The NEW Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook

Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 3
Copyright......Page 4
Contents......Page 7
 THE RULES OF SURVIVAL......Page 12
Preface......Page 16
Chapter One: GREAT ESCAPES AND ENTRANCES......Page 19
   Newer Construction......Page 20
   If You Have a Screwdriver......Page 21
   If You Have a Sturdy Piece of Steel......Page 22
  ASSESSING AMOUNT OF FORCE REQUIRED......Page 23
 How to Land a Plane......Page 25
  EXTREME TURBULENCE......Page 32
  TANTRUM CHILD......Page 35
  EXTREME SEAT RECLINER......Page 37
  SNAKES ON THE PLANE......Page 39
   How to Capture Snakes......Page 41
 How to Break into a Car......Page 42
  WITH A HANGER......Page 43
  WITH A LOCKOUT TOOL......Page 44
  HOW TO PICK A DOOR LOCK......Page 45
  FROM REVERSE......Page 47
  FROM DRIVE......Page 49
 How to Ram a Car......Page 51
 How to Survive a Car Crash......Page 54
 How to Escape from a Sinking Car......Page 56
  HOW TO AVOID BREAKING THROUGH THE ICE......Page 58
 How to Survive a Train Derailment......Page 59
 How to Survive Being Buried Alive......Page 62
Chapter Two: TOOTH AND CLAW......Page 67
  HOW TO TREAT A BITE......Page 68
  WHAT NOT TO DO......Page 69
  HOW TO ESCAPE FROM A PYTHON......Page 70
  HOW TO AVOID AN ATTACK......Page 72
 How to Fend Off a Shark......Page 73
  HOW TO AVOID AN ATTACK......Page 74
  THREE KINDS OF SHARK ATTACKS......Page 76
  IF THE BEAR CHARGES......Page 78
  WHAT TO DO IF YOU SEE A BEAR......Page 79
  HOW TO AVOID AN ATTACK......Page 80
 How to Escape from a Mountain Lion......Page 83
  HOW TO AVOID AN ATTACK......Page 86
 How to Wrestle Free from an Alligator......Page 87
  HOW TO AVOID AN ATTACK......Page 89
 How to Escape from Killer Bees......Page 91
  RISK OF ATTACK......Page 94
  HOW TO AVOID AN ATTACK......Page 95
 How to Deal with a Charging Bull......Page 96
  IF YOU ENCOUNTER A STAMPEDE......Page 97
Chapter Three: THE BEST DEFENSE......Page 99
  HOW TO PARRY AND STRIKE......Page 100
  HOW TO ATTACK......Page 101
  IF YOU FACE MULTIPLE ATTACKERS......Page 103
  BLOW TO THE BODY......Page 104
  BLOW TO THE HEAD......Page 105
  STRAIGHT PUNCH......Page 106
  UPPERCUT......Page 107
  GET READY......Page 108
  COUNTER THE ATTACK......Page 109
 How to Survive a Hostage Situation......Page 112
 How to Survive a Hijacking......Page 116
  HOW TO DETECT A PACKAGE BOMB......Page 121
  HOW TO SEARCH FOR A BOMB......Page 123
   Particulate Explosives Detector......Page 124
   Bomb-Detection Dog......Page 125
  PEACEFUL......Page 126
  NOT PEACEFUL......Page 128
  HOW TO DE-ESCALATE A CONFRONTATION......Page 129
  HOW TO SURVIVE BEING TEARGASSED......Page 131
  HOW TO SURVIVE A NIGHT IN JAIL......Page 133
   How to Survive a Longer Sentence......Page 134
  IF YOU ARE THE PRIMARY TARGET......Page 137
  IF YOU ARE NOT THE PRIMARY TARGET......Page 139
 How to Tell If Someone Is Lying to You......Page 141
  HOW TO TELL IF YOU ARE BEING GASLIGHTED......Page 143
 How to Tell If a Clown Is Murderous......Page 146
Chapter Four: LEAPS OF FAITH......Page 151
 How to Jump from a Bridge or Cliff into a River......Page 152
 How to Jump from a Building into a Dumpster......Page 155
 How to Maneuver on Top of a Moving Train and Get Inside......Page 158
 How to Jump from a Moving Car......Page 161
 How to Leap from a Motorcycle into a Car......Page 163
 How to Jump from One Car into Another......Page 166
Chapter Five: TECHNICAL TROUBLE......Page 169
