Survival skills
Survival Skills
Survival skills (/səˈvaɪvəl skɪlz/) are techniques a person may use in order to sustain life in any type of natural environment or built environment. 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 cure any present injuries. Survival skills are often basic ideas and abilities that ancients invented and used themselves for thousands of years.
Etymology
The term "survival skills" is derived from the words "survive" and "skills". "Survive" comes from the Latin word 'supervivere' which means 'live beyond, outlive, live longer than' and "skills" comes from the Old Norse word 'skil' which means 'discernment, knowledge'.
Related Terms
- Bushcraft: The skill of surviving and thriving in the wild, often by hunting and foraging.
- First Aid: The immediate care given to a person suffering from an injury or illness until more advanced care, if needed, is accessed.
- Navigation: The process or activity of accurately ascertaining one's position and planning and following a route.
- Foraging: The act of searching for and exploiting food resources in the wild.
- Hunting: The practice of seeking, pursuing and capturing or killing wildlife or feral animals.
- Shelter Building: The act of building a shelter or place of refuge, especially in a wild or natural environment.
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External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Survival skills
- Wikipedia's article - Survival skills
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