Best safety & first aid books according to redditors
We found 540 Reddit comments discussing the best safety & first aid books. We ranked the 153 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
16. How to Shit in the Woods, 3rd Edition: An Environmentally Sound Approach to a Lost Art
5 mentions
There is a great (yet horrific) book about this.
A Slow Death: 83 Days of Radiation Sickness
Highly recommend it.
Dude, a guy a hundred pounds heavier than you punches you and falls down? Nike-jitsu is better than Jujitsu. Get the fuck outta there.
There's no need to prove how big your pee-pee is. You said yourself, be careful who you surround yourself with. While you are putting on a BJJ clinic, some asshole can come kick you in the head for beating up his buddy.
BJJ is great, but having a good head on your shoulders is even better. Having good BJJ AND common sense is best.
Glad things came out OK. Look into reading Rory Miller's Meditations On Violence. It'll give you some self defense perspective. Keep on training.
There's a while book devoted to this. "How to shit in the woods."
https://www.amazon.fr/Slow-Death-Days-Radiation-Sickness/dp/1942993544 read this. It’s a book about the slow death of a Japanese guy who got exposed to high doses of radiation after an nuclear accident. The book follows his battle that lasted 83 days. There is a picture of him on his last days and you don’t want to see that. It’s horrifying.
On a side note, radiation sickness is fascinating. What it can do to the body is terrifyingly interesting.
I work as an EMT and in SAR. I have a background in ski patrol and a lot of time outside so I'll chime in.
It depends to where, what, and when you're going to me. Depending on those I will build my first aid kit on injury patterns of what to expect. The first aid kit I carry for a day hike in the summer is different than the one I'll carry on a day of ice climbing in the winter. The best thing about wilderness medicine is the improvisation of gear and skills. There is a lot of medical gear that is completely useless in the back country and a lot of wasted weight. I'll list the basics I build my kit off of and talk about some of bulky gear that could be left at home. Again this list will depend on the day.
Always have-
Bandaids, steri strips, alcohol swabs, gloves, gorilla tap, high quality medical tape, cling (a roll of gauze), triangle bandage, medium sized tensor bandage, tweezers, space blanket, soap, clean ziplock bag, empty irrigation 10ml syringe, water purification tablets, Ibuprofen (advil), acetaminophen (tylenol), Epinephrine, Diphenhydramine (benadryl), Dimenhydrinate (gravol), potassium, and unpasteurized honey (in my cooking kit, for tea and low blood sugar). I also always have my Spot Beacon if I need help.
Sometimes have -
Tourniquet/compression bandage (for shooting/hunting), extra tensor bandages/triangles (biking), or stronger pain control (long backpacking trips).
Not to be rude to the other commenters- but I think SAM splits, trauma shears, excessive bleeding control, and CPR masks are a waste of space. Splits can be improved with branches, bags, and clothing. Shears are replaced by knives, clothing can be used for bleeding control, and CPR in the back country unfortunately doesn't have a great outcome. EDIT - CPR should still be attempted in the backcountry. If you don't have a mask or barrier device, then compression only CPR is still effective. CPR doesn't save lives, defibrillators do. 2nd EDIT - CPR may save you, your partner, or a strangers life. If you need to give CPR chances are that its a member in your party and mouth to mouth is a viable option; if not than you can use a glove with a hole as a basic barrier device.
The biggest thing is that you research and take a course on some sort of first aid. For books I highly recommend these two-
https://www.amazon.ca/Wilderness-Medicine-Beyond-First-Aid/dp/0762780703/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1458836008&sr=1-1&keywords=9780762780709
https://www.amazon.ca/Medicine-Mountaineering-Other-Wilderness-Activities-ebook/dp/B004GNGCWC/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1458836014&sr=1-1&keywords=9781594853937
There's a lot you should know while out there. But the big things I would recommend that you know are know to assess someone, treat basic wounds, split, head injury recognition, what the drugs you are carrying do, and when you know you need help.
Link to his book on the subject:
http://www.amazon.com/Chernobyl-01-incredible-nuclear-disaster/dp/0993597505/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1463631489&sr=8-1&keywords=Chernobyl+01%3A23%3A40
Prepping for less crazy folk. Great read and well written. I think it was written by a member of /r/preppers? I forget, I think that's true though. Unless it's not.
FM 21-76 US ARMY SURVIVAL MANUAL - This was written to take everything into account. Including the psychology of dealing with a disaster. And it wasn't written for the super soldier. It was written for the every day army person who is away from his team and needs to survive.
And if course one of the gold standards is the SAS Manual. It has high reviews for a reason.
May as well start off where everyone else does.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00M719VG4
How to Shit in the Woods, an excellent book on the subject. Mike Clelland's Toilet Paper Free Expeditions and Backcountry Poo Poo Clinic are good online resources.
Must know tip for toilet paper: Remove the cardboard core and pull from the centre. It stops the tp flying in the wind or unravelling if you drop it and it rolls down hill. Also packs a little smaller.
OK, this thread is desperately in need of some facts with regard to self-defense, so let's start there.
So from that perspective it might seem that Zimmerman's claim of self-defense is legit. However, there are a few other important factors of self-defense that are relevant here.
The first is the concept of proportional response. You are legally permitted to use the minimum amount of force possible to remove the threat, and nothing more. Based on what I've read of the police evidence, Zimmerman was clearly under physical assault and had been knocked over, but he wasn't seriously injured, so arguing that he had to use lethal force to subdue the threat could be a tough sell.
The second is the concept of immediate threat. Generally, you are only permitted to act violently in self-defense if you can demonstrate there was a legitimate threat of immediate harm to your person. We really don't know what happened between the two men (since one of them is dead and witness testimony is notoriously unreliable), but Zimmerman's lawyers may have a tough time arguing there was an immediate threat because IF Zimmerman knowingly inserted himself into the threatening situation.
It's hard to say anything for sure, however, because this case illustrates one of the main problems with "stand your ground" laws: generally speaking, there are two sides to any story but in stand your ground self-defense cases, one side is often dead, leaving us to judge the situation based only on one side of the story (biased), whatever witness testimony there might be (usually unreliable), and whatever forensic or physical evidence there is (often not enough to be sure of anything).
But, to answer your actual questions:
>For his self defense plea to hold up in my opinion, the most important question is then why didnt he remove himself?
Because the case occurred in Florida, he was not legally obligated to remove himself. We can of course debate his moral obligations, or even whether Florida's law is a good idea in the first place, but according to the laws on the books at the time, the taking the available option to retreat was not a necessary condition for self-defense in Florida.
That does not mean, however, that what Zimmerman did was self-defense. His biggest hurdle will likely be demonstrating that he couldn't have removed the threat while using a lesser amount of force.
TL;DR Martial artist? Interested in self-defense? Own a firearm? Fucking read this book immediately. Seriously.
This book should be required reading for all nuclear workers and admin. If you fuck up as a worker, this is how you will die. If you fuck up as a manager, this how your workers will die
https://www.amazon.com/Slow-Death-Days-Radiation-Sickness/dp/1942993544/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1498842961&sr=8-1&keywords=A+Slow+Death
This chronicles the japanese workers death mentioned in the article. It has grisly photos too, like images from a horror movie
https://www.unbelievable-facts.com/2016/12/hisashi-ouchi.html
Thats how he died. Please note that by that time, limbs were falling off.
Also it seems only criticality safety engineers should be promoted to management
You’re doing the right thing by asking this question first.
First, read up on self defense law as much as you can. Read The Law of Self Defense. Read it again.
There are a lot of details during a home defense situation that could lead you to be prosecuted, and those reasons vary by state. If you decide to arm yourself, you’re on the hook to know and understand the complex landscape of self defense law. Learn as much as you can and then learn some more.
Most importantly, never trust that if a specific case went right for someone, the exact same case would have the same outcome for you. The law, justice, and the way it is served is inconsistent at best. You have to prepare for the aftermath as much as the act itself.
Personally "SAS Survival hand book" by John Wiseman. It's not a prepper book in the sense your looking for, but it is important in that it teaches mental preparedness.
SAS Survival Handbook, Third Edition: The Ultimate Guide to Surviving Anywhere https://www.amazon.com/dp/0062378074/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_HzorDbTMVBCZP
Here's the link to the book. Great read.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0993597505/ref=ya_aw_od_pi?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I bet you didn't know there is an entire, moderately popular book devoted to this subject.
How to Shit in the Woods: An Environmental Sound Approach to a Lost Art
Read Atomic Accidents.
"Where There Is No Doctor" has some useful information in it, but keep in mind that it was written to introduce very basic information about health and hygiene to people who were clueless about the subjects. For this reason do not buy this book and call it a day for your medical library. Also add a much more thorough book like Medicine For The Outdoors by Paul S. Aurbach M.D., Wilderness Medicine by Wm. Forgey, M.D., or Wilderness & Travel Medicine: A Comprehensive Guide by Eric A. Weiss, M.D.
Whereas most medical and first aid books for laypersons are written with a "do your best to stabilize and then get the patient to a real doctor" perspective, these books are intended for people isolated in the wilderness, and therefore the instructions are much more likely to be of service in a true survival situation.
Hi there,
So I saw some of your posts earlier, and as a quick aside to the question, I'm gonna recommend the book Meditations on Violence by Rory Miller. In it the author talks about his experiences working in corrections as the violence team expert, and what he talks about here is the psychological side of violence as well as the biochemical reaction we have when going from a nothing situation to a violent one. I like this book a lot for taiji people as this is the type of scenario where taiji training really shines, such as using touch sensitivity and relaxed vision to orient yourself faster than most people, breaking through that immediate mental freeze where people loop one movement over and over to try and get it to work, having your reactions be instantly available to you without needing to set anything up, non-technique specific movement efficiency to be able to apply movement changes/pivots/reactions from any part of the body you make contact with, etc. Training in this way is what I consider successful taiji training for me.
That said, I also do the more wrestling looking stuff on the side, along with a bit of shuai jiao, and it's def fun. I also watched that chin na video you recommended and I really enjoyed it, cause like chin na is def the kinda stuff you can geek out about :). One thing that was pretty quickly transferable to my wrasslin is William CC Chen's focus on the fingers. Basically he argues to focus a lot of your intent on the fingers themselves, with the middle finger, pointer, and thumb (the "claw") being the yang side and the pinky and ring finger being the yin side. The yang side's job is to press into the opponent on a spiral, like in wu style brush knee, and the yin side's job is to curl in and around, like in wu style gets into hook hands. (This curling is also found in bagua's teacup exercise). That all sounds complex but it's pretty simple actually, just put your mind/focus on your fingers and make small little spirals, switching between the two as needed. I've found this is a quick and effective little focusing tool to worm your arms into good positions, sneak out of bad ones, and catch locks and throws. Try it out!
Sigh.
I've got to do it again: check out Rory Miller's book "Facing Violence:Preparing For The Unexpected", in which he talks about this very thing, among others. Seriously; he's thorough, clear, easily readable, very experienced and knowledgeable, and if you haven't read it, I suspect it will seriously alter your approach to martial arts.
Here's a few links:
http://21dragons.com/blog/2011/facing-violence-by-rory-miller
http://www.amazon.com/Facing-Violence-Unexpected-Rory-Miller/dp/1594392137
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9904173-facing-violence
Honestly, I'd love to offer some insight - but anything I'm likely to say, Miller has said already, and more effectively.
Better stock up on band-aids for your knuckles! ;)
In all seriousness, this is an amazing survival book
Read Facing Violence.
anonlymouse said it perfectly:
>You're asking the wrong question, you just don't understand that.
