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Well, as an armchair enthusiast, here is what I would recommend.
Section the 1st: Surviving The First Three Months.
You can survival a while on horded food and water, but those will not keep you safe from other people and environmental hazards. There are two kinds of morality in the world, what his moral when the lights are on, and what is moral when the lights go out. When it happens, the lights are going to go out, and they are going stay out. It is not going to be a very nice time to be a woman, unfortunately.
Section the 2nd: Long-Term Survival.
Essential Skills: Agriculture, Water Purification, Basic Structure Construction, Medicine, Generic Wilderness Survival, Sustainable Sanitation.
Supplementary Skills: Carpentry, Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Midwifery, Specialty Medical Fields, Animal Husbandry, Archery, Trapping, Chemistry (especially Organic Chemistry,) Blacksmithing and Welding would all make you very useful.
If you move the decimal over. This is about 1,000 in books...
(If I had to pick a few for 100 bucks: encyclopedia of country living, survival medicine, wilderness medicine, ball preservation, art of fermentation, a few mushroom and foraging books.)
Medical:
Where there is no doctor
Where there is no dentist
Emergency War Surgery
The survival medicine handbook
Auerbach’s Wilderness Medicine
Special Operations Medical Handbook
Food Production
Mini Farming
encyclopedia of country living
square foot gardening
Seed Saving
Storey’s Raising Rabbits
Meat Rabbits
Aquaponics Gardening: Step By Step
Storey’s Chicken Book
Storey Dairy Goat
Storey Meat Goat
Storey Ducks
Storey’s Bees
Beekeepers Bible
bio-integrated farm
soil and water engineering
Organic Mushroom Farming and Mycoremediation
Food Preservation and Cooking
Steve Rinella’s Large Game Processing
Steve Rinella’s Small Game
Ball Home Preservation
Charcuterie
Root Cellaring
Art of Natural Cheesemaking
Mastering Artesian Cheese Making
American Farmstead Cheesemaking
Joe Beef: Surviving Apocalypse
Wild Fermentation
Art of Fermentation
Nose to Tail
Artisan Sourdough
Designing Great Beers
The Joy of Home Distilling
Foraging
Southeast Foraging
Boletes
Mushrooms of Carolinas
Mushrooms of Southeastern United States
Mushrooms of the Gulf Coast
Tech
farm and workshop Welding
ultimate guide: plumbing
ultimate guide: wiring
ultimate guide: home repair
off grid solar
Woodworking
Timberframe Construction
Basic Lathework
How to Run A Lathe
Backyard Foundry
Sand Casting
Practical Casting
The Complete Metalsmith
Gears and Cutting Gears
Hardening Tempering and Heat Treatment
Machinery’s Handbook
How to Diagnose and Fix Everything Electronic
Electronics For Inventors
Basic Science
Chemistry
Organic Chem
Understanding Basic Chemistry Through Problem Solving
Ham Radio
AARL Antenna Book
General Class Manual
Tech Class Manual
MISC
Ray Mears Essential Bushcraft
Contact!
Nuclear War Survival Skills
The Knowledge: How to rebuild civilization in the aftermath of a cataclysm
Where there is no Doctor ,
Where there is no Dentist ,
Foxfire Series ,
The Foxfire series is broad and has a diverse amount of information from snake handling for worship, building a smoke house, and carving a "fiddle."
Joy of Cooking Has instructions on cooking turtles, rabbits, squirrel etc.
Many of these books are available online PDF.
As someone who grew up overseas- Where There Is No Doctor.
If you're an EMT, much of what it covers will seem very basic to you. But pay particular attention to the prevention & hygiene aspects. One thing I've noticed that many who grew up in the West take clean water and functional sewage for granted. Too much preparation for SHTF events, not enough prepwork to ensure continuity of sanitation. IMO.
I like the Morakniv and firesteel ideas, and also:
IF you already have a bug-in kit covering serious first aid, not just bandaids and Tums, water filtration, fire and cooking without power, etc......
The first two titles assume that you have at least some yard with reasonable sun access, or the potential for access to a community garden. (Could presently be a community park, a church lot, neighbor's land, whatever.) Books are presently roughly in the order that I'd replace them if my copies were lost. Buy used when you can. Some of these are available used for not much more than standard shipping.
