A little over 3 months ago, most people had never heard of COVID-19, or Novel Coronavirus. Now we all know about it. It is a highly contagious virus, which affects the airways and lungs. While most people who contract it will recover from it, it is proving to be dangerous, especially to vulnerable people. As […]
Between the recent storms and the coronavirus outbreak, many of us have been more aware about food recently – more specifically, how to ensure you have sufficient food in the event of a severe food shortage caused by situations beyond our control. Well, we’ve been looking into what’s out there in internet-land and have found […]
While we love to moan about our weather, the reality is that we actually enjoy a pretty mild climate compared to most other countries. We don’t get hurricanes, typhoons or cyclones because they originate in tropical waters. But we are not immune to storms, as well as the tail-ends, or remnants, of hurricanes from across […]
Survival wisdom certainly carries its fair share of advice that are actually complete myths and urban legends, but continues to be shared as the gospel truth. Popular survival TV shows and Hollywood films are often guilty of promoting these myths as real, so we thought we would look at three common myths around animal attacks […]
As the world watches the catastrophic fires that have ravaged Australia, we are seeing new accounts of survival and incredible heroism appearing everyday, as well as sad tales of those who have sadly succumbed to the fires. The human, animal, wildlife and physical cost of the damage is of an unprecedented scale. Such events bring […]
Hypothermia is the name given to the condition the human body experiences when its temperature becomes colder than the normal range. It is a dangerous and life-threatening condition that needs urgent treatment. The normal temperature of a human body is around 37oC, although it does vary slightly from person to person. The risk of hypothermia […]
We can never say it enough; your best chance of survival is to be prepared and arm yourself with the right skills before a crisis happens. While the dark nights, stormy weather and Christmas approaching might not be filling you with enthusiasm to get outdoors as much, don’t forget you can still be brushing up […]
We’re going to state the obvious here; it’s been raining a lot lately, hasn’t it? Some areas of the country have seen torrential rain every single day for the past month and according to Met Office statistics, rainfall for many areas of the country over October was far higher than average. For some of us, […]
Being able to utilise fire for heating and cooking is key to human survival. But so is remembering just how dangerous fire can be. Fire can devastate virtually everything in its path, can spread unbelievably fast and as it burns, it releases toxic smoke which is often the cause of death more than the flames […]
“You’re not dead until you’re warm and dead” – Norwegian medical quote. If you have ever wondered whether it’s possible to survive extreme hypothermia and what happens to the human body in that state, then you need to read the story of Anna Bågenholm, who survived the lowest ever recorded body temperature in an adult […]