Be you martial Artist or not, the reality of self-defense is often not even close to what we imagine it to be.
Read the book. It's a must-read for anyone who is serious about self-defense.
Alternatively, you can just learn to rip peoples eyes out with your fingers. To practice: Scatter 108 pennies on the ground. Pick them up as fast as you can using your thumb, index and middle finger. Perform 2 sets of this exercise on a daily basis.
You can read the book about the scenario. It’s an interesting read. [Amazon]
do you mean A Slow Death: 83 Days of Radiation Sickness?
I highly recommend the "SAS Survival Guide" pretty comprehensive. And for what food sources it doesn't have listed it outlines a testing method so you don't poison yourself. Also covers camp craft (shelters, ways to get / purify water etc etc) And it's all in a handy survival pack sized book.
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/0008133786/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_xsT2CbJFW9BEZ
The (SAS Survival Guide)[https://www.amazon.co.uk/SAS-Survival-Guide-Survive-Collins/dp/0008133786/] has some good survival information whilst not taking up much room in a bag. I also have this one for foraging and this for identifying mushrooms. In an emergency situation I'd say knowing what is and isn't edible around you is important. When I'm out I often use my phone to identify anything I am not familiar with and have a reasonable knowledge now but having the books to be sure seems sensible.
I have an air rifle which will take birds and rabbits if it comes to it too and whilst they have made it harder to get one these days (you have to order it to a licensed shop to pick it up and can't just order it to your address any more... and these stores are often few and far between) it does seem like a sensible thing to have. Not for self defence but for having access to a food source that most people would not have.
Besides that I don't think the information varies too much from what you find on US sites. Though the prices often do so you have to economise more than they would... likewise of course with the size of houses here compared to there. I don't have the same kind of space for stockpiling food and water as I would in the US.
You might dig into Normal Accidents, a meta analysis of disasters. It's a staggering overview of million-dollar disasters.
The Wiki summary is also good. He describes the formula for a disaster as a complex, tightly coupled system where failures can lead to catastrophes. (As opposed to, say, a complex, tightly coupled system for allocating resources to farmers.)
I read that post for the first time last week - it was the best thing I've found on reddit since the Jar Jar Binks theory. I also ordered the book on Chernobyl that the author of that imgur post wrote:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0993597505/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Try this book first http://www.amazon.com/How-Shit-Woods-Edition-Environmentally/dp/1580083633
Here's an excellent book on this topic - Meditations on Violence: A Comparison of Martial Arts Training & Real World Violence
If you've ever read Meditations on Violence, it talks about the genetic, instinctual reaction we humans have to social violence: you puff up your chest, get way too close to the the other guy, talk trash to each other, then someone throws a wild swing. (although in this case they skipped to the punch.) In the book he talks about trained martial artists falling into this pattern because they can't help it... a million years of evolution overriding their training.
I don't know if there's any science to back that up but it makes sense. We've all seen this scenario a hundred times in bars with young men fighting.
No problem. If you're interested in the effects of radiation on the human body, I'd also recommend A Slow Death: 83 Days of Radiation Sickness. It follows an accident in Japan in 1999 that resulted in 3 workers being exposed to huge levels of radiation. The focus of the book is on Hiroshi Ouchi, the worker that received the highest dose. The radiation effectively destroyed his chromosomes, so his cells could no longer replicate. Despite certain death, doctors kept him alive for 83 days. He was cognizant the whole time.
You're going to get a lot of fake replies but this is legit apropro OP. It was endorsed by u/not_a_taliban who is an american special force.
SAS Survival Handbook is a great start. So much great knowledge in one book.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0062378074/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_t1_H70NDbQ9PAJMF
It was pointed out in the last thread that this is an actual book that's basically just been pirated. Here's the Amazon link in case someone wants to buy 3 million copies to help offset the money this author just lost.
www.amazon.com/100-Deadly-Skills-Operatives-Surviving/dp/147679605X
http://www.amazon.com/How-Shit-Woods-Edition-Environmentally/dp/1580083633
I have a the second edition and it's actually a pretty good how-to.
the book released by the NHK who recorded the whole thing. You can buy it on amazon and give it a read like I did.
I assume you mean home defense. I’m not familiar with CA laws but I suspect that getting a Concealed Carry permit is a rather difficult process.
So for home defense either caliber would be effective. But there are some things you may want to consider before buying. Assuming you are choosing between the two calibers you me mentioned.
The brand, size, cost of the gun is less important than your ability under stress to fire at your target and get a first round hit in a critical area.
Think about that statement carefully because it really matters. So your ability to build up your skill level, comfortability, muscle memory and situational awareness with your chosen firearm must be priority number one when preparing to defend yourself.
You build those skills through a lot of practice and discipline. Unless money is not a problem for you, you should plan on firing at hundreds of rounds per practice session at the range. The cost of ammo is a factor then, so thats one good reason to choose 9mm.
Now when getting to the type of gun. If it’s for home, meaning you are not carrying this thing on your belt every day, bigger with more the most rounds your state will allow in the magazine is better. A full size gun with roughly a 5” barrel would be a good start. Something like a CZ 75B is not a bad starter. It’s all steel which helps reduce the felt recoil. You cant go wrong with a Glock G17 either, but there are many more good sub $650 options.
If you can swing the extra $100 get a set of Tritium Night Sights.
Lastly if you are a new gun owner I recommend reading either or both of these great books about defending yourself.
Deadly Force: Understanding Your Right to Self Defense Ayoob Massad
And/or
The Law of Self Defense: The Indispensable Guide to the Armed Citizen
Good Luck during your journey
If you had read "How to Shit in the Woods" you would have known better.
http://www.amazon.com/Bushcraft-Outdoor-Skills-Wilderness-Survival/dp/1551051222/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1368375342&sr=8-2&keywords=kochanski
http://www.amazon.com/The-Outdoor-Survival-Handbook-Navigation/dp/0312093594/ref=pd_sim_b_5
http://www.amazon.com/Survive-Essential-Skills-Tactics-Anywhere/dp/0061373516/ref=pd_sim_b_22
http://www.amazon.com/Wildwood-Wisdom-Ellsworth-Jaeger/dp/0936070129/ref=la_B001K8CVQW_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1368375505&sr=1-1
SAS Survival Handbook
US Army Survival Manual: FM 21-76
UST Learn & Live Outdoor Skills
To add to what Ryan said, there are also a bunch of good books on the subject, most of which can be found for free.
John 'Lofty' Wiseman's SAS Survival Handbook is extremely comprehensive (around 600 pages) and very information-dense.
The US Army Survival Manual is also pretty good, but it's not as comprehensive or detailed as Wiseman's book.
Although it's more of a bushcraft book, Mors Kochanski's Bushcraft is extremely well done. His descriptions are easy to read, but fairly comprehensive, and are paired with detailed sketches and pictures.
Mainly, just go out and practice. You're already a capable outdoorsman, so it shouldn't be too much of a hassle. If you wanna take courses, just search around for courses near where you are, or maybe look at something like NOLS. Hope that's helpful.
Here's a few more links to things I also found on Amazon
What is your level of medical training? If you don't have any, the best bet is to go get some, which will help guide what you need to prep. In my opinion, it;s important to stock what you will be able to use; unless you have already have an MD as a group member or have a plan to recruit one.
Everyone should have at least the Red Cross First Aid Kit supplies on hand, even if they have no training at all. Augmenting this with some basic First Aid/CPR training is the minimum I would consider "prepared".
As you advance in skill level, you can expand to an different kit [page 53, PDF warning]. On page 60, the kit gets even more advanced, which you would need only with an MD on hand. There is also the Ship Captain's Medical Guide, with advice for non-doctors, in conjunction with MSN 1768 which contains a whole list of supplies, non-prescription, and prescription drugs.
Trauma medicine is a whole different discussion. You might look in to Tactical Combat Casualty Care from the US Army, but this will not help with long-term management of trauma victims. Trauma victims need an actual hospital.
I suggest having at least one good medical reference on hand. If I could have one book, it would be Wilderness Medicine by William Forgey, MD. It contains a list of procedures (with instructions) and medicines you'd likely to be able to use in an austere environment. Much is said of books like Ditch Medicine and Where There Is No Doctor, but I don't feel they are as good of a reference as Wilderness Medicine. There are more books worth having if you have an MD on hand, but we can get in to those later.
If you have the ability, take a wilderness medicine class; whether that be first responder or wilderness EMT. Barring that, try to get a first responder or EMT certification from a standard agency. The wilderness classes can teach a bit more than the standard classes with regard to managing things in a remote/austere situation. Training is really going to make all the difference.
I am somewhat a member of the "antibiotic police" and I suggest knowing what you are doing if you decide to stockpile them. The Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy is a guide which can tell you which antibiotics are useful for a particular infection. The "different kit" link from earlier in the post has information on how to determine what it is you are dealing with; but you will need some basic lab equipment to make those decisions. Really, using regular antibiotic ointments will cover most of the issues you would run across. Broad-spectrum antibiotics are the best investment if you must get something, but make sure you have enough for a full course.
Questions please ask and I will help if I can.
It really is well-done. The author wrote a book as well and I'm sorely tempted to buy it.
For the "yes" side:
Chernobyl: The End of the Nuclear Dream
The Legacy of Chernobyl
The Truth About Chernobyl
Ablaze: The Story of the Heroes and Victims of Chernobyl
Chernobyl: The Forbidden Truth
Voices from Chernobyl
Chernobyl Record: The Definitive History of the Chernobyl Catastrophe
Chernobyl: Confessions of a Reporter
Producing Power: The Pre-Chernobyl History of the Soviet Nuclear Industry
Chernobyl 01:23:40
I'd be interested in any reputable publications for "the other side".
Clint Emerson's book
Check out Meditations on Violence by Rory Miller. It was suggested by my Krav instructor and I've enjoyed reading it.
About two hours before class try eating a bowl oatmeal if you have any problems with energy.
In no particular order:
The Gift of Fear
Meditations on Violence
Facing Violence
Verbal Judo
Surviving Armed Assaults
On Combat
The Little Black Book of Violence
Street E & E
I could probably come up with 10 more if I looked through my library.
Whichever system you decide on, the tactics in these books will be important. Reading them before choosing a school will help you know what to look for. Sadly, some self-defense school will teach things that are either not practical, or will have devastating legal consequences for you (like how to take a knife away from someone, then use it on them).
The best self defense is good situational awareness, avoiding potentially bad situations, and getting away. Multiple attackers? Weapons? Those are invitations to a track meet. Avoid, deescalate, and get out. If you have to fight, just do enough to GET AWAY.
I've done martial arts for 20 years, and I'd do the above in a bad situation. As far as styles do, /u/Poseiden20's advice is good... boxing, MT, judo, BJJ... all good stuff. But treat it in context of the above. Get away, stay safe.
The best book I've ever read on self defense and martial arts is Rory Miller's Meditations on Violence. Read it if you're interested in more on this topic.
edit: not to discount the idea of going to a seminar! If you get a good day-lesson that can help you get away, then that's GREAT. Just keep it in context. The smart fighter is looking to stay safe, not to win a fight.
Study, I dunno. I like to listen to books about nuclear science, nuclear power, weapons, accidents and the like while I'm driving. I don't do many fiction books.
While it may not be studying, learning about the world around you can help expand your mind and keep it active while you're focusing on the road. I've listened to these books a few times over by now.
Link 1
Link 2
Link 3
Link 4
Link 5
Link 6
Watch Les Stroud. Take notes.
Buy survival manuals, like the SAS Handbook:
https://www.amazon.com/SAS-Survival-Handbook-Third-Surviving/dp/0062378074
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Practice. Buy good gear. Practice more.