The Self-Sufficient Life and How to Live It
Gardening When It Counts: Growing Food in Hard Times
Where There Is No Doctor
Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving
If you have no comprehensive cookbooks that cover a wide range of garden veggies and game recipes, something like Joy of Cooking is probably in order. The point being that one way or another you may have to get used to enjoying whatever can be had, from an abundance of zuchinnis to rabbit, to acorn meal.
If you are not (yet) handy, find an old copy of something like Reader's Digest How to Fix Everything in a used bookshop for maybe $4.
A regionally appropriate guide to edible and medicinal plants such as A Field Guide to Medicinal Plants and Herbs: Of Eastern and Central North America
Preserving Food without Freezing or Canning: Traditional Techniques Using Salt, Oil, Sugar, Alcohol, Vinegar, Drying, Cold Storage, and Lactic Fermentation
optional, but cheap, Emergency Food Storage & Survival Handbook: Everything You Need to Know to Keep Your Family Safe in a Crisis
you might actually get some good answers from subs like /r/Wicca, /r/witchcraft, or /r/energy_work despite your desire to avoid spiritual/folk beliefs, because of the high likelihood of overlapping interests. (EDIT: or a traditional chinese medicine/TCM subreddit)
part of the problem finding traditional healing divorced from extraneous beliefs is that the traditions usually include elements of ritual or belief because it helps the patient.
i used to a have a book called "where there is no doctor", and he tells a story about how a woman who was bleeding after childbirth wanted a shot, but he told her to do mild activity and drink orange juice from her tree out back. she persisted a while in her demands for a medical treatment, but she eventually went home, followed his advice, and began hemorrhaging heavily. he was called, and she was like "DAMN BITCH I TOLD U" and so he gave her a shot of water out of an ampule, and she stopped bleeding.
it was her belief in the magical ritual of injecting her with medicine that made her stop bleeding. you should at least be acquainted with this effect, although relying on it entirely isn't good either.
it's an incredible book that gives you no-nonsense advice on how to treat people with 3rd world resources. not exactly what you're looking for, but i highly recommend it. you will be equipped to evaluate situations far beyond what you will ever want or need to, which i think is ideal. link to the book
in this vein, survivalist plant guides would be a good resource as well. i don't know what subreddit might cater to that.
EDIT: a quick googling turned up this book. i've known some planty folks and i think they had this book. if my mom weren't dead, she would hook us up with some real sick shit.
I don't have a favorite, I have a long list of favorites. Listed below is a good starter selection. Lucifer's Hammer is the book that probably most directly led to the path I am on today. I have always liked science fiction and read it long before I would have ever called myself a prepper.
Fiction, to make you think:
Self Defense:
Sustainable Living:
Health and First Aid:
Free Your Mind:
There's a book called https://www.amazon.com/Where-There-No-Doctor-Handbook/dp/0942364155 which I found super useful for stuff like this.
Band aids and more bandids. While going through EMT school I picked up a expensive BLS bag, c-spine collars, OPAs, NPAs, oxygen masks, tanks, blah blah blah. Know what I use most often? Band aids.
But the most important thing is training. Either take some formal classes or watch youtube videos and practice on your friends. At the minimum take a CPR class, they are cheap and most times free. And read http://www.amazon.com/Where-There-Is-No-Doctor/dp/0942364155
But when it comes to supplies.
-All PPE. Gloves, glasses, cpr barrier devices.
-A charged cell phone. Any cell phone can call 911 regardless if it has a plan. Take a old cell phone (something rugged) charge it and throw it in your bag. Check every few months. And know the most important thing you can do is give reliable information to the 911 operator. Calm and collected, how many victims, status, symptoms, etc etc.
-Band aids
-Trauma shears (EMT scissors)
-Antibiotic ointment
-Medical tape
-Blood pressure cuff and scope
-Gauze, in all sizes. Most used is 4x4
-Sam splint
-Israeli Bandage
-Quickclot (Be aware of the consequences of using this product.)
