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**SERE Survival Evasion Resistance Escape USAF Air Force**

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 * Discovery Questions:**
 * 1) What factors typically put someone into a survival situation?
 * 2) How much time does the typical person have to be found before one's survival rate significantly drops off?
 * 3) How does your mental state play into your survival rate?
 * 4) What are the different survival stresses that you must overcome in order to survive?
 * 5) What priorities do you need to set before doing anything to ensure your survival?
 * 6) What are some ways not to panic (i.e. STOP method)?
 * 7) Why is it better to stay put then to try to find your way back?
 * 8) What traits should the leader have in where a group of people are lost; what traits shouldn't the leader have?
 * 9) Why is improvisation fundamental to survival?
 * 10) What are 5 things you should do to prepare for a trip?
 * 11) What are 5 things you should do while on a trip to help keep you safe?
 * 12) What equipment should you carry with your to be prepared in case you get lost?
 * 13) What are the required components of a survival (or medical) kit?
 * 14) What are the basics someone needs to survive (i.e. Rule of 3's)?
 * 15) What are the first 5 things you should do in an emergency situation?


 * Famous Wilderness Physicians**
 * 1) Eric A. Weiss, MD - A Comprehensive Guide to World and Travel Medicine
 * 2) Paul S. Auerbach, MD - Wilderness Medicine: Management of Wilderness and Environmental Emergencies


 * Survival and Medical Courses:**
 * National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) - http://www.equipped.com/srvschol.htm
 * SOLO Wilderness and Emergency Medicine School - http://www.soloschools.com/
 * Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) School - http://www.gosere.com/


 * Articles:**
 * Life or Death Decisions - http://www.backpacker.com/october_2008_bataan_death_march/articles/12596
 * Natural Born Killers: Top Back Country Dangers - http://www.backpacker.com/natural_born_killers_top_backcountry_killers/nature/12597


 * Reference Books:**
 * Wilderness Medicine: Management of Wilderness and Environmental Emergencies by Paul Auerbach, MD (ISBN: 0801670446)
 * Wilderness First Aid (NOLS) by Tod Schimelpfenig and Linda Lindsey (ISBN: 081172864)
 * Wilderness Medicine (NOLS) by Tod Schimelpfenig (ISBN: 0811733068)
 * Wilderness Navigation (NOLS) by Darran Wellsl (ISBN: 0811732126)
 * The National Outdoor Leadership School's Wilderness Guide by Mark Harvey (ISBN: 0684859092)
 * A Comprehensive Guide to World and Travel Medicine by Eric A Weiss, MD (ISBN: 0965976807)
 * The Rough Guide to Travel Survival (ISBN: 1843534061)


 * Short Stories:**
 * The Last Breath: The Limits of Adventure by Peter Stark (ISBN: 0345441516)
 * Life at the Extremes: The Science of Survival by Frances Ashcrof (ISBN: 0520234200)
 * The Biology of Human Survival: Life and Death in Extreme Environments by Claude Piantadosi (ISBN: 0195165012)
 * Surviving the Extremes: What Happens to the Body and Mind at the Limits of Human Endurance (ISBN: 0143034510)


 * Links:**
 * Wilderness and Environmental Medicine Journal - http://www.wemjournal.org/wmsonline/?request=index-html
 * Mountain and Marine Medicine -[| http://www.mmmedicine.com/]
 * Life View Outdoors - http://www.lifeviewoutdoors.com/
 * Equipped to Survive - http://www.equipped.com/


 * Podcasts:**


 * Video:**
 * SERE Training Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-6YkLRAgC8
 * Wilderness Survival Training for Beginners - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRLDbFc3Lro&feature=related
 * Wilderness Medicine: Altitude Sickness - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_alFJuF4w4
 * Wilderness Dive Medicine: Sunscreen - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAmJo1f3DMY


 * Movies (to Order):**
 * Prepared to Survive (ISBN: 1893052303)