Lofty Wiseman's SAS Survival Handbook.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0062378074/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_t1_z2xvDbB91V85H
https://www.amazon.com/SAS-Survival-Handbook-Third-Surviving/dp/0062378074
If this is interesting to you, I recommend the book "Normal Accidents" by Charles Perrow:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0691004129
Here you go!
https://imgur.com/a/TwY6q
Here is OP's Book/Audiobook about this Post!
Google Play Audiobook: https://play.google.com/store/audiobooks/details/Andrew_Leatherbarrow_Chernobyl_01_23_40?id=AQAAAIAuOiK6HM
Amazon Book/ebook/Audiobook: https://www.amazon.com/Chernobyl-01-Incredible-Nuclear-Disaster/dp/0993597505/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
You might be interested in the book "Meditations on Violence" by Rory Miller. It's short and very to the point. Miller is a lifelong martial artist and high security prison guard who's been involved in a lot of real life violence. It's an interesting perspective. He does give advice about how to handle different forms of violence and how to de-escalate what he calls the 'monkey dance', wherein (usually) guys start to up the aggression back and forth until violence erupts.
You most definitely can. Ants are great, grind them up and add them to any soup to thicken it up.
Book URL
https://www.amazon.com/Emergency-Medical-Technician-Course-Preparation/dp/0738610062
I read through most of this book before I started classes and still go back to it when studying for block exams or while on clinicals. It's pretty much a condensed version of the Orange Book.
If you enjoyed this give Clint some love and buy his books! - https://www.amazon.co.uk/100-Deadly-Skills-Operatives-Surviving/dp/147679605X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1499109325&sr=8-1&keywords=100+deadly+skills and https://www.amazon.co.uk/100-Deadly-Skills-Operatives-Surviving/dp/1501143905/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1499109325&sr=8-2&keywords=100+deadly+skills
Apparently portapotties are completely rented out, so here's a resource that might come in handy.
Here, read this, cover to cover, immediately.
I have a copy of the book on this HTSITW
Dig a hole, but not super deep. Step out of the shorts with at least one leg. Take your time. Hold on to a tree if that helps.
Rain soaked oak leaves turned out to be better than paper.
Anything close to a real fight or sparring, I feel calm and focused, but good lord would I feel anxious in any kind of arena with a large audience.
Depending on the situation in a more real-world scenario, I either go fight or freeze. The potentially violent situations I've come across don't tend to trigger a huge amount of fear, not because I'm brave or anything, just because (a) I've never been in any very serious violent situations, and (b) I think I've spent too long thinking about fighting as a point of interest that it doesn't really initially occur to me emotionally that getting into a fight would be bad. I generally associate it positively.
I've come close to being mugged twice. I know that's a strange thing to claim, but once I was cutting through this dark and foggy park and saw someone on my left start approaching me in a suspicious manner, while someone else walked toward me from my right and a little behind me, both speed walking. There was no one else in the park. The second time was in a parking lot, but it was years ago and I've forgotten the details. The guy approached me, dead of night, completely empty parking lot, started asking me weird questions, seemed kind of nervous. Admittedly, I might have been just being paranoid in these situations, but I definitely have my suspicions. I've broken up a couple fights too. I've been fortunate enough to escape any real encounters so far.
In my experience though, instructors don't really address the topic of violence very well, myself included. I can't really recommend Rory Miller's book, Meditations on Violence strongly enough for anyone interested in the topic of violence and strategies for dealing with it. I would put in the caveat, as he has, that of course there are many different kinds of violence (domestic, military, etc.) that each need to be addressed with a unique view, but I'm not sure how else to phrase my recommendation here. Anyway, this should be required reading for anyone pursuing martial arts in any discipline, in my opinion. Anything I had to say on this topic outside of my personal experiences would likely just be a reworking of what I've read here.
This is what Sgt. Rory Miller terms "The Monkey Dance".
p.s. I'm only halfway through the book, but I highly, highly recommend reading Meditations on Violence, a book by the aforementioned Miller. Miller clearly has had both a lot of training and a lot of experience with violence in his years as a corrections officer, and his observations on the different causes and forms of violence, the effect of violence on the body (adrenaline dump, etc.), and the implications for a trained fighter are fascinating.
It's not that this question is asked a lot, it's that you literally asked the equivalent of "Teach me programming." That's a big field. No one could possibly rip off a forum post and tell you.
Here's what you should do instead. Pick up Facing Violence by Rory Miller, or any of his books, really.
Also, if you are actively looking for street fights, stop doing that.
Probably a good read if you want to understand this stuff a little better
Plus what the other guy said too.
The book Atomic Accidents by James Mahaffey has a very informative chapter on Chernobyl.
It was an unstable design from the start since it was designed to produce plutonium for atomic bombs.
I mean who in their right mind would design a reactor with graphite-tipped control rods?!
Cook it, boil it, peel it, or forget it.
ALWAYS drink bottled water. Make sure the water is from a reputable source (seal is intact, for example) and that the bottle hasn't been sitting in questionable water.
Regardless of what you do, prepare for GI problems no matter how careful or lucky you think you will be. The only thing worse than being sick is being unprepared and sick.
I would highly recommend the book How to Shit Around the World by Dr. Jane Wilson-Howarth. The author goes into tips about the types of illness you could run into while travelling, how to avoid them, and what to do if you get them. The book is filled with some humorous cautionary tales and useful tips.
Buy a few guns, learn to filter your own water, and be cool with eating roots, bugs, and maybe some human flesh every once in a while and you're gonna be fine. The Bay Area is going to be a cornucopia of easy pickings.
Seriously, though, read this book, build the recommended kits (they're very small and extremely portable), and spend a weekend practicing the recommended skills like building fire and shelter in the National Parks/Forests: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00M719VG4/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i0
You can shortcut a lot of it buy buying the small items on Amazon (torch lighter, Life Straw, etc.).
Keep the tiny kit on your person at all times, the other in your car or in a safe location nobody knows about.
Once disaster hits, you're going to want to get out of the city as fast as possible.
The Bay Area is in no way shape or form ready to absorb the damage from a catastrophic earthquake. Our highways and infrastructure already grind to a halt during rush hour.
And remember when the vineyards were on fire and the human garbage came from all around to loot the abandoned homes? Those are the types of people you have to worry about, because they'll be attracted to the carnage like flies to shit.
This is a great place to start.
https://www.amazon.com/Law-Self-Defense-Indispensable-Citizen/dp/1943809143/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1527623662&sr=8-1&keywords=the+law+of+self-defense
I'd rather not, but if you insist...
edit-added link, great book if you don't know how.
SAS Survival Handbook I just found out there is a 3rd edition as of Nov 2014. I just ordered the new one (linked).
if you haven't read Branca's Book, you need too! It is the best book out there covering this stuff.
I like Survive, by Les Stroud..
https://www.amazon.com/Survive-Essential-Skills-Tactics-Anywhere/dp/0061373516
I really liked this book. Sounds like you would too...
http://www.amazon.com/Survive-Essential-Skills-Tactics-Anywhere/dp/0061373516/ref=la_B001JRV55M_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1369193287&sr=1-1
A smart man once said "the unexamined life is not worth living". Meditating and waxing philisophic on the reasons for the way you act is a noble way to go about life.
My only word of caution is that you should try hard not take a morally superior stance to people who have a different opinion than yours. I'm not suggesting you did that in this thread but I find myself struggling with realizing that everyone is going to be a little different and my moral compass is going to be slightly off course when compared to someone else. Maintaining an open mind, as you are trying to do, is key to understanding people's differences and coming to terms with your own reality.
If you want to get some differing opinions to expand your thought excercises, here are a few from my library:
Some we love, some we hate and some we eat by Hal Herzog.
http://halherzog.com/
A quiet place of violence by Allen Morris Jones was a good read for me, too, and helped me reaffirm some of my beliefs in the ethics of taking from nature to suit my own needs.
http://www.allenmorrisjones.com/
I just started Call of the Mild by Lily Raff McCaulou and it's entertaining so far but I haven't gotten very far in it yet.
http://www.lilyrm.com/book.html
oh, and for the survival training piece of the pie I'm sure I don't have to tell you that Les Stroud has a book and you should probably buy two copies since you'll end up using one of them for tinder.
http://amzn.com/0061373516
The knowledge from books like the Encyclopedia for Country Living would be more important for sustained post collapse living, especially if "survival" means and sort of reconstruction of communal living.
But if it is just to survive the initial chaos from societies collapse than the SAS Survival Handbook should be considered. It offers knowledge of immediate survival techniques needed until a new base of operations can be established.
https://www.amazon.com/SAS-Survival-Handbook-Third-Surviving/dp/0062378074
Start by reading the SAS Survival Handbook or Bushcraft 101 by Dave Canterbury. They talk about useful techniques and the gear you should have.
Take either one out into the backyard or whatever and practice. Once you become more comfortable in self reliance take a weekend out in the bush and practice some more.
There's also a lot of educational youtube videos out there. wildernessoutfitters has a lot of content if video is more your thing.
Bushcraft: Outdoor Skills and Wilderness Survival by Mors Kochanski
www.amazon.com/Bushcraft-Outdoor-Skills-Wilderness-Survival/dp/1551051222
SAS Survival Handbook by John 'Lofty' Wiseman
http://www.amazon.com/SAS-Survival-Handbook-Third-Surviving/dp/0062378074
Bushcraft is not about what you can buy, it's about what you can KNOW.
Some will say all you need is a good knife. Some will load up a 45lb pack. Some will go out in shorts and a t-shirt and start knapping flint.
Check out a LOT of videos. I like NativeSurvival quite a bit. Youtube has some amazing bushcraft people.
If you’re genuinely curious, Normal Accidents has a whole chapter devoted to maritime accidents. It isn’t the most engaging read, but it certainly does provide a good perspective on high risk technologies.
It is pretty jargony and mostly useful in a resource-rich first-world hospital. There are some excellent texts on wilderness medicine, however.
This is one such text that is pretty affordable: http://www.amazon.com/Wilderness-Medicine-Beyond-First-Aid/dp/0762780703/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1413287643&sr=8-1&keywords=wilderness+medicine
http://www.amazon.com/Chernobyl-01-incredible-nuclear-disaster/dp/0993597505?ie=UTF8&keywords=chernobyl&qid=1464738806&ref_=sr_1_2&sr=8-2
Not fiction, but I just received my copy and can't wait to dig into it!
A Redditor made this excellent post about Chernobyl.
Not long after he released this book
I recommend “Chernobyl 01:23:40” by Andrew Leatherbarrow.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0993597505/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_3JDBCbRVH6JC8
Really good read, it takes into consideration that not everyone is a Nuclear Physicist and puts a lot of it into layman’s terms.
EDIT: Pretty sure the author sometimes hangs around this subreddit.
I don't know what you're specifically interested in, but here of a couple books I liked:
Tricks of the Mind by Derren Brown. He's a semi-famous magician/mentalist in the UK, and this book has a ton of really interesting stuff in it like hypnosis and memory hacks. The only issue is the NLP stuff, which is pseudo-science, but the rest is good.
100 Deadly Skills was interesting, although I'm not sure how useful it is.
The Selfish Gene is a more famous book than those two, but if you're interested in evolution at all it's an awesome book.
I'm not much of a science fiction reader, but I really liked the Foundation Series. Also most Michael Crichton books are good, although in particular I liked Sphere, Jurassic Park and the Lost World, Congo, Timeline, and Prey.
100 deadly skills shows some interesting tips.
Quick shoutout for the source - 100 Deadly Skills by Clint Emerson.
