There are many ways to survive in the wild when bad conditions happened, as long as we master a variety of survival techniques well, we will be able to survive in the worst conditions. But not much people can be and ready to survive with the worst situation, only a few people can do it, most of us will die if we not provided with good equipment for support our survival technique. And the equipment we need so bad is survival kit. Therefore, let we discuss together what was a survival kit, what is included in them, and what is the functions of this survival gear.
Accidents never choose who is ready or not, all can be experienced in us can resist. Travel transportation service providers are well aware of the risk of accidents, to remedy vehicles if an accident befell them, they have provided a powerful survival equipment to be used if an accident occurs. Buses, cruise ships, and aircraft certainly is equipped with survival gear, it could save the passengers as the plane dropped, for example, or when the cruise ship sank. In the films with transportation accidents scene, we will surely find scenes of victims utilizing survival equipment.
Of course, we will not learn further into survival equipment discussion of the transportation vehicle, which we will discuss is the survival equipment in the outdoors activity like hiking and camping. Survival kit in outdoor activities includes much of equipment and supply, it can help us when faced with a critical situation while we were on the adventure activity. Survival gears that can make us alive consists of various components and equipment, including:
Equipment for shelter and warmth maker
- Emergency blankets (space blanket) can prevent our body of hypothermia
- Poncho or raincoat that have a lightweight and easy to carry can protect us from the wind and rain. Moreover, it can also be made as an emergency bivouac
- Large plastic garbage can also be used as an emergency poncho or as the base.
- Waterproof matches are very important, it still can be used when the weather is bad
- We can take some cotton to make it easier to make fire
- Emergency sleeping bag is very good for giving warmth
- Drug for wounds (Betadine)
- Alcohol as a wound cleanser of germs
- Bandages
- Drug for dizziness, nausea, and diarrhea.
- Latex gloves when needed, so you can provide the more sterile wound management
- The salt has a wide range of treatment functions, which can be used to prevent dehydration due to diarrhea
- Multivitamins
- Balm for stiff muscle
- A drugs for allergies
- Medication drugs for personal illness suffered
- Storage bottle and a water filter/purification
- Canned food or fast food, usually in the form of a dry meal ready cooked
- Field Stoves
- Fishing equipment
- Wire for a trap
- Nets to catch fish when it necessary
- Whistle
- Mirror as a reflector of light
- Flashlight or headlamp with spare battery
- Contour maps of the location
- Compass as a direction
- GPS
- Flares to signaling the location we are
- Colored tape to leave a mark
- Glow stick
- Multifunction folding knife, swiss army knife for example
- Yarn and needles for sewing clothes
- Knives
- Small Axe
- Small saw
- Solar charger
- Survival guide book
- Candles as lighting, signaling, or fire makers
- Scissor
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