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How To Build The Ultimate Emergency Survival Medical Kit

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Whether you call it a Medical Kit, First Aid Kit or Emergency Survival Kit doesn’t matter. What matters is that you have one and it’s ready at a moments notice.

It doesn’t matter where you are or what you’re doing when misadventure strikes. If you’re not prepared to handle a medical emergency, things can go from bad to worse fast.

Whether you’re camping, exploring a foreign country, navigating the high seas, or simply surviving a catastrophic emergency – having a functional medical kit is essential for survival.

Everyone needs to built or buy a survival medical kit.

Ask any medical worker what you can do today to save yourself or others in a serious medical emergency. They will tell you to 1) have a tactical first aid kit 2) learn how to use it.

They also know really good medical first aid kits, the kind that provides peace of mind, are hard to come by.

But fear not! You’ve come to the right place.

This Ultimate Survival Medical Kit Guide is here to solve that problem. Specifically, we’ll be covering the following topics in detail:

How To Build Your Own Emergency First Aid Kit
- Choosing A Medical Bag
- First Aid Kit List
- Basic Medical Tools
- Over-The-Counter Medications
- Lotions and Creams
- Advanced Wound and Trauma Supplies
- Popular Prescription Medications
- Misc Medical Supplies
Medical Kit Packing Strategies
Best First Aid Kit You Can Purchase
Developing Your Survival First Aid Skills
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The Complete Guide To The Best Survival Water Filters

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The Complete Guide To The Best Survival Water Filters

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How To Find The Best Survival Water Filter For You and Your Needs

If you had to list the most critical resources in your survival plan, water will always be in your top 3.

Just think about all the ways you use water in your daily life:

Drinking
Bathing
Flushing Toilets
Brushing Teeth
Cleaning Dishes
Cooking

These are all tasks we perform EVERY day!

Now imagine for one minute, it’s gone. Taps dry…

You couldn’t flush your toilets. You couldn’t bath. But more importantly, you couldn’t quench your thirst. The dehydration countdown would begin. You’d be forced to find a different source of water.

And while the image of a crystal clear, pure mountain stream sounds appealing; reality is likely far different in a survival situation.

When you’re in survival mode, you may have to consume water wherever you can find it –

muddy puddles
algae-filled ponds
livestock tanks
river runoff
roof runoff (i.e. rainwater harvesting)

These sources can be teaming with all kinds of bacteria, viruses, and chemicals.

You need a way to remove these dangerous contaminants for drinking and cooking. You need a survival water filtration plan.

So today we’re going to cover the following survival water filter topics in detail:

3 Types of Survival Water Filters
Filtration vs Purification
Critical Survival Water Filter Factors
Best Inline Survival Water Filters
Best Small Group Water Filters
Best Large-Scale Water Filters
Simple DIY Gravity Filter
Water Filtration Best Practices
Survival Water Action Plan

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Hidden Gun Storage Furniture: Hide Your Guns In Plain Sight

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Hidden Gun Storage Furniture: Hide Your Guns In Plain Sight

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A Guide To Finding The Best Hidden Gun Storage Furniture and Ideas For You

Some people want to hide their guns from burglars and thieves. Others want to hide their guns from the Feds. Still, others want to keep their guns safely hidden away from curious kids.

Whatever your motivations, you’re here to figure out the best way to keep your guns hidden in plain sight. Because there’s no feeling quite like knowing you’re armed to the teeth and no unsuspecting guest has a clue.

So in today’s article, I want to show you some of the best hidden gun storage solutions out there, including:

Hidden Gun Storage Furniture
Hidden Gun Safe For Handguns
DIY Hidden Gun Storage Plans
Hidden Gun Apparel

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Portable Camping Toilet – A Wilderness Luxury Worth Taking

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Portable Camping Toilet – A Wilderness Luxury Worth Taking

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A Guide To Help You Find The Right Portable Camping Toilet For Your Next Camping Trip

No matter where you are, or what you’re doing, eventually you’re going to need to use the bathroom.