It's a great read. Top fun, and moooooost of them don't involve ramming stuff up your arse.
Thanks for the tip! It looks like an interesting read. I'll try and find a copy.
"98.6 - The art of keeping your ass alive" By Cody Lundin
"When All Hell Breaks Loose: Stuff You Need To Survive When Disaster Strikes" By Cody Lundin
"How to Shit in the Woods, 3rd Edition: An Environmentally Sound Approach to a Lost Art" By Kathleen Meyer
The classic outdoor gag gift is How to Shit in the Woods
The only other thing I could think of is a kid's version of the equipment you use. This kids floaty life jacket as an example.
Hopefully, How to Shit in the Woods will be revealed next week.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1580083633
You'll probably want to read this before you go.
Leave No Trace. LNT Also a good read for someone about to get into backcountry camping. How to Shit in the Woods
2 things:
-public toilets are gross anyway (shitting in the woods can be an incredible freeing experience, try reading: how to shit in the woods
-and staying smelly is the fun part of being a woods gypsy! hahaha
Relevant Book:
"Meditations on Violence: A Comparison of Martial Arts Training & Real World Violence"
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You might read something like Rory Miller's Meditations on Violence or Facing Violence: Preparing for the Unexpected. They cover a lot of the same material, with Meditations being more of an essay about the nature of violence and Facing Violence providing more of an organized breakdown of each phase in a potential violent conflict. He talks a lot about different types of violence, how to identify them, and the facets and ramifications of violent encounters.
I think they are excellent reads for anyone thinking about self-defense issues. Reading them could be thought-provoking and make you reconsider or more confident in your existing decision.
First, I'm not saying that it's either/or. However, just as there are a lot of people who mistakenly think that waving a gun around will magically make the evil go away, there are also a lot of people who mistakenly think that martial arts give them some magical advantage over anyone wielding a firearm. I'm going to assume that neither of us are subject to this kind of magical thinking.
Owning and carrying a firearm responsibly takes training and practice. Most law-abiding gun owners go to the range more than police do. We also learn the laws in our states regarding when it is legal or not legal to use a handgun in self-defense or defense of another.
Firearms work at a greater distance than martial arts. By the time someone is close enough for hand-to-hand fighting, you simply aren't going to have time to draw and fire a gun outside some very narrow circumstances. So, yes, martial arts can be useful, but they are not the be-all, end-all defense against firearms that some people like to claim. Nor are firearms the be-all, end-all defense against everything that some people like to claim, either.
Run if you can (I can't because I'm waiting for knee replacement surgery in both legs).
De-escalate if possible.
Fight or shoot as a very last resort.
My decision to get my permit and to carry was not made lightly, but three encounters I had in my taxi (when I was still capable of running) helped change my mind. You better believe I'm familiar with the laws regarding defensive gun use in my state. I also did a lot of reading about de-escalation and conflict avoidance, because even though I understand that I might someday need to shoot someone to defend myself, I'd really rather not have to. I recommend these four books:
The Art of the Con by Gary F. Cornelius;
The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker;
The Little Black Book of Violence by Lawrence Kane and Kris Wilder;
Meditations on Violence by Rory Miller.
Meditations on Violence
I second this. In my training it was part of our required reading, and for promotion we were given written tests based on their content.
Additionally, while it's not specific to Kenpo, I (and every instructor I've ever had) always recommend Rory Miller's "Meditations on Violence" to anybody looking into martial arts as a method of self defense.
Body Trauma Writers Wounds Injuries I just found this after a quick google search. Also Michael Janich wrote a book with a bunch of compiled case studies of knife assaults and the wounds that the participants suffered which is right along your subject matter. I just don't remember which title covers it, it might be Contemporary Knife Fighting.
Also the best book I have ever read concerning fighting is Meditations On Violenceby Rory Miller. If you want to increase your understanding of pain, wounds, and the overall nature and structure of real fights look no further.
Good Luck
I give my students a required reading assignment of Facing Violence by Rory Miller. It's pretty short and has pragmatic advice for any skill level in identifying, avoiding, and facing violence. It drastically changed how I approach the subject as a martial artist as well as an instructor. It has less to do with the specific art you teach and much more to do with stress testing your students to see where their glitches are (freezing, hesitating, panic weakness, being polite, etc) and drilling them consistently in quick, reaction level movements focused less on what dogma the art proscribes and more on what's physically comfortable and effective for that specific student.
Since getting a gun isn't feasible for most people, I suggest the following (especially the sisters)
First thing I recommend is this book: https://www.amazon.com/Law-Self-Defense-Indispensable-Citizen/dp/1943809143/ref=sr_1_17?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1485730913&sr=1-17&keywords=concealed+carry
Use that as a start point and then get into the practical stuff from there. JMO
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The Laws of Self Defense by Andrew Branca
Start there and supplement with the state statutes found online.
For starters, have your read his book, Survive!?
No problem. This subreddit is very helpful for starting out, but search around online too. Backpacker magazine has an excellent website with all sorts of good information.
We like to get on Google maps and click around on the green parts to see whats around, then research the areas. If something looks interesting, we'll check it out one weekend. It adds a little sense of adventure to our trips as well.
We've done 2 road trips through southern Utah and the Four Corners area (one in the winter and one in the summer) and we stopped at several places my Utahn husband had never heard of because i saw it on a map. We were pleasantly surprised with a lot of places and disappointed with some well known spots.
First, get an idea of where you want to go (mountain, desert, swamp, etc), then do a couple of day trips through the area. Get a decent map before you go and learn how to use a compass. You never want to go out into the wilderness without knowing how to get back out. Read Les Stroud's book, Survive. He has some awesome advice in the book and it's very practical. It makes you think about a lot of things before you go out.
Try these to start:
SAS Survival Handbook, Third Edition: The Ultimate Guide to Surviving Anywhere https://www.amazon.com/dp/0062378074/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_taa_lVYxDbJKCTABD
The Bushcraft Boxed Set: Bushcraft 101; Advanced Bushcraft; The Bushcraft Field Guide to Trapping, Gathering, & Cooking in the Wild; Bushcraft First Aid https://www.amazon.com/dp/1507206690/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_taa_OWYxDbAH7R41H
I really liked:
https://www.amazon.com/SAS-Survival-Handbook-Third-Surviving/dp/0062378074
This is what I started out with in the army.
SAS survival handbook
It’s a great starter book that you can branch out from.
For cold weather always remember the basics of heat loss and retention. For example during the day layer up for that air pocket in between your clothing layers, and so you can shed layers of it heats up. At night remember that heat transfers through the materials. The ground is the worst heat sucker there is so always try to sleep elevated, oven if it’s only on a light layer of brush. Beyond that invest in a proper sleeping bag and bivy bag. Good sleeping bags have a temperature rating, the right one will keep you toasty. Bivy bags help to seal in the heat and keep the elements out.
SAS Survival Handbook by John 'Lofty' Wiseman
SAS Survival Handbook, Third Edition: The Ultimate Guide to Surviving Anywhere
the SAS Survival Guide is generally thought of as a good go-to book for all preppers to have in their library and specifically those who are building their cache from scratch. Here's a link:
http://www.amazon.com/SAS-Survival-Handbook-Third-Edition/dp/0062378074
Also, water and heat are good initial topics to cover for your survival mindset as a beginner. For these topics, you'll need to consider questions like, "Do I live near a water source other than city water?" and, "How would I best get clean water?" and, "What is the best way I could create heat to boil water, cook food and stay warm/dry?"
Remember to buy within your budget and don't go overboard. Take the time you need to purchase wisely for your cache.
Good luck and have fun.
From a student, spend some time at the library. Some skills you will learn once and then never need to re-learn. Getting a fire started is pretty straightforward and is more something you do rather than learn. Same thing with shelter building, get out and practice it. Unfortunately there is no "one book that contains all the knowledge accumulated over the first several thousand years of human existence" if there was, that would be amazing, unfortunately you could fill several libraries on the theory of such an almanac alone.
One of the more popular books for general survivalism is the SAS Survival Handbook by John "Lofty" Wiseman: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0062378074
below i'll list a few more books you might find useful.
The Backyard Homestead - Carleen Madigan
Back to Basics: A Complete Guide to Traditional Skills - Abigail R. Gehring
Map Reading and Land Navigation: FM 3-25.26 - Department of the Army
The ARRL Ham Radio License manual (careful with this, they update the question pool every four years for the technician class so make sure to get a current edition)
Living Ready Pocket Manual First Aid Fundamentals For Survival - James Hubbard M.D.
Prepper's Guide To Knots - Scott Finazzo
Bushcraft 101: A field guide to the art of wilderness survival - Dave Canterbury
Alternatively, you might want to check out survivorlibrary, or the preparedness Encyclopedia: https://www.reddit.com/r/preppers/comments/c7cvdm/the_preparedness_encyclopedia_tpe_v5/
you'll learn you don't need to buy books to learn new skills and pick up essential information. Some books you'll want to keep handy though, grab yourself some medical and anatomy textbooks, set aside $20 a week for a new book, pretty soon you'll start to notice your shelves filling up.
The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes is almost literally poetry. He won the Pulitzer for this book, and rightly so. That guy can write.
Dark Sun also by Richard Rhodes, talks about the development of the hydrogen bomb. It's actually better than The Making of The Atomic Bomb in terms of prose style, the depth of technical information, and the intimacy of the historical accounts.
Rhodes went on to write several other books on the topic. They're all excellent, as is his Holocaust book Merchants of Death.
Chernobyl 01:23:40 A redditor ( /u/R_Spc ) turned a post on Chernobyl into a book on the Chernobyl meltdown. I read his AMA a while back and bought it. I thought it was really good.
Normal Accidents is kind of peripheral to the topic, but also brilliant.
Oh, and there's this shudder.
> What else are you interested in?
The Eastern front of WWII (The Forgotten Soldier) and Stalin (The Court of the Red Czar) are both gold mines of grim fuckery, if that's the sort of thing you're into. Histories of technology (Masters of Doom) and science (The Strangest Man, about Paul Dirac) are fun to me as well.
I think we're on the same page. If you've got any ideas on those lines, I'm open to suggestions?
Based on the preliminary report, this is a pretty simplistic way of looking at the situation. After disengaging the electric trim, the pilots found the manual trim was incapable of correcting the problem. (This may or may not have been due to the speed of the aircraft.) At that point, there may have been no good decisions.
I'm not saying that pilot error might not have been involved, but let's not smear these people until the final report is out. Sometimes when things go wrong, there's not a damn thing you can do about it.
Personally, I think this just might have been a Normal Accident.
there are 3-4 books that I keep at least 2 copies on-hand of, because they are informative and I like giving them to people with no expectation of giving them back.
Ok this sounds like I am talking about religious texts - they aren't. They are:
- Normal Accidents: Living with High-Risk Technologies
- The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
- The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing
- The Little Book of Common Sense Investing: The Only Way to Guarantee Your Fair Share of Stock Market Returns (Little Books. Big Profits)
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The first two are must-reads for engineers working in any kind of system, be it computers, electronics, mechanical, or people systems (project management, etc)
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The last 2 I tend to recommend to people who think that reasonable investment awareness and decisions requires a lot of specialized knowledge and attention
They have some good points. Similar points were made by Charles Perrow in this excellent book.
However we have a lot of experience running first and second generation reactors, we had enough statistics to see which things break and we have experience of running large scale industry where each accident results in much more lives lost then Fukushima (and even comparable with Chernobyl): commercial air travel. Thanks to good practices and improved design accident rate in commercial travel is enormously better now then in, let's say, 1960s. Safer nuclear power is possible and even the way it was run before (including Chernobyl and Fukushima) it is historically much safer then any credible alternative, such as coal or natural gas.
