Survival
Survival
Survival (/səˈvaɪvəl/) is a term that refers to the act of living or existing, especially under challenging or adverse conditions. The term is derived from the Latin word 'supervivere', which means 'to live beyond'.
Overview
Survival is often associated with extreme situations, such as natural disasters, war, or life-threatening illnesses. It can also refer to the ability of an organism to continue living or existing despite an unfavorable environment or circumstances. Survival skills, such as first aid, navigation, and shelter building, are often taught in survival training programs.
Related Terms
- Survival skills: The techniques a person may use in a dangerous situation (e.g. natural disasters) to save themselves or others. These techniques are meant to provide basic necessities for human life: water, food, shelter, habitat, the ability to think straight, to signal for help, to navigate safely, to avoid unpleasant interactions with animals and plants, and for first aid.
- Survivalism: A movement of individuals or groups (called survivalists or preppers) who actively prepare for emergencies, including possible disruptions in social or political order, on scales from local to international.
- Survival rate: In statistics, survival rates are used to measure the proportion of people in a study or treatment group who are alive for a certain period of time after diagnosis.
- Survival analysis: A branch of statistics for analyzing the expected duration of time until one or more events happen, such as death in biological organisms and failure in mechanical systems.
See Also
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Survival
- Wikipedia's article - Survival
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