 How to Survive a Flaming Cell Phone......Page 170
 How to Survive Dropping a Cell Phone in the Toilet......Page 172
  IN THE WILDERNESS......Page 175
   How to Travel......Page 177
  IN A CITY......Page 178
  MILITARY-STYLE DRONE......Page 180
  DRONE SWARM......Page 182
  HOW TO SURVIVE GETTING HACKED......Page 184
  HOW TO SURVIVE IF YOU ARE DOXXED......Page 187
  HOW TO SURVIVE A WIKILEAK......Page 189
 How to Survive If Your Smart Home Outsmarts You......Page 191
  IF YOUR HOME IS HACKED OR BECOMES SELF-AWARE AND TRIES TO TAKE OVER......Page 193
 How to Survive an Out-of-Control Autonomous Car......Page 195
 How to Survive a Grid Collapse......Page 197
 How to Defeat a Cyberbully......Page 200
 How to Identify Fake News......Page 202
Chapter Six: CRITICAL CONDITIONS......Page 205
 How to Use a Defibrillator to Restore a Heartbeat......Page 206
  HOW TO USE A DEFIBRILLATOR......Page 207
  WHAT YOU WILL NEED......Page 209
  HOW TO PROCEED......Page 210
 How to Save Yourself If You Are Having a Heart Attack......Page 212
 How to Deliver a Baby in the Back of a Car......Page 214
 How to Survive an Earthquake......Page 218
  IN A VEHICLE......Page 223
  IN A HOME WITH A FOUNDATION AND BASEMENT......Page 225
  IN A SCHOOL, OFFICE BUILDING, OR ENGINEERED STRUCTURE WITH NO BASEMENT......Page 226
  IN A STRUCTURE NOT DESIGNED TO SURVIVE HIGH WINDS......Page 227
  IN A CAR......Page 228
  ON FOOT......Page 229
 How to Survive a Wildfire......Page 231
 How to Survive a Flash Flood or Levee Break......Page 234
 How to Survive a Tsunami......Page 236
  IF YOU ARE NOT INFECTED......Page 240
  IF YOU ARE INFECTED......Page 243
 How to Survive Nuclear Fallout......Page 244
 How to Survive Heat Exhaustion......Page 247
 How to Treat Frostbite......Page 249
  HOW TO TREAT FROSTNIP......Page 251
  HOW TO AVOID FROSTBITE AND FROSTNIP......Page 252
 How to Treat a Leg Fracture......Page 253
  SYMPTOMS OF A FRACTURE, SPRAIN, OR DISLOCATION......Page 254
  WHAT TO AVOID......Page 256
  DIRECT PRESSURE......Page 257
  LIMB ELEVATION......Page 258
  PRESSURE POINTS......Page 259
  TOURNIQUETS......Page 260
  IF THE WOUND IS TO THE CHEST......Page 261
Chapter Seven: ADVENTURE SURVIVAL......Page 263
 How to Escape from Quicksand......Page 264
  WALKING WITH A POLE......Page 265
  HOW TO AVOID SINKING......Page 266
 How to Survive Adrift at Sea......Page 267
 How to Survive When Lost in the Desert......Page 271
  HOW TO DRIVE SAFELY......Page 277
  WHAT TO BRING WHEN TRAVELING BY FOOT......Page 278
  HOW TO AVOID GETTING LOST......Page 279
 How to Survive When Lost in the Mountains......Page 280
  HOW TO PREPARE......Page 282
 How to Avoid Being Struck by Lightning......Page 284
  HOW TO TREAT SOMEONE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING......Page 288
  WHAT YOU WILL NEED......Page 290
 How to Survive an Avalanche......Page 293
  WHAT TO BRING WHEN TRAVELING IN AVALANCHE COUNTRY......Page 294
  HOW TO RESCUE OTHERS......Page 296
  WITH A JUMPING PARTNER......Page 297
  IF NO ONE CAN REACH YOU......Page 299
  HOW TO PREPARE......Page 300
 How to Get to the Surface If Your Scuba Tank Runs Out of Air......Page 301
  WHAT YOU WILL NEED......Page 304
   How to Start the Fire......Page 307
 How to Survive Dehydration......Page 311
  FILTRATION......Page 313
  SEDIMENTATION......Page 314
  DISTILLATION......Page 315
  BOILING......Page 316
  UV TREATMENT......Page 317
Experts and Sources......Page 318
About the Authors......Page 330
Chronicle Ebooks......Page 332