The Survivor Manual: An Official Book of the Hit CBS Television Show Book

CHAPTER ONE -- The Psychology of Survival

The Will to Survive • Where the Mind Leads... • Preparation • Panic and Fear • S-U-R-V-I-V-A-L • Loneliness and Boredom • Survival in Groups

CHAPTER TWO -- Finding Direction With a Map and a Compass

Map Reading • What is a Map? • Marginal Information • Geographical Coordinates • Map Orientation • Directions • The Magnetic Compass

CHAPTER THREE -- Finding Direction Without a Map or a Compass

Finding Direction During the Day • The Sun • Direction, Using a Watch • Equal Shadow Method for Determining Direction • Finding Direction at Night • Dead Reckoning • Steering Marks

CHAPTER FOUR -- On the Move

Rate of Travel • Orienteering • Types of Terrain • Travel Through Dense Vegetation • Travel in Mountainous Terrain • Snowfields and Glacier Travel • Crossing Water • Methods of Crossing Water Crossing Quicksand, Bogs, and Quagmires • Signaling • The International Signal Code • Other Methods of Signaling

CHAPTER FIVE -- First Aid

Basic Hygiene • Keep Clean • Guard Against Intestinal Sickness • Guard Against Heat Injury • Guard Against Cold Injury • Take Care of Your Feet • Sickness and Disease • Smaller Forms of Life (Mosquitoes and Malaria; Flies; Fleas; Ticks; Mites, Chiggers, and Lice; Bees, Wasps, and Hornets; Spiders; Scorpions; Centipedes and Caterpillars; Leeches; Flukes or Flatworms; Hookworm) • First Aid for Snakebites • Basic Lifesaving First-Aid Measures I: Lack of Oxygen • Enlarging Airway Passage • Artificial Respiration (Mouth-to-Mouth Resuscitation Method, Mouth-to-Nose Method, ChestPressure Arm-Lift Method) • Closed-Chest Heart Massage • Basic Lifesaving First-Aid Measures II: Bleeding • Application of Pressure Dressing, Elevation of Limb, and Digital Pressure • Basic Lifesaving First-Aid Measures III: Shock • Administering First Aid • Positioning the Victim • Dressings and Bandages • Applying Bandages • Severe Wounds • Head Injuries • Face and Neck Wounds • Sucking Wounds o f the Chest • Abdominal Wounds • Severe Burns • Fractures • Kinds of Fractures • Signs and Symptoms of a Fracture • Purpose of Immobilizing a Fracture • Rules for Splinting • Spinal Column Fractures • Neck Fractures • First Aid for Common Emergencies • Minor Wounds • Minor Burns • Foreign Body in the Eye • Foreign Body in the Ear, Nose, or Throat • Drowning • Electric Shock • The Heimlich Hug • Transporting the Wounded • Handling the Wounded • Manual Carries (Fireman's Carry, Supporting Carry, Arms Carry, Saddle or Piggyback Carry, Packstrap Carry, Belt Carry) • Two-Man Carries • Improvised Litters

CHAPTER SIX - Basic Survival Skills

Immediate Actions • Shelter • Selecting a Sight • Types of Shelter Beds • Weather • Forecasting Weather • Hazards • Diseases, Insects, and Hazards from Smaller Forms of Life • Poisonous Snakes • Danger from Mammals • Danger from Plants • Water • The Dangers of Drinking Nonpotable Water • Finding Water • The Water Still Firemaking • Fuel, Tinder, and Location • Fire Without Matches Cooking Fires • Cooking • Skinning and Cleaning • Tanning • How to Cook • Cooking Plant Food • Cooking Animal Food • Seasoning • Baking Bread • Preserving Food • Storing Food • Hunting • Weapons • Finding Game • Shooting Game • Trapping • A Basic Snare • Other Types of Snares • Fishing • Where to Fish • Bait • Making Hooks • Trot Lines • Jigging • Fishing by Hand • Muddying Spearing • Netting • Trapping -- Shooting • Edible Plants • Edibility Guidelines • Edible Parts of Plants (Tubers, Roots and Rootstalks, Bulbs, Shoots and Stems, Leaves, Nuts, Seeds and Grains, Fruit, Bark) • Clothing

CHAPTER SEVEN -- Survival in the Tropics

Terrain • Immediate Considerations • Travel • Shelter • Environmental Hazards • Poisonous Plants • Poisonous Snakes • Other Dangerous Tropical Animals • Health Hazards • Water • Plants That Catch and Hold Water • Food • Edible Tropical Plants • Fish • Along Tropical Shores • Firemaking • Clothing

CHAPTER EIGHT - Survival in Desert Areas

Terrain • Immediate Considerations • Travel • Shelter • Environmental Hazards • Water Scarcity • Sandstorms • Lizards • Health Hazards • Dehydration • Exposure to the Sun • Sun Glare • Food • Animals • Edible Plants • Firemaking • Clothing

CHAPTER NINE -- Survival in Cold Climates

Terrains • Immediate Considerations • Travel • Shelter Environmental Hazards • Blizzards • Rock falls • Avalanches • Quicksand • Floes, Slush, and Melting Ice • Icebergs • Whiteout • Magnetic Compass • Poisonous Plants • Health Hazards • Cold Water and Wet Cold • Frostbite • Trench Foots • Hypothermia • Snow Blindness • Sunburn • Carbon-Monoxide Poisoning • Bleeding • Hygiene • Water • Food • Storage and Preservation • Fish • Land Animals • Birds • Plant Foods • Firemaking • Fuel • Clothing Natives

CHAPTER TEN -- Sea and Coastal Survival

Sea Survival: Immediate Considerations • Ditching • Oil on Water Survival Swimming • Travel and Shelter • The Raft • Signaling Signs of Land • Environmental Hazards • Sharks • Giant Ray Electric Ray • Fish Poisonous to Eat • Fish That Sting • Fish That Bite • Other Water Hazards • Health Hazards • Water • Rainwater Ice • Seawater • Food • Fish (Fishing Aids, Plankton, Shark, Bait) Birds • Coastal Survival: Terrain and Immediate Considerations • Travel • Shelter • Environmental Hazards • Reptiles • Sea Urchins, Sea Biscuits, Sponges, and Anemones • Health Hazards • Water • Food • Seaweeds • Other Edible Plants • Invertebrates • Mollusks • Worms • Arthropods • Echinoderms

CHAPTER ELEVEN -- Survival Under Unusual Conditions

Emergency Procedures for Plane Crash • On Land • On Sea Nuclear Attack • Immediate Action • Radiation • Natural Disasters • Preparation (Floods, Tornadoes, Hurricanes, Earthquakes, Tidal Waves, Lightning, Forest Fires) • After a Disaster

APPENDIX I: Poisonous Snakes of the World
APPENDIX II: Survival Kit (Recommended List)
APPENDIX III: First-Aid Kit
APPENDIX IV: Survival Weapons
APPENDIX V: Orientation Charts and Diagrams