of Emergency Medicine and clinical as...
Stories of Survival: The Donner Party
The saloon was eerily still. All eyes were on the six-foot-tall shell of a man who stared off into the musky din with steely blue eyes. The question lingered in...
Stories of Survival: Escape from Berlin
HANS-PETER SPITZNER AND PEGGY SPITZNER ARE THE LAST ONES OUT
“Sorry, no. It is too dangerous.” Those are the words greeting Hans-Peter Spitzner each time he ap...
Stories of Survival: Pilot Down
As children, we often find ourselves playing the classic game of hide and seek; hunkering in the neighbor’s hedges or up some tree hoping we can elude our frien...
ALERT & ALIVE: Situational Awareness as Part of Everyday Life
Terrorism and violence are plagues that keep normal, law-abiding citizens as hostages unless we can take action to mitigate our risk.
In recent months, we h...