Step one in survival is STOP! …Take a deep breath.
People die because of panic. The best thing to do is find some shelter and signal for help. Take stock. You may have a fewlittle things to work with, but what you have in your head is what will keep you alive.

Once you are calm and safe, check yourself over. Address any injuries as best you can. In many situations you will live as long as your feet do. Keep them as clean, dry and warm.warm as possible at all times. Treat any cut or blister as a major injury that could keep you from moving away from danger or collecting food and water.

A healthy human can survive for a couple weeks without food,food and a couple days without water. But hypothermia, heat stroke and shock will kill you in a couplematter of hours. Keep an eye on the weather and what it may dobe like this time of year,year andin your area of the world. Shelter and/or a fire,fire are almost always your first priorities.

You may have to cut down a tree,tree or kill an animal to survive. Survival is not a time to be PC.

Shelter: Try to build as good a shelter and bed as you can. Use everything you can think of for insulation. Sleeping on bare ground even in warm climates CANcan result in a variety of different conditions and POSSIBLY
EVEN KILL YOU!


Fire: A fire is mans best friend in the wild. It provides heat, light to work by, protection from predators, a rescuemeans of beacon,attracting rescuers, a place for cooking food and decontaminating water, etc, etc...etc.


Signals: You won’t be rescued if you can’t be found. You need to be seen or heard at least several hundred yards away or from the air.


Water: You can go a day or two without water, but eventually you must drink. An adult should drink at least a couple of liters per day (more in hot climates) (older Water Link)


Food: Food isn’t something you need to consider unless rescue is a good many days or weeks off. ButHowever, you will begin feeling weak and lethargic and less able to effect your own survival after a few days.days making food a welcome resource. Plants are a risky proposition, so if you don't know FOR SURE that something is edible... don't even touch it. Animals are another thing. If it can Walk, Crawl, Fly, Hop or Swim... put it in your pot! That said, some animals (especially ones with bright colours/patterns, a common natural "warning") may also be poisonous.