Jungle Survival

This Jungle 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 jungle or environment in tropical 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 and preventing jungle hazards
        Treating eye injuries
        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

Shelter:    
        Using natural shelter
        Create a sleeping platform
        Create an A-frame shelter
        Create a bamboo lean-to shelter
        Create ground-to-air markers

Location:    
        Prepare to move
        When to stop
        Route finding
        Calculating distance
        Hiking skills
        River crossings

Fire:        
        Fire by friction – using bow drill
        Tinder
        Fuel
        Constructing a fire
        
Water:        
        Collecting fresh water 
        Making a water filter
        Conserving body fluid
        Extracting water from vines
        
Food:        
        Trapping: small mammals and birds
        Hunting: spear, bola, club, slingshot 
        Fishing: hooks, nets, traps and harpoons
        Gathering: universal edibility test
        Cooking: methods, preparing deer, 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 rainforest covers 5% of the world’s surface 
- In 2010, Ed Stafford completed a walk of the entire length of the Amazon – that’s 4,345 miles in 860 days
- Only 29% of the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest has access to phone signal 

Survival Timeline:
    No fire maker or water filter: <120hrs
    No knife or other tools: <504hrs
    No medical equipment: 240-504hrs