It is a simple fact of nature: people poop.

In our day to day life, that fact doesn’t tend to cause a whole lot of problems (although they aren’t unheard of). But in survival, traveling or camping it can present a unique challenge.

Most often people dig a hole in the ground, do their business, and call it a day. But that doesn’t have to be your only option.

Maybe you’re not so fond of squatting in the woods over a hand-dug-turd-grave. Trying to quickly take care of business before some random hiker spots you.

You don’t have to forsake the comfort of a toilet seat when there’s no access to a bathroom, porter john, or outhouse. You can bring that comfort with you. You can have the peace of mind of a toilet wherever you go.

You should invest in a portable camping toilet.

Today we’re going to cover all aspects of camping toilets, the good, the bad and yes, the ugly:

How Portable Camping Toilets Work
What To Look For In A Camping Toilet
Benefits Of Using A Camping Toilet
Best Camping Toilets
Camping Toilet Tent, Bags, and Toilet Paper
Pooping In A Pinch – Creative Camping Toilets

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Survival Radio: Why Everyone Needs At Least One

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Survival Radio: Why Everyone Needs At Least One

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How To Have A Survival Radio Setup You Can Be Proud Of

In our modern society, what’s the first thing most people reach for in an emergency?

Their bug out bag? No, way. (remember, I said “most people”, not those of us who are prepared).

A survival knife? Unfortunately No.

Their survival radio? Probably not.

Most people pull out their cell phone because it’s our societies fastest way to call for help. And that makes perfect sense since nearly 95% of all US adults currently own a cell phone.

And there’s no shame in utilizing this modern technology. If the cell phone network is operating as normal, by all means, dial away.

However, what most people don’t realize is their cell phone is an extremely unreliable mass emergency communication device.

So in today’s article, we’ll be covering the following survival radio topics:

Never Trust Cell
The Best Survival Option – Amateur Radio
Amateur Radio License
Ham Radio Clubs
Amateur Radio Equipment
Ham Radio Setup
Best Entry Level Ham Radios
More Survival Radio Options

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Desiccant – The Ultimate Survival Tool To Combat Moisture

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Desiccant – The Ultimate Survival Tool To Combat Moisture

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How To Use Desiccant For Survival and Preparedness – Plus The Best Desiccants To Buy

In order to properly prepare for future emergencies, you must be willing to make significant investments.

Investments in dollars to amass supplies. But also an investment in time research the right life-saving supplies.

We do this to protect ourselves and our families from an unknowable future. But these critical emergency tools and supplies will likely sit around for months (or years) before they actually get put to use.

And honestly, we all should hope and pray the day we actually need these supplies will NEVER come. No one in their right mind hopes for a real disaster to strike!

But if it does, you want to ensure you’re keeping your supplies in the best condition possible. You don’t want your investments to spoil, rust or decay.

One of the best ways to protect your survival investment is to keep them away from water, moisture, and humidity.

That’s why you need desiccants.

So today in this article we will be covering in detail the following topics:

What’s A Desiccant Anyways?
Items You Should Protect Using Desiccants
Common Desiccants & Makeshift Desiccants
Desiccant Safety
Best Desiccants For Survival and Preparedness
Difference Between Oxygen Absorbers and Desiccants

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Best MRE Meals For Emergency Preparedness and Survival

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Best MRE Meals For Emergency Preparedness and Survival

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An MRE meals guide for long-term survival and food storage.

After water and shelter, food is one of the most fundamental long-term survival necessities.

Food is fuel that keeps your body running like an engine.

It sustains you and keeps you energized. It’s a survival necessity from the day you’re born until your final breath – no exceptions.

Sure, it’s true you can survive weeks without actually eating something. But going even a single day without eating has a discernible effect your energy levels.

And after two days, your cognitive abilities to think clearly will begin to suffer. And we all know, in a real emergency, a clear mind and ample energy are critical for successful survival.