I recommend the book Normal Accidents. The author covers some well known accidents (Bhopal and Challenger disasters), and some not-well known accidents (like the Vajont Dam disaster) and how for many accidents, a series of events have to line up like cherries on a slot machine.
http://www.amazon.com/Normal-Accidents-Living-High-Risk-Technologies/dp/0691004129
In the case of dam failures, we've been building gravity dams for more than 2000 years. If you think we'd understand them by now and that no more of them would fail, then you'd be wrong. We've been building petroleum refineries for more than a century. If you think we'd understand them by now, and that no more of them would burst into flames, then you'd be wrong.
http://www.amazon.com/EMT-Flashcard-Book-Test-Preparation/dp/0738611301
Look slightly further up and there are also citations to (ultimately) this book which seems a rather more reliable source.
I don't mind, it has plenty of competition already. It's this one.
Direct link to the album: https://imgur.com/a/TwY6q
Also link to the book written by the person who made the imgur post (not u/RounderKatt): https://www.amazon.com/Chernobyl-01-Incredible-Nuclear-Disaster/dp/0993597505
Hey dude thanks a ton on that Ingmur spread. Tell me are all those pictures in that book from the author? This one:
https://www.amazon.in/gp/offer-listing/0993597505/ref=mw_dp_olp?ie=UTF8&condition=all
I'd get traffic-flagger certified, and OSHA confined-space, if these things are applicable to your business. Possibly fall-arrest systems.
At a bare minimum, make the boss buy you this: http://www.amazon.com/How-Shit-Woods-Edition-Environmentally/dp/1580083633
In cave shelters in the desert, archaeologists find and study human turds that are thousands of years old. In a normal backyard, it depends on your definition of "fully decomposed, and to some extent on what you ate, but it will start to feed plants in a month or two, and it will be hard to find any trace of it after three or four months.
The reason we don't shit all over the place is that human poop can carry human germs, those can last quite a while in the environment, if you just drop dookie onto the ground. But, there are ways to handle small volumes of waste without any risk of contaminating water supplies, and even low tech ways to recycle it into fertilizer for food production. How to Shit in the Woods is essential reading for responsible camping. The Humanure Handbook is a free e-book for anyone who wants to earn a black belt in composting and fully recycle their food. The research behind that book is all done by reputable organizations like the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, it is safe to fertilize food with fully composted human manure, but it requires diligent preparation, and a full year of aging the compost. Basically, a compost heap is a place with lots of different bacteria, and things like worms that eat bacteria, eventually, the pathogens get eaten, and the poop is as safe as any other soil. It isn't really something we want to encourage our neighbors to do though, it is easy to do it wrong and give somebody worms, or E. coli or something.
Here, you need to read this book. It's worth it for the anecdote about pooping while rock climbing.
Why don't you read the book?
I highly recommend you check out this book. It goes into good detail about how martial arts training is not like actual violence and how to approach that problem philosophically. Unfortunately for you, most of it is about men and the "monkey dance" you see (most often) men do before they initiate violence. But it compares that with other kinds of violence. It said a lot of stuff I already knew but had difficulty expressing and was very eye opening.
The problem tends to be that most clubs don't discuss that and if they do, they don't make much mention of what the other options you must exhaust actually are. By the time you've been doing it 9 years like you (and I, for that matter) have you probably have a pretty good sense of how easy it is to get injured badly and you have enough sense as a result to work hard to avoid conflict.
My concern for OP is "orange-belt" syndrome, where someone has been doing MA for about 6 months and thinks their newly honed roundhouse kick is going to safe them in every dangerous situation.
Worth reading: Meditations on Violence: A Comparison of Martial Arts Training & Real World Violence
So you say you want to learn "Self-defense". Self-defense isn't about fighting, actually if you're intelligent, you'll avoid fighting unless it's absolutely necessary.
You can try to find a self-defense school, although those are often women-only. If you find a good school, you'll learn about Awareness, Avoidance, De-escalation, a little bit about fighting and running. In general it's all about avoiding the threat before it becomes a danger.
Alternately, you also read this and this. Warning: graphic content (a bit). But violence isn't pretty, and if you want to learn about it, you need to learn about the ugly side.
Meet Rory Miller. Read his book, a comparison of martial arts training and real world violence. Go to one of his seminars.
Not a problem, research the laws in that area. I liked the idea of the firearm shaped one due to the fact that if there are multiple attackers and they are advancing and she pulls it out to neutralize one of threats the rest might just see the general shape and go into panic mode and scatter. And by the time they realize it's just a taser she would hopefully have had enough time and distance to get away.
Just remember if you're pulling out defensive weapon be ready to use it. Don't pull something out to "scare off" a threat. Otherwise there's good potential you yourself could get an assault charge against you (bullshit I know). But if you're in genuine fear for your life that's when you're justified. Any questions in regards to this and your states laws of self defense I recommend talking with your local police department. They are more than happy to inform the general public.
I also recommend this book I have been a self defense instructor for the last 4 years and it's one of required reading materials we have our student read before they can test for their next level.
I recommend everyone read Facing Violence. It goes into the legal, physical, and psychological affects of using force (among many other things, including recognizing and avoiding those situations).
One thing he goes into is training yourself to break out of the freeze as quickly as you can. (He also goes into detail about why this is a natural, subconscious reaction and nothing to be ashamed of.)
he was supposed to smoothly and slowly pull the control rod up and instead he tried to do a speedy clean and jerk.
thats when they gave up on building an idiot proof reactor. there is always a better idiot.
for a fantastic and funnily written book (that also goes into the science) of nuclear disasters read this: https://www.amazon.com/Atomic-Accidents-Meltdowns-Disasters-Mountains/dp/1605986801/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_img_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=HW30YD63Q2B37G0S6DB1
Definitely on topic :D
Link for the lazy http://www.amazon.com/Atomic-Accidents-Meltdowns-Disasters-Mountains/dp/1605986801
You need both in life. This isn't an either or thing. Look at Dinosaur Train or Curious George or Super Why on PBS. All of these shows are a mix of fiction and non-fiction. (Unless you believe in talking monkeys and I totally want to be your friend.)
I think they can feed off of each other. You read a news article about dolphins and you like them, so you read Flipper (not really sure if that's a book but I'm lazy). You read Mr. Popper's Penguins and you get really interested if your mom would actually let you keep a penguin in the refrigerator (the answer will most likely be no) and if not, where do they live.
Starting in elementary school I read fiction and non-fiction because that was what was presented to me. Now I'm just as comfortable reading A Man Called Ove as I am Atomic Accidents.
An excerpt from this book Atomic Accidents: A History of Nuclear Meltdowns and Disasters: From the Ozark Mountains to Fukushima...absolutely fascinating!!!
I recommend this book - How to Shit Around the World.
Relevant: http://www.amazon.com/How-Shit-Around-World-Traveling/dp/1932361324
Fantastic recommendations here. I can't add much (just a couple), but I'll also summarize the "top picks" in my opinion with links:
And finally, I like this summarizing post from the Art of Manliness. It takes a lot of the core concepts from multiple sources above and distills everything down into a fairly easy-to-read article.
Left of Bang by Patrick Van Horne: https://www.amazon.com/Left-Bang-Marine-Combat-Program/dp/1936891301
You need to get the right mindset first. Read these books:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gift-Fear-Survival-Signals-Violence/dp/0747538352
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Left-Bang-Marine-Combat-Program/dp/1936891301/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_t_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=ZN8XMPW7T6FE7KKCX5Q3
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dead-Alive-Self-Protection-Summersdale-Self-protection/dp/1840242795/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1543165627&sr=1-1&keywords=dead+or+alive+geoff+thompson
Anything written by Rory Miller should be on your list too.
You can probably find PDFs, youtube summaries or reviews covering the main lessons if you don't have the cash for the books.
Also check out this site:
https://www.nononsenseselfdefense.com/
Understanding a predator mindset, understanding how predators select victims, understanding pre-incident indicators and understanding how to make yourself a harder target is 99% of self protection. The 1% is the physical response when you've screwed up the rest.
Most violent criminals aren't trained fighters or martial artists. They just have fewer qualms about doing violence to another person and will stack the odds against you first. That's what makes them a threat.
You need to research how this happens - youtube, liveleak etc have an archive of violent assaults you can view. It never ceases to amaze me how many so-called 'self defence' teachers seem to be basing their curriculum on movies and TV rather than actually finding out how violent assault occurs and preparing for that.
If you filter your physical training through the above you will be on the right path. Styles which include a lot of resistant training (BJJ, Judo, Boxing, Kickboxing etc) are good for that and will help build your confidence but don't mistake sparring, rolling, randori etc for violent assault.
What are the free classes in your area?
OK, risk manager pondering a degree in Finance, currently I'm reading Left of Bang by Patrick Van Horne, Jason A. Riley.
This is a brief cut and paste of what the book is basically about. Left of Bang will teach you how to read your environment and respond to it faster than those around you.
Good post. I very highly recommend "The Law of Self Defense" by Andrew Branca. It is written from a gun owners perspective but it applies to us, too.
He says to consider you're going to be judged by people who 1) weren't there and 2) have never been in a fight themselves. The book explains duty to retreat, 'stand your ground', and a lot of legal concepts the media has never gotten right.
https://www.amazon.com/Law-Self-Defense-Indispensable-Citizen/dp/1943809143
PS: if you're in a self-defense situation, I would never hit anyone that is already incapacitated on the ground. No jury would look kindly on that.
> but all of these novels are 10+ years old
Books (especially the dead-tree variety) become outdated rapidly. I recommend reading a book to understand the legal principles, then reading the state statute directly.
I recommend reading either (or both actually), Massad Ayoob's Deadly Force book, or Andrew Branca's Law of Self Defense book. The Branca book includes a index/table of each state's self-defense laws. Branca also sells state supplements of most states with a more detailed analysis of state-specific laws.. The Kindle version of each
bothbook is also available <$11.http://www.handgunlaw.us/states/northcarolina.pdf
The state write-ups at www.HandgunLaw.us summarize and directly link to relevant statutes. If you enjoy the work at HandgunLaw.us, hit the Donate link at the website; u/Gary_Slider will appreciate the help with server fees.
Check out your state laws. In my state deadly force can be used to defend others from the same kind of threats that justify using deadly force for self defense.
This is a good spot to pitch Andrew Branca’s excellent Law Of Self-Defense
FYI: https://www.amazon.com/How-Shit-Woods-3rd-Environmentally-ebook/dp/B004OR1KWC
You'd have to search around for free pdf but I bought the kindle version
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00M719VG4/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1416975436&amp;sr=8-1&amp;pi=AC_SX110_SY165_QL70
Also on pirate bay :)
SAS Survival Guide
A Guide to Canning, Freezing, Curing & Smoking Meat, Fish & Game
Where There Is No Doctor
These are the minimum I would want.
This book might be of help for the second scenario.
How to Shit in the Woods
I'm about to sit down to have dinner with someone so I can't type out a proper reply, so i will try to edit this comment later this evening with a more detailed reply.
In a nutshell, you're going to have a hard time justifying shooting someone if they were threatening you with nondeadly force absent any mitigating circumstances (like specialized knowledge of attacker or disparity of force). If in the course of the fight risk of death, passing out, etc were to become present then then the unarmed force could turn into deadly force, like in the Travon/Zimmerman case. But as much as you or I might agree that a fist fight is a serious matter, the legal system would most likely not agree and you'd be having to defend yourself legally.
