Sea Survival

This Sea Survival guide audiobook talks you through, step by step, what to do in an emergency or survival situation at sea on a sinking ship, in a liferaft or stranded in a coastline environment.

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:

Abandoning ship:
        Sending a MayDay message
        Which items to grab before you sink
        Jumping into water
        Improvising a buoyancy aid

In the liferaft:    
        Steps to ensure survival at sea
         Liferaft chores 
        Catching fish
        Finding land
        Approaching land

Stranded on the coast:    
        What to do first
        Stay or go?        

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, heatstroke
        Treating hypothermia
        Moving a casualty

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

Fire:        
        Fire by friction – using bow drill
        Tinder
        Fuel
        Constructing a fire
        
Water:        
        Collecting fresh water 
        Making a water filter
        Conserving body fluid
        
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, rabbits, birds and fish        

Camp craft:    
        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 sea covers 71% of the earth’s surface

Survival timeline:
    Immersed: <2hrs
    Immersed with floatation aid: 4-24hrs
    Not immersed: <120hrs
    Not immersed with fresh water: +504hrs depending on weather and other resources available