Bush Survival

 S.T.O.P

The s in S.T.O.P means stop and look around when you realize you're lost.

The t in S.T.O.P means think, look around and see what the situation is.

The o in S.T.O.P means to observe your surroundings.

The p in S.T.O.P means plan what to do next.

Water

To find water you can look for animal tracks as those could lead to running water as animals need water too.

Containers you might need to bring containers when you finally find your water source don't drink it bring it back to your shelter as the water is probably not safe to drink.

The water you got probably won't be safe drinking water but you can boil it in a pot or something fireproof to get rid of bacteria just make sure before you boil it that there are no leaves dirt or sand inside, you could filter these things out by using a clean sock or shirt, after the water boils just wait for it to cool down then drink your now hopefully safe drinking water.

Shelter

You need to make sure you build your shelter away from creeks or rivers.

You will need to build your shelter on a dry, flat surface.

Most importantly you need to make sure your shelter will protect you from rain and wind.

Fire 

You may have had your head stuck when I said you will need a fire to boil your water well here's how.

Build your fire on a flat surface that isn't too windy as that can take out the fire to make the fire you will need old dry grass, dry wood, and dry leaves and small twigs.

To light a fire you can use flint and steel or matches or a lighter if you have one in your backpack.

Place the old grass where you want the fire to be and put dry leaves and twigs around the dry grass make sure there are a few openings where you can see the dry grass once you lit your fire you may want to add logs in cross-motion then you'll have your fire.


Basic First Aid

Let's say you get a cut and you have no plasters or bandages you can use a piece of your clothing and wrap it around the wound and wait for it to heal but it's good that you rest for a little bit too but before you do that grab some water you'd biol and clean the wound first.

If you don't feel so good just have a rest for a while until you feel better if it gets worse you may want to know how to signal for help.

If your allergic to wasp or bee stings you probably have as EpiPen your bag its also good to have a First Aid Kit in hand if you encounter a cut or scrape.

Signaling for help

There are a few different ways to signal for help you can make a big fire that can be seen over the treetops.

You can have a flare gun, you might not have one but if you did it would be really handy.

Even having something that's noisy could help as if someone's camping they may be able to hear you.