Desert Survival

This Desert Survival Guide audiobook talks you through, step by step, what to do in an emergency or survival situation if you find yourself stuck in a desert in hot and dry conditions.

For quick navigation, the survival audiobook is in survival priority order. You can quickly skip to the chapter which best fits your situation. As the audiobook plays there will be prompts to act upon and there are spaces of a few seconds in the commentary to allow you to complete tasks. The audio will then carry on, but you can pause it and restart it at any time.

Chapters and content covered:

First Aid:    
        The recovery position – needed for unconscious casualties 
        Treating bleeding
        Treating burns and scalds
        Treating shock
        Treating fractures and breaks
        Treating heat disorders: dehydration, heat exhaustion and heat stroke 
        Treating hypothermia
        Treating bites and stings
        Moving a casualty

Rescue:    
        Analysing your resources
        Calling the International Emergency Number
        Attracting attention
        Using Morse Code to signal for help
        Adapting to the desert

Shelter:
        Using natural shelter
        Create a desert scrape shelter
        Create ground-to-air markers

Location:    
        Prepare to move
        When to stop
        Route finding
        Calculating distance
        Hiking skills
        River crossings
        Navigational aids
        Dangerous animals
        Clothing

Fire:        
        Fire by friction – using bow drill
        Tinder
        Fuel
        Constructing a fire
        
Water:        
        Collecting fresh water 
        Making a solar still
        Making a water filter
        Conserving body fluid
        Water from desert plants
        
Food:        
        Trapping: small mammals and birds
        Hunting: spear, bola, club, slingshot 
        Gathering: universal edibility test
        Cooking: methods, Preparing, small mammals, birds and fish        

Camp:         
        Cutting tools: knives, saws and axes
        Using cordage
        Making and using a raft
        Making signal fires
        Hygiene; how to stay clean

Morale:    
        How to stay positive, optimistic and increase your chances of survival

Did you know?
- The desert covers 20% of the world’s surface
- 80% of fatalities in the Sahara desert are due to dehydration
- The Gobi desert has experienced highs of +49°c and lows of -40°c
- Only 9% of the Sahara desert can access phone signal 
- Water needed in the desert:
    Moving in the sun: 9 litres a day
    Resting in the sun: 7.5 litres a day
    Resting in the shade: 5 litres a day