The SAS Survival Handbook

The SAS Survival Handbook is a survival guide by British author and professional soldier, John Wiseman, first published by Williams Collins in 1986. Second, revised edition came out in 2009.^[1] A digital app for smartphones based on the book is also available.^[2] The book spans over 11 sections, and an introduction and postscript, detailing how to survive in dangerous surroundings.

Sections

1. Essentials: The basics of what you need to do to prepare for a journey and how to collect salt and water.
2. Strategy: How to avoid getting yourself into a disaster situation.
3. Climate & Terrain: How to survive in all manner of different environments from polar regions to arid regions.
4. Food: How to track and kill animals and prepare them to eat.
5. Camp Craft: How to set up campsites and tie knots and make fires correctly.
6. Reading the Signs: The details of navigation by stars and by the sun.
7. On the Move: How to cross dangerous areas relatively safely with minimal loss.
8. Health: Learning first aid priorities and procedures, such as the Heimlich manoeuvre and others and a small encyclopedia of medicinal and poisonous plants and dangerous or poisonous animals.
9. Survival at Sea: How to survive afloat in the open water.
10. Rescue: How to get oneself rescued and signalling for help (includes tutorial for Morse code).
11. Disasters: How to survive major disasters, such as floods, avalanches, hurricanes, tornadoes, volcanoes, earthquakes and nuclear aftermaths.

See also

• Survival skills
• Special Air Service

References

External links

• Errata and corrigenda
• Wiseman's official site
• Wiseman's DVD Edition