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Wilderness Survival and Awareness

Jeremy White

Welcome. This course teaches essential survival skills, what you need to know to make it out alive in a survival scenario. If you're new to wilderness survival, this is the course for you. Emergency situations happen all the time and this course will teach you ways to handle them, such as securing drinking water or treating injuries. 

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Welcome. This course teaches essential survival skills, what you need to know to make it out alive in a survival scenario. If you're new to wilderness survival, this is the course for you. Emergency situations happen all the time and this course will teach you ways to handle them, such as securing drinking water or treating injuries. 

This course will prepare you for a variety of survival situations and give you the know-how on what to do. You will learn: how to build a fire (and use as a signal fire), finding and purifying water, how to properly dress to stay warm in cold environments, making shelter, surviving animal attacks, how to trap and fish for food and even how to survive a natural disaster.

Lectures are a variety of slides, pictures, and video demonstrations. Also this course will be updated periodically with new material for all students. 

You will learn what to do in the event you are stuck in a emergency situation. These skills can also be applied to many areas of life such as on your next family camping trip. This course will prepare you for the unknown and surviving through it.

Happy trails.

LAST UPDATED: April 2017

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What's inside

Learning objectives

  • Learn the essential survival items to always carry with you
  • How to purify water and find food (edibles and trap animals)
  • How to make a survival shelter
  • The best way to build a fire
  • Basic first aid skills
  • Navigate with a map/compass and sun/moon/etc.
  • Proper clothing to wear
  • Key survival knots to know
  • How to survive an animal attack
  • Learn the basics of wilderness survival

Syllabus

Welcome
Welcome to Wilderness Survival and Awareness
Learn to survive in the wilderness and use your knowledge and surroundings to do so. Start fires, build shelters, find water, how to navigate, surviving animal attacks, and much more
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See if you could survive a survival scenario. Here's a glimpse into what you will learn through this course

Learn how to keep warm. Various clothing materials to use and how to dress to protect yourself from the cold

Learn the steps to building a fire, building a signal fire and proper way to extinguish a fire

Here I'll show you how to build your fire

Building a signal fire

Learn how to properly extinguish a fire so you don't walk away and the fire you 'put out' keeps burning

Alternative fire making skill - Battery

Learn some essential knots to use not only in survival but in many scenarios in life

Knots 1 - Demo
Knots 2 - Demo

Learn how to build various kinds of shelters and how to use your environment to your advantage

Here we cover different ways to purify water and ways to collect it. From boiling, solar stills, dug out holes, etc.

Water Purification - Demo
How to make your personal Survival Kit

In this section we cover a variety of comment injuries and how to treat them. Injuries like: bee stings, cuts, broken bones, slings, splints, hypothermia, heat stroke, etc.

Learn how to navigate using a map, compass and your environment. Learn how to find north using the sun, stars, moss on trees, etc.

Using a compass - Demo
How to use a map and compass - Demo

Here we go over different ways to trap food and catch fish.

Learn how to find out if plants are edible with the 'Universal Edibility Test'. Know key plants to look for and stay away from

Know what's going on around you... Learn to think like Jason Bourne and be prepared to respond

Learn what to do if attacked by an animal. This section covers surviving animal attacks like: bear attack, wolves, shark attack, moose, and others

Know what to do to survival a disaster. What if the power goes out and a raging storm is approach? What do you do in an earthquake? What about a drought? We cover these in this section

You may print or scroll through the slides but make sure to have a paper and pencil to write down your answers. Once you've completed the quiz, open the answer sheet to see how you did. Have fun!

Good to know

Know what's good
, what to watch for
, and possible dealbreakers
Develops foundational wilderness survival skills learners can apply to outdoor activities such as camping
Builds survival skills, including fire making, shelter, and emergency navigation
Instructed by Jeremy White, an expert in survival training
Teaches essential survival items to always carry, water purification, and food procurement
Covers topics such as animal attacks and disaster preparedness, which may be useful in emergency situations
Requires no prerequisites and is suitable for beginners with little to no wilderness survival knowledge

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Learners who complete Wilderness Survival and Awareness will develop knowledge and skills that may be useful to these careers:
Search and Rescue Technician
Search and Rescue Technicians locate and rescue people who are lost or injured in wilderness areas. The skills taught in Wilderness Survival and Awareness, such as wilderness navigation, shelter building, and fire starting, are highly relevant to Search and Rescue Technicians.
Environmental Educator
Environmental Educators teach people about the environment and promote environmental stewardship. Wilderness Survival and Awareness could be very useful to Environmental Educators in teaching about wilderness ecosystems and survival skills.
Wilderness Guide
Wilderness Guides lead tours and teach people about wilderness areas. With a strong foundation in wilderness survival skills, Wilderness Guides are able to provide a richer, more informative experience for their clients.
Outdoor Education Instructor
Outdoor Education Instructors lead groups on outdoor adventures while teaching about the environment. Wilderness Survival and Awareness could be very helpful to them in their work, particularly in the area of teaching participants about survival skills.
National Park Service Ranger
National Park Service Rangers protect and preserve national parks, and provide visitor services. Wilderness Survival and Awareness could be very useful to National Park Service Rangers, especially in remote parks or areas with challenging wilderness conditions.
Naturalist
Naturalists teach people about the natural world through guided tours, presentations, and other educational activities. Wilderness Survival and Awareness can provide Naturalists with a deeper understanding of the wilderness and the skills needed to survive in it, which can enhance their teaching.
Wildlife Photographer
Wildlife Photographers take pictures of wildlife in their natural habitats. Wilderness Survival and Awareness may be useful to Wildlife Photographers in helping them to track and observe wildlife, and to survive in remote wilderness areas.
Conservation Officer
Conservation Officers work with law enforcement agencies to protect the environment, including wildlife and natural resources. Wilderness Survival and Awareness may be useful to Conservation Officers in the field, especially in areas where they are exposed to remote and potentially dangerous wilderness environments.
Adventure Photographer
Adventure Photographers travel to remote and challenging locations to capture images of nature and wildlife. Wilderness Survival and Awareness may be useful to Adventure Photographers in helping them to survive and work in wilderness areas.
Wildlife Biologist
Wildlife Biologists study the behavior, ecology, and conservation of wildlife. Wilderness Survival and Awareness may be useful to Wildlife Biologists working in remote areas where they may need to survive in the wilderness.
Ecologist
Ecologists study the interactions between organisms and their environment. Wilderness Survival and Awareness may be useful to Ecologists working in remote or wilderness areas where they need to be able to survive and work in challenging conditions.
Geologist
Geologists study the Earth's physical structure and history. Wilderness Survival and Awareness may be useful to Geologists working in remote or wilderness areas where they need to be able to survive and work in challenging conditions.
Park Ranger
In their roles, Park Rangers have the responsibility of protecting park visitors as they enjoy America's natural heritage, and preserving natural and cultural resources. Wilderness Survival and Awareness may be useful to Park Rangers in emergency situations where they need to know how to build shelter, make a fire, find water, and other skills needed to survive in the wilderness.
Disaster Relief Specialist
Disaster Relief Specialists respond to natural disasters and provide assistance to victims. Wilderness Survival and Awareness may be useful to Disaster Relief Specialists in providing aid to people in remote or wilderness areas.
Environmental Scientist
Environmental Scientists work in various fields related to environmental protection and conservation. Wilderness Survival and Awareness may be useful in enabling Environmental Scientists to work in remote locations where they need to be able to survive in the wilderness.

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