That’s why it is so damned important to keep a stockpile of emergency survival food!

Heck, it may even end up being the best investment you ever make.

Now, ideally, you’ll want stockpile something lightweight, calorie dense, and nutritious. And, most important of all, it must be NON-perishable food.

Lots of non-perishables do not taste very good. In fact, lots of nonperishable survival food tastes like crap.

Foods with extreme shelf lives are usually full of preservatives. Let’s just say these foods don’t make for a great gourmet dining experience.

But, there are some survival rations that DO taste fairly good. Some might even say they taste exceptional (especially relative to other nonperishable foods).

One of the best, nutritious, longest lasting, tastiest survival foods, are MRE meals. [Read more…]

Best Neck Knife For Self Defense, Survival and Preparedness

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Best Neck Knife For Self Defense, Survival and Preparedness

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The Ultimate Guide To Finding The Best Neck Knife For You

Before sheaths and folding blades, our ancestors had to come up with some clever ways to carry a blade.

How could they safely take a blade with them every single day in an age before the pocket knives?

One clever and timeless solution to this ancient problem was the neck knife.

By tying a cord around their blade’s handle and wearing them around their necks, they had a weapon close at hand.

It’s both a simple and brilliant.

Few survival tools can double as a functional tool and fashion accessory at once. The neck knife being one of them.

But the variety of neck knives today is staggering and seemingly unending. Unfortunately, not all neck knives are created equal. Some neck knives are great while others simply suck.

Searching for the right neck knife can be a tedious and frustrating process. How do you pick a great one from such a large number of options?

Well, that’s exactly why we wrote this guide. In this article we’ll be covering the following topics:

What Is The Neck Knife
Brief Neck Knife History
Top Reasons To Wear A Neck Knife
What Makes A Neck Knife Good
The Best Neck Knives
Best Neck Knife Uses

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Hardtack Recipe – The Survival Bread That Lasts A Lifetime

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Hardtack Recipe – The Survival Bread That Lasts A Lifetime

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How To A Make Hardtack Recipe To Store Survival Bread At Home

Maybe you already know what hardtack is and you’re searching for the best step by step survival hardtack recipe? A hardtack recipe that will last many decades!

Or maybe you’ve just recently heard the term “hardtack” and want to learn more about this incredible survival bread.

Either way, this article’s got you covered. Today we’re going to discuss hardtack and show you how to make hardtack at home (plus a few bonus survival foods as well!):

What Is Hardtack – Brief History
Hardtack Recipe (ingredient list)
How To Make Hardtack At Home
Pemmican – Hardtack’s Meat Alternative
Bonus – ANZAC Biscuits Recipe

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How To Build Your Ultimate Car Emergency Kit From Scratch

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How To Build Your Ultimate Car Emergency Kit From Scratch

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Helping Build A Car Emergency Kit That’s Right For You

As responsible adults, we understand the importance keeping emergency supplies in our homes. We’ve built a large stash of emergency supplies and tools for an unknowable future.

We buy plenty of band-aids and Neosporin for cuts and scrapes. We horde flashlights, candles and bulk packs of batteries for electrical outages.

Heck, many of us make it a priority to stockpile extra toilet paper for that surprise blizzard. Because running out of TP IS absolutely a real emergency!

We buy the extra large bottles of painkillers. We store fire extinguishers inside our kitchen cabinets.

And if you’re a reader of Skilled Survival, you’ve likely got an emergency water storage plan. And you’ve spent time building a food stockpile system, and built a bug out bag, etc. – just in case.

But when it comes to our cars, trucks, and vehicles, we act as if nothing bad could happen between point A and B.

Everyone knows they should take the time to build out an extensive car emergency kit but too few actually do.

But the good news is, you’re here now, you’re reading this article. So you’re finally going to get prepared for those treacherous roads with an epic car emergency kit.

After reading this article, you’ll have all the information you need build your own car emergency kit. And hopefully, you’ll also have the will to follow through and actually get it built. [Read more…]