-C spine collar. They do take up a lot of room, and rarely used. But if you do have a suspected spine injury they are a godsend.
-Over the counter pain meds. Learn what each of them do, and when or when not to use them. Such as a head injury, only use Acetaminophen (Tylenol). If someone is suspected to have a MI (heart attack) give 3 chewable children's aspirin. Etc etc.
-If you know when and how to use correctly. NPA or OPA
-Tourniquet, again know when it's necessary to use. When all other options have failed, pressure, elevation, pressure point etc etc. This is a life over limb scenario. They will more than likely have that limb amputated due to no blood flow.
Can't think of anything more off the top of my head, but i'm sure I will later.
One book? I don't think you'll find that all in one book. Some to consider:
I agree with ED and might add community health nursing. I would also suggest volunteering or taking medical missions type trips oversees too where you can learn primitive type community health, trauma, L and D, and a host of other things.
This book goes into this type medicine and is on my shelf...
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0942364155/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_awdb_t1_EIE-BbR6078T4
So could someone answer them for me please? I mean thats why I am here. I'm not saying I am going to do this and I am leaving tomorrow. I came here to have these particular questions answered.
> What are your nutritional needs on a daily basis taking into account the weather?(more calories needed in the cold) this should be broken down into protein, carbs, fats along with some basic understanding of vitamin needs for your body (vit C,D,A,B)
I usually maintain 1,700 calories a day. I haven't been eating particularly healthy as of late so its been about 44% Protein, 30% Carbs and 26% Fats. I usually take a multivitimin. But thats the extent of my vitimin knowladge. Thats just how it stands now but I have a very good control over my diet and can change to suit my circumstances.
> Where will your food come from?
Thats what I came here to ask. I suppose I would snare and bow hunt. But thats just off the top of my head as I am not experienced in hunting. I plan on asking a friend of my father, who is an experienced hunter, to take me out on some trips and teach me some things.
> Where will you live? Cabin, tent, shelter?
Well I have a tent to start with. A Euika Amari Pass 3. But I would imagine I have to build a shelter at some point in time.
> How will you provide heat and fire?
Wood I suppose.
> Where will you get clean water?
I have a Sawyer for smaller needs and a MSR MiniWorks for more regular use. Also Iodine tablets in my medpack.
> How will you handle sickness and injury?
I have The "When There Is No Doctor Book but it would be silly for me to rely on that alone. So I am here to ask this. How will I handle sickness and injury?
> If you need to come out quickly how can you do it?
I honestly dont know. I am glad you raise these questions because they are the type of thing I need to learn. Im not just asking for advice here either. References and sources would be amazing. I already have the SAS survival guide and a few other books. But I could use all the help I can get.
Oh, and this book, which is on my bookshelf, is a great one to have in such a situation: Where There Is No Doctor
Many of us Americans have no choice but to attempt lots of self diagnoses and treatment, in order to minimize doctor and ER visits (because those visits cost an arm and a leg-- often even if you DO have insurance).
I've successfully diagnosed and treated myself and family many, many times now. If you're careful to reference only credible sources, the modern internet can be quite helpful for this. But I'd also recommend the book Where There Is No Doctor too, and use that as your first reference, rather than the net.
http://www.amazon.com/Where-There-Is-No-Doctor/dp/0942364155
I'm not sure what the doctor will say, but you may find Where There Is No Doctor interesting. It's got a lot of incredible life-saving tips. I paged through a friends and I remember something about a tracheotomy with a Bic pen.
SAS Survival Handbook
Wilderness Medicine
Where There Is No Doctor
First Aid For Dogs
These are the ones I have. The SAS Survival guide is great for general survival know-how. Wilderness Medicine and Where There Is No Doctor are both great resources on field medicine and first aid. I got First Aid For Dogs because I probably wouldn't go anywhere without my dog and I want to be able to take care of him like he's part of the family.
If you buy all these off Amazon, then they will give you many more suggestions on good resource books. These are just the ones I keep ready and good overviews of many different scenarios.
I have a whole slew of books for you.
Where There is no Doctor is a good place to start.
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https://www.amazon.com/Where-There-No-Doctor-Handbook/dp/0942364155