Edit: Here's the update with more info I promised. I base a lot of my knowledge on legal matters based on attorney Andrew Branca's book on The Law of Self Defense. Here's two excerpts from his book that touch on nondeadly force and guns (I can't give page numbers because I have the kindle version):
>Escalation
>Escalation occurs when someone in the fight escalates what was a non-deadly force fight into a deadly force fight. There are two ways that escalation can affect the element of innocence. The first is if it is you who escalates the fight. This can cause you to lose the element of innocence, and lose self-defense. The second is if the other guy escalates the fight. This can cause you to regain your innocence, if you’ve somehow managed to lose it. Let’s talk about the first scenario, in which you escalate. (We’ll discuss regaining innocence in a few pages.) If your attacker merely slaps you, but you respond with your gun, the law sees two separate and distinct conflicts. The first is considered non-deadly and the other guy was the aggressor. The second is a deadly force fight and you were the aggressor. The courts do not like seeing what ought to have been “just” a fistfight escalate into a deadly force confrontation. Let’s pretend that even though his slaps weren’t deadly you drew your gun anyway. The law permits him to now draw his own gun and shoot you in self-defense, even though he “started the whole thing.” In this circumstance, he can still be convicted for the slap that started the first non-deadly fight, but not for your death. Conversely, if you win the fight you shouldn’t be held liable for the first non-deadly fight but may still be found guilty of killing him because you lacked legal justification for escalating the dispute into a deadly force fight.
>Deadly Force
>One would think that the difference between deadly and non-deadly force was self-apparent. One results in death while the other doesn’t. But in practice things are a bit more complicated. Legally speaking deadly force is any force that can cause death or grave bodily harm. Grave bodily harm includes permanent disfigurement, long-term damage to a part of the body (such as a broken bone), rape, and even kidnapping. Non-deadly force, in contrast, is any force less than that capable of causing death or grave bodily harm.
>Then, to muddy the water even more, there is the fistfight. We all know that bare hands can cause death. Human beings have been strangling each other for as long as there have been human beings. Unfortunately, (or fortunately, as the case may be), the courts consider bare hands to be non-deadly weapons by default. Police, prosecutors, judges, and juries view using a gun to prevent being punched skeptically. This is because people only very rarely die or suffer serious physical harm from a punch. On the other hand, if an attacker uses his hands in a deadly force way (by wrapping them around your throat and squeezing, for example), then his hands are now deadly, and justify a deadly force response. The courts could decide a punch is deadly, but only if the other guy is much bigger or better at fighting, if there are multiple attackers, or if the attacker keeps punching you after you are no longer able to defend yourself. In such cases the fight would be far more devastating than normal.
>EXAMPLE CASE: State v. George Zimmerman Florida trial court 2013
Just a few parts of the full case study
>Moments later Martin emerged from the shadows, verbally challenged Zimmerman, knocked him to the ground with a single punch, mounted him, and viciously beat him. Martin smashed Zimmerman’s head against the sidewalk in what was described by an eyewitness as an “MMA-style pound-and-ground”. . . .
skipping ahead a little
> . . . In the struggle Zimmerman’s jacket fell open, revealing his licensed pistol. Martin’s hands moved to the side of Zimmerman’s body near his gun, and Martin told Zimmerman that he was going to die. Unable to escape, believing that Martin was trying to take his firearm, and fearing unconsciousness and death, Zimmerman drew and fired a single, fatal shot into Martin’s heart. If Zimmerman had shot Martin while they were upright and fighting with fists, he would have violated proportionality. But after Martin knocked him to the ground, straddled his body, and beat him to near unconsciousness, Martin’s barehanded attack transformed into deadly force.
You don't have to take my word for it (some rando on the internet) but hopefully the words of an attorney who specializes in self defense law, and has over 25 years of experience dealing with real life cases, gives you at least some pause to reflect. Yes, there are situations where you can legally draw on an unarmed person but it's very risky to do so and you had better be damn sure one of the mitigating circumstances applies to your case. I hate reading about stories where "one of us" good guy armed citizens uses a gun in self defense and winds up getting charged with something like aggravated assault or worse; I don't want that to be you!
Source: The Law of Self Defense: The Indispensable Guide to the Armed Citizen https://www.amazon.com/dp/1943809143/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_7mz7ybY2CK8Q6
Also, here's a free podcast you can listen to featuring this author. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-american-warrior-show/id969281516?mt=2&amp;i=1000365079402
The SAS is a good choice. I have 2 copies I got on Amazon and it runs roughly $20/each.
It's can't fit in your wallet, but it's about the size of a deck of cards.
https://www.amazon.com/SAS-Survival-Guide-Survive-Collins/dp/0008133786/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1522847210&amp;sr=8-2&amp;keywords=sas+survival+handbook+pocket+size
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0008133786/?
non referral link...
Sounds like Les Stroud's Survive!
Pretty much; just never drink from streams unless you absolutely have to. Sounds like you may be new to the outdoors, checking out some of the information Les Stroud has published may be useful for you.
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https://www.amazon.com/Survive-Essential-Skills-Tactics-Anywhere/dp/0061373516
END, 11:52 AM, 3/24/16. Writnig this shit makes me tired. Maybe its because it involves so much thought process. Anyways, I got work and shit to do. AND, daphoenix, go back and finish how i invented my own GTD after university. Shit. I might even hit a 2million character draft at this rate, fuck my life (with my hidden characters). I might as well, just be on the fucking guiness world of records for the longest self-posting post on reddit.
END 11:53 AM 3/24/16, fucking hell, I am really done right now for at least a couple of hours.
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-A nice Leatherman (you can even engrave it)
-A Nice Toolbelt
-Survival Gear Kit
-Survival Handbook
-One Year Subscription to Survival Magazine
I endorse the SAS Survival Handbook by John "Lofty" Wiseman. It's very enlightening about the challenges faced when in a survival situation (which is different from a deliberate "wilderness living" adventure), and goes into detail about how to address those challenges.
It also includes instructions on how to make 2 different survival kits: one the size of an Altoids box, the other a bit smaller than a football (US or international). The smaller kit contains the most essential items, and is complemented by the larger kit, which contains different, less essential but still very useful things.
However, as Mr. Lofty says many times throughout his book, knowledge and practice are more important than any kit. Now, you could be cynical and say "well that's because he's selling a book", but it makes sense regardless.
Also, a shout-out to /r/preppers. There are some gun nuts there, but the vast majority of posts and comments are address actual survival situations (namely natural disasters), for which a gun is minimally useful.
It should be noted that the third edition of the SAS Survival Handbook was just released and is here http://smile.amazon.com/SAS-Survival-Handbook-Third-Edition/dp/0062378074/ref=zg_bsnr_16472_1
unfortunately German Amazon only has this one to offer: https://www.amazon.de/SAS-Survival-Handbook-Third-Surviving/dp/0062378074/ref=sr_1_1?s=books-intl-de&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1537047439&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=SAS+Survival+Handbook
I'd most likely buy it. Thanks a lot.
The Bible (or other religious book of your choosing). Because praying is pretty much all you're able to do.
But this might be more what you're looking for. There are a variety of "tons of knowledge about all sorts of different survival scenarios jammed into one book" books. This one is pretty nifty, though it's very little (like, the size of a coaster you'd place under a coffee cup). Anyhow, if you haven't prepped anything (knowledge or supplies), then you're not going to be in "live off of my preparedness" mode. You're going to be in "survival" mode. So a survival book is probably more fitting.
Learn some survival skills now.
The SAS survival guide by John Wiseman is fantastic. It taught me A LOT. There's an urban survival guide by him as well but it's meh.
Okay, lets get started!
is too vague for me to know what the hell you are talking about. Despite what you and the Italian government may think it is never possible to actually predict an earthquake.
But, thanks the the constant and consistent due diligence of the nuclear power community, they turned out to be flukes, rather than the norm.
Normal Accidents. https://www.amazon.com/dp/0691004129/ The idea is that the complex systems we build become effectively impossible to manage change or resolve unanticipated failures. I think about it every time management wants to "just route this traffic over this link instead" or "can't we just do ____?" Take a step back and anticipate the consequences and the whack-a-mole situation you may be creating.
http://www.amazon.com/Normal-Accidents-Living-High-Risk-Technologies/dp/0691004129
https://www.amazon.com/Normal-Accidents-Living-High-Risk-Technologies/dp/0691004129
Great book on technology; technologies at one point will fail, and computer error / mechanical issues will be blamed as "human error", while in fact its' technology that failed.
Let me hit you with a different angle. These aren't about distillation, but they will give you a good feel for what's on the line if you go into industry. It's hard to get your head around, but your title comes with a certain amount of people blindly trusting you, and so that responsibility has to be carried with the hard knowledge of just how fast and bad things can fail if you don't have your bases covered.
And as a small treat, I will leave a related quote taken from my third recommendation, which is much less ChemE specific but is still great, fun reading for anyone, not just engineers:
Structures: Or Why Things Don't Fall Down, Gordon
"In the course of a long professional life spent, or mis-spent, in the study of the strength of materials and structures I have had cause to examine a lot of accidents, many of them fatal. I have been forced to the conclusion that very few accidents just 'happen' in a morally neutral way. Nine out of ten accidents are caused, not by more or less abstruse technical effects, but by old fashioned human sin - often verging on plane wickedness. Of course I do not mean the more gilded and juicy sins like deliberate murder, large-scale fraud or Sex. It is squalid sins like carelessness, idleness, won't-learn-and-don't-need-to-ask, you-can't-tell-me-anything-about-my-job, pride, jealousy and greed that kill people."
- J.E.Gordon, Structures
According to this article, 1) modern nuclear power plants are incredibly expensive, and 2) "For nuclear power to have a high impact on reducing greenhouse gases, an average of 12 reactors would have to be built worldwide each year until 2030, according to the Nuclear Energy Agency at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Right now, there are not even enough reactors under construction to replace those that are reaching the end of their lives."
Another issue: it takes a tremendous amount of water to cool the reactors. If we scale up to the number of plants we would need to make an impact on global warming, might this not have a major impact on ground water, waterways, etc.?
Another problem is that nuclear power only deals with electricity generation, but a great deal of greenhouse emissions comes from other energy uses, such as heating and cooling (which mainly come from natural gas).
This article points out that even France has run up against major limitations, most notably during the 2003 heat wave. Because of increased energy use coupled with a drought, nuclear plants were forced to dump overheated water into the rivers that they use as a source for cool water. The result was very damaging to the flora and fauna. The lack of water also led to them having to shut down plants. France ulitmately had to import 2,000 megawatts of electricity a day.
I don't think it is fair to dismiss the objections relating to proliferation and accidents, especially if we were to create as many plants as would be necessary to combat global warming. The US is a massively large country with many areas prone to earthquakes, hurricanes, and other natural disasters. Not to mention that many high population areas already have major water problems.
Contractors cut corners when building places (just look at Boston's Big Dig). Would every plant be safe from terrorists using an airplane as a missile. Just because France hasn't had a major disaster, doesn't mean that they won't. You might want to check out Charles Perrow's book, Normal Accidents.
Given the cost (monetary for us today, as well as the potential problems we will pass on to future generations), why not take the money and go all out on solar and wind?
It appears that no IFBR have even been built. It's rare that any new magic bullet solution lives up to its promise. I'm not surprised that people are incredulous.
Note: All edits have been made before any comments have been posted (if anyone cares to comment).
This book works miracles. Enough said
EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) Crash Course Book + Online (EMT Test Preparation) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0738610062/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_umUJyb32YBX6C
Happy burf day good sir!
And thanks for the contest!
Nice. I see stuff like this : http://www.amazon.com/Emergency-Medical-Technician-Course-Preparation/dp/0738610062 and it's cheap.
For the actual text book, they seem to be very expensive so I'd rather not order one before I start. I'll see if my friend still has his
This book and this site.
Glendale Community College. In Arizona, great instructors.
I have the order of the main assessments down its trying to remember everything in each of the assessments like this is what I have so far...
Trauma
Scene Size Up:
Primary Assess.:
History:
Secondary Assess.:
Reassessment:
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Medical
Scene Size Up:
Primary Assess.:
Secondary Assess.:
History:
Reassess
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Sorry I wrote it all out, but I have till Wednesday and writing it out with out looking at it kinda helps me remember it plus it allows people to help correct anything I got wrong (Correct to NREMT skill sheets as thats what were being tested on) and so yea...
Secondary Medical is really tough because we have literally had 1 hands on lab day... which consisted of standing over a dummy for 30 minutes just saying what we were suppose to do for Trauma... My class is not really big on meeting out side of class hours either so I am kinda boned on that as our class started Jan. 14 and the "Tutor" class we payed for does not even start until the 6th. My instructor is great but the class is kinda... not as willing to meet up outside of class :/ if I pass this skills test and vitals test I am going to try and just get ride alongs like 3 times a week to help see it in action.
But ya, thanks for reading this jumble if you did and thanks for taking the time to help out.
EDIT: To the question about instructors, one of my instructors wrote the EMT Crash Course book that we use in class
2 books I used for the nremt was a crash course book and a flash card book. The crash course book is really useful in pulling out everything from a emt textbook focusing solely on critical information. Really helps to narrow down important information. The book contains everything in a emt course and puts it in a outline format which was useful to me.
I attached both the old and new version of the crash course book. I used the old book which was super useful when I tested 3 years ago. Not sure if there is a updated version for the flash card book but I attached the version I used.
From my experience the two books really helped me study and prepare for the test. Worth the money. I still use the crash course book today when I want to refresh quickly on important information.
https://www.amazon.com/Crash-Course-Book-Online-Preparation/dp/0738610062
https://www.amazon.com/Crash-Course-Online-Practice-Preparation/dp/0738612359/ref=asc_df_0738612359/?tag=hyprod-20&amp;linkCode=df0&amp;hvadid=312643571004&amp;hvpos=1o2&amp;hvnetw=g&amp;hvrand=9253904948108910438&amp;hvpone=&amp;hvptwo=&amp;hvqmt=&amp;hvdev=m&amp;hvdvcmdl=&amp;hvlocint=&amp;hvlocphy=9007783&amp;hvtargid=pla-571042420061&amp;psc=1
EMT Flashcard Book (EMT Test Preparation) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0738611301/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_kwkaCbR2AXVNR
Yeah I've been reading this book and taking it's word as law. The tutor we hired for the NREMT suggested it so if she's wrong im screwed but I'm assuming she's not lol.
https://www.amazon.com/Crash-Course-Book-Online-Preparation/dp/0738610062/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8
However, the book just says to clamp and cut the cord, but doesn't give specifics on how far from the baby that should be done. Probably a local protocol type thing.
I read through these to freshen up the week before and passed the written.
http://www.amazon.com/Emergency-Medical-Technician-Course-Preparation/dp/0738610062/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1452807207&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=nremt
http://www.amazon.com/EMT-Flashcard-Book-Test-Preparation/dp/0738611301/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_2?ie=UTF8&amp;refRID=1C2MAX591KKSRT6FDG5N
http://www.amazon.com/Emergency-Medical-Technician-Quick-Academic/dp/1423218639/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_3?ie=UTF8&amp;refRID=1C2MAX591KKSRT6FDG5N
EMTPrep on Youtube also has all of the NREMT Skills recorded so you can check them out before the psychomotor. However, and this may be a fluke. The coordinator I scheduled a psychomotor test with said that I have to be knowledgable of the NREMT skills as well as the Texas skills... I have no idea what that means but she did mention there will be 11 skills tested.
When do you ship? I ship on Aug 13.
I bought this one bc its recently published and cheap with good ratings:
http://www.amazon.com/Emergency-Medical-Technician-Practice-Preparation/dp/0738610062/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1368246529&amp;sr=8-2&amp;keywords=emt+basic
But other good ones are (buy it used to save :p):
http://www.amazon.com/McGraw-Hills-EMT-Basic-Second-Edition-DiPrima/dp/0071751270/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1368246529&amp;sr=8-4&amp;keywords=emt+basic
http://www.amazon.com/SUCCESS-EMT-Basic-Edition-Joseph-Mistovich/dp/0132253968/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1368246529&amp;sr=8-5&amp;keywords=emt+basic
$12.48, an EMT test prep book :)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0738610062/ref=aw_wl_ov_dp_1_3?colid=1608B9265W0CW&amp;coliid=I34R3Z81MGMGIP
You know who else blows a mean piece of brass?
I got this book and it helped a lot
EMT Flashcard Book (EMT Test Preparation) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0738611301/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_8630Ab5N05AX5
Has to be. I think it's the same picture as this book, maybe that's what they're selling?
super awesome http://www.amazon.com/EMT-Flashcard-Book-Test-Preparation/dp/0738611301
Iceland's got good medical care - we'll use it if we have to for as long as it's available (much as I despise technology, I'll leverage any advantage I can from it in the short term - I'm not a dogmatic primitivist.) After that, well, I've got a working knowledge of natural medicines and my copy of The Survival Medicine Handbook - great book - covers everything up to, and including amputation (though I hope it never comes to that! :0 )
I got the survival medical handbook. http://www.amazon.com/The-Survival-Medicine-Handbook-Guide/dp/0988872536
Any thoughts on this one? It's what I have in my kit and I find the intro to be very helpful as well. Just the mindset of prepping and why knowing a little of everything is necessary. Would value your opinion as a medical prof.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0988872536/ref=oh_aui_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Chernobyl 01:23:40: The Incredible True Story of the World's Worst Nuclear Disaster https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0993597505/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_8eS7CbTQB73D2
agreed me too. I just watched this movie PU 239 (was free ondemand) and I am looking into the following material:
https://imgur.com/a/TwY6q
https://www.amazon.com/Chernobyl-01-Incredible-Nuclear-Disaster/dp/0993597505/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=
Here is the book version if anyone wants to support the author:
http://www.amazon.com/100-Deadly-Skills-Operatives-Surviving/dp/147679605X
Spy The Lie
The Art of Profiling
What Every Body Is Saying
and, Criminal Profiling: An Introductory Guide
I read those when I began my journey down the CID rabbit hole. I also read 100 Deadly Skills, which was not directly related, but fun to keep in the back of the head.
First off, I'm not sure if this is the right subreddit you are looking for.
Secondly, the obvious answer, look into learning some form of martial arts or just a basic defense class. If you live in a big city (with a hospital that busy and violent, I'm assuming you do) it shouldn't be hard to find something affordable and worth your time and money.
100 Deadly Skills
Just incase you just want a book on how to defend yourself.
I would invest in an intense martial art program. Tell the teachers what is going on they will help you.
if you can't afford it, invest in this https://www.amazon.com/100-Deadly-Skills-Operatives-Surviving/dp/147679605X
if you want any extra help, feel free to DM me I might be able to help you look for a high quality martial art school in your area
100 Deadly Skills
It's a cool little book.
Welcome to the Great Outdoors!
There's already lots of Great advice in this thread!
You could maybe borrow her parents gear again, go to a tent camping campground and talk to other tent campers about their gear. How they use it, how it performs, why they like it, why they don't like it. You'll get some cheap and easy hands on information. Most campers are rather friendly and willing to share knowledge & information. NEVER go into someone's campsite when they are not there!
Here's something more to consider. Camping with your girlfriend, you should not discount getting a 3 person tent for 2 people, the extra room can be really important/comfortable when/if you're stuck in the tent for a while, usually due to temporary bad weather. IE, Florida Thunderstorms. You/she will appreciate that there's "So much room for activities!"! I recently upgraded to a 3 person tent for my girlfriend & I and love it! When shopping for tents keep in mind that you're looking for a place to live.
One caveat on gear is "The more you know, the less you need", so develop some outdoor skills! Which knife is "best"? The sharp one!
Learn how to properly create and keep a sharp edge on which ever knife you prefer. Learn how not to die in a bad situation, which you WILL have sooner or later. Carry a small portable shelter when hiking, or any time you're away from your base shelter.
Learn how to have [clean water,]https://www.cdc.gov/family/camping) ( "Intestinal Distress" (Sitting on the toilet, hugging a bucket) isn't fun! Hygene outdoors is a bigger priority than many people only pay passing focus on, and a large part of that is how to shit in the woods.
Learn how to find your way without electronics, and get some knowledge of the plants & animals in your area, (The more you know...).
Keep in mind that there are many ways to enjoy the outdoors, all of them equally valid on their own terms.
Learning and enjoying outdoor skills never ends, It is truly a Pursuit of a Lifetime.
Have fun!
And this long lost classic
Speaking of which does anyone else remember when some idiotic hippie asshole started the Stein Valley on fire because he followed the advice found therein?
Get yourself a copy of How to shit in the woods now in its 3rd edition after 21 years. Also appropriately available in audio book form.
You will need a something like a Daren drum and paper kitchen towel. The kitchen towel is used a target and a catcher that can be picked up by the corners to transport your waste matter into the drum. Whoever uses it last gets to carry the drum until the next user adds to it and carries it.
This way you avoid polluting a popular and environmentally sensitive area by over fertilising the ground or distributing pathogens.
How to Shit in the Woods
>I always wondered how survivor man does it during his trips; he's either in my same holding boat, or he has turd trails scattered like bread crumbs all over the world where he's traveled.
Everything you need to know.
https://www.amazon.com/How-Shit-Woods-3rd-Environmentally/dp/1580083633
I'm a guy so my advice only goes so far. I'll point to other women however.https://hikinglady.com/hiking/how-ladies-go-to-the-bathroom-when-hiking/
https://thetrek.co/pee-rag/
Skurka brought in a couple ladies to give a very blunt discussion of female bathroom and hygine. Worth reading (anything Skurka posts is worth at least considering, he's a world class backpacker)https://andrewskurka.com/2013/female-hygiene-guide-tips/
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This one is a little loosey goosey on the "leave no trace" aspects of hygeine but it has some good ideashttps://www.theadventurejunkies.com/female-hygiene-guide-for-hiking-and-camping/
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I have this book "How to Shit in the Woods" and it's both funny and illuminating and has specifics for women.
https://www.amazon.com/How-Shit-Woods-3rd-Environmentally/dp/1580083633
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I saw this book referenced several times so I'll list it here.
https://www.amazon.com/Book-Doctors-Complete-Vulvovaginal-Health/dp/0553381148/
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Good luck and have fun. Yosemite is *gorgeous* and the late thaw this year means water and green later into the summer than normal.
There's even a book, "How to shit in the woods."
Please tell me that he's reading "How to Shit in the Woods".
How to shit in the woods should do.
This may be helpful. And when you're done, you can use the pages of the book as TP!
Someone actually wrote a book about that.
https://www.amazon.com/How-Shit-Woods-3rd-Environmentally/dp/1580083633
How To Shit In The Woods.
The book How to Shit in the Woods - a funny read, and a good intro to bushcraft, dealing with a subject that everyone needs but nobody talks about. I had a university class years ago where this was a required reading textbook. Awesome.
Marc MacYoung and Rory Miller off the top of my head. I think there are a few more in the line. Miller's Meditations on Violence is probably the definitive one, but there are several more in the line. Strong on Defense is another classic. Those are the type of thing i mean.
> Keep your hands close, preferably touching something or lightly moving. I put one under the opposite elbow, splinting my ribs, and the other, usually stroking my jaw. It keeps you from visibly shaking (and neither you nor the threat needs to see you shake). If you can hear your heartbeat, slow it down. It does work.
From: Meditations on Violence, Rory Miller
This is a great example of what to do with the confidence you build up with martial arts... sure you can think of killing everyone in the room (I recently started doing this and I thought I was crazy, now I know I'm not the only one!) but that's just worse case scenario.
What brought a great perspective to violence was a book called Meditations on Violence. It's a great read. http://www.amazon.com/Meditations-Violence-Comparison-Martial-Training/dp/1594391181
This. As Rory Miller writes in Meditations on Violence: (paraphrased) "If martial arts is going to save your life, it's because it teaches you to fall correctly or don't get a heart attack.
Edit: here are a couple of blog posts a friend of mine wrote on the subject of falling and moving on the ground:
Some basics on falling (there's a video in part II)
Some warm-up and movement exercises done on a concrete floor. These have the added bonus of getting you used to relaxing when falling.
I would strongly recommend you read Meditations on Violence by Rory Miller. It's about ten bucks on amazon. I kept seeing it recommended on martial arts forums and gun forums, and finally bought a copy myself a couple years ago. It changed the way I thought about training for violence.
I'm a big fan of CCW and big fan of full-contact martial arts. It's good to have both under your belt. If you've never had a violent encounter, you need to hear what Miller has to say about the effects of adrenaline on your fine motor skills, and about the different levels of adrenalization. The chemical cocktail released into your system when rock climbing is completely different from that released when some douchebag takes a swing at you but you're still thinking "I got this," and these are both different from the cocktail released when two guys jump out at you with knives and you realize in an instant that you might die. It's pretty much impossible to train for the highest levels of adrenalization, which is one of the main points of the book. So you train around it.
Here's a link: http://www.amazon.com/Meditations-Violence-Comparison-Martial-Training/dp/1594391181/ref=pd_sim_b_1?ie=UTF8&amp;refRID=07E4513832JW79WN8SP4
I'd say an accurate understanding of self-defense. Right now you are prey not predator. You may be victim to anti-social violence and aren't sure how to protect yourself. Plenty of people are in the same situation.
I would read Sgt. Rory Miller's "Meditations on Violence" and perhaps take a course. It doesn't matter what you have at your disposal if you don't understand the basics of having the BASIC HUMAN RIGHT to defend yourself, and how that begins with teh right to be rude, right to cause someone physical damage.
A small house cat with its claws and teeth can respond with enough agression and force to make a grown man let it go, can you do the same?
I'd say the book is worth the money for the mindset alone:
http://www.amazon.com/Meditations-Violence-Comparison-Martial-Training/dp/1594391181
or his other book "Facing Violence" which i admittedly havent read yet.
Edit: I am a 24 yr old male who lives in a large city, practicing Martial Arts (Muay Thai) and found this book over at r/martialarts
You need to read these two books:
http://www.amazon.com/Meditations-Violence-Comparison-Martial-Training/dp/1594391181
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_24?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&amp;field-keywords=little%20black%20book%20of%20violence&amp;sprefix=little+black+book+of+vio%2Cstripbooks%2C145
http://www.amazon.ca/Meditations-Violence-Comparison-Martial-Training/dp/1594391181
No, you should read up more on how self-defense works so you have an accurate context for your Wing Chun training instead of just comparing it to MMA and wondering why it is coming up short. I recommend Meditations on Violence, but there are others. Then if you still are dissatisfied with your Wing Chun go ahead and switch. If you have been training Wing Chun long enough to be a teaching assistant you owe it to your body and your students to try and understand why you do what you've been doing. And if you can't be bothered to read a single 200ish page book on self-defense and martial arts then you probably shouldn't be teaching either WC or MMA. Don't switch before you do at least a minimum of outside research on the subject you've been teaching.
Edit: https://youtu.be/uPqpmSWwuGk
Edit 2: lol it's a day old account.
Self defence for whom, against what, how soon do you need it?
https://www.amazon.com/Meditations-Violence-Comparison-Martial-Training/dp/1594391181
Meditations on Violence and just about anything by [Rory Miller](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=as_li_qf_sp_sr_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=maxxpowessugg-20&amp;keywords=rory miller&index=aps&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=xm2&linkId=1eb1199a1d579eebbbfd39beba3d7bc3).
Complete Krav Maga
Living with a SEAL: 31 Days Training with the Toughest Man on the Planet
The Five Rings: Miyamoto Musashi's Art of Strategy
The Mission, The Men, and Me: Lessons from a Former Delta Force Commander
A Professional's Guide to Ending Violence Quickly: How Bouncers, Bodyguards, and Other Security Professionals Handle Ugly Situations
http://www.amazon.com/Facing-Violence-Unexpected-Rory-Miller/dp/1594392137/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1341408013&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=facing+violence
People, if you would just read this book you wouldn't have to fill this subreddit (weekly) with the same question and a bunch of almost-got-it answers.
Its $12. Read it and I promise you will have the answers to these questions and the mindset to prepare you for these things (as well as a new approach to training which should maximize your results).
:)
tl;dr: No, you do not need "power and all kinds of shit" to control the reaction. You drain the water, the reaction stops, that's the point of building a reactor with a negative void coefficient. You still have to keep the reactor cool because of decay heat, but losing coolant in a US-built reactor will never lead to superheating or explosion.
Three Mile Island, like all reactors in the US, was built with a negative void coefficient. That means that, in a total loss of coolant accident, reactivity of the reactor decreases. When Uranium fissions, it releases two neutrons and a lot of thermal energy. Those neutrons are moving far too fast to cause further fissions. In a light water reactor with a negative void coefficient, the water in the system serves to slow the neutrons down so that they can react with other Uranium nuclei, causing them to fission and release more neutrons. Without the water, the reaction stops.
Now, there's the matter of decay heat. TMI Unit 2 was still producing on the order of 150 MW^th after it was scrammed, so the loss of coolant let the core get hot enough to melt down. Radioactivity could eventually find its way into the environment if it managed to breach the containment, but the operators figured out what was going on and got water back over the fuel before this happened. The only thing that possibly could've exploded, as I said earlier, was the hydrogen released when melted Zirconium reacted with water. The lack of water level instrumentation in the core, the operators' fixation on managing the water level in the pressurizer, and a control room designed for routine not emergency operation had far more to do with the accident than the temperature you're referring to at the exit of the Pilot Operated Relief Valve (which wasn't actually a lie; the PORV had been leaking steam for months, so they were used to seeing that gauge be a little high). Misinterpreting that temp was a contributing factor, but they had so many other opportunities to recognize the LOCA earlier in the accident sequence if their training had adequately prepared them for running a large power reactor. (Source: I'm a human factors researcher. I know this accident pretty well. This is a fantastic read if you want a full account.)
The explosions at Fukushima were hydrogen explosions. The difference at Fukushima is that there was no power available to operate the plant, so there was no way for the operators to respond to the LOCA after the backup batteries ran out. They never got water over the core again after it boiled off, the fuel melted down, and hydrogen accumulated in the containment buildings. There were small explosions, but they weren't directly related to the Uranium fuel. They did contribute to the environmental release, though, because they damaged their containment buildings. All three of the reactors that melted down at Fukushima had passive cooling systems installed that could've prevented the accidents, but all three of them were disabled by operators who thought they were doing the right thing in the midst of a panicked situation.
The reason Chernobyl exploded was because it was graphite-moderated and had a high positive void coefficient (eg. reactivity increases when there's a loss of coolant). Russia wanted a reactor that could run on unenriched Uranium and was an efficient Plutonium producer for their weapons program, and this resulted in a reactor with an incredibly high positive void coefficient. The operators accidentally drove the reactor into iodine poisoning, and then tried to recover quickly so they could conduct a test they'd been assigned. To try to bring the reactor back up to power, they pulled the control rods 100% out. It responded sluggishly at first, but then power ramped quickly. By the time they tried to drop the control rods back in, the core had already warped and the rods got stuck. The water in the coolant channels boiled away, and the reactor went supercritical (e.g. a runaway chain reaction). That caused the fuel to liquefy and descend into the water below causing a steam explosion. You finally get your superheating + explosion here because of a stupid reactor design, but note it's still not the result of the nuclear fuel itself getting hot and exploding. There are no reactors outside of the former Soviet bloc capable of this kind of accident, and the few remaining RBMKs that are still in operation have been modified to have a much lower positive void coefficient.
But here's the thing. Even at the worst end of the scale, estimating in cancer from Chernobyl and Fukushima, nuclear results in approximately 90 deaths per trillion kWh. Coal, 100,000 per trillion kWh. If you count only the US, those numbers are 0.1 for nuclear and 10,000 for coal. (Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2012/06/10/energys-deathprint-a-price-always-paid/#1bc49496709b).
There's no doubt that Thorium would be safer, but fearmongering about existing nuclear power does far more harm than good (especially given the safety record in the US). Renewable is better than nuclear, but we've got a long way to go on energy storage before renewable can be a reliable base load. All tradeoffs considered, nuclear is our best bet for right now.
That particular bit is from the book "Chernobyl Notebook" by Grigoriy Medvedev. (Amazon) Kind of dry sometimes, but horribly fascinating.
Although in the genre, "Atomic Accidents" by James Mahaffey (Amazon) is a somewhat more engaging read, though isn't quite as powerful.
Both are written by nuclear engineers and are mostly apolitical.
I wouldn't say insane, I'd definitely agree to ignorant of longterm dangers and shortsighted. This was before most people outside of academic circles understood the dangers of radiation. Hell they sold radium infused water as medicine until 1928.
A great book on the history of how we learned about radiation, it's benefits, and its dangers is Atomic Accidents by James Mahaffey. It covers everything from its discovery in the 19th century to Fukishima.
Most doctors wouldn't have a clue what a radioactive source looks like. And they don't all glow. If this kinda stuff interests you here's a good book on the subject:
atomic incidents
It's subtle. It's an intuition thing, something that Aspergers folks struggle with.
I'm going to suggest a book to you. Left of Bang which breaks down how the military teaches intuition to their combat troops in order to use it to identify dangers within crowds. Read it, I think you will learn a lot.
It breaks down like this: As humans we are wired to recognize patterns socially. When we see something that does not fit it raises our fight or flight response. Think of ancient humans walking through the forest and seeing leaves on a bush rustle for no reason, it's out of place and could mean a predator about to eat us, or an animal we could kill for dinner.
We still operate with those same reflexes today. And they can be trained.
This military program teaches soldiers how to scan crowds for things that are, for lack of a better word, weird. That weirdness can be a suicide bomber or someone holding a grenade in a crowd.
Women are weaker than men, so often this defense mechanism is more highly tuned in them since they realize they are going to lose most physical fights they get into. When something is out of place, when a guy steps past normal social boundaries... alarm bells go off, it's unavoidable.
Does any of this make sense?
Ah, I gotcha. I was thinking of it more in terms of measuring whether someone in general is enervating or energizing. I suppose you could tally state changes over time to find a generalization of a persons affect.
You're right though, this is highly qualitative, relative, and subjective. If a girl's favorite rock star is standing on the stage four feet away from her, playing her favorite song, there'd be little you could do to energize her in your favor...in that moment.
If you're a fan of reading/sizing up people check out these easily read books:
I hear you. Remember, though, that a gun is a tool like any other, and there are only certain situations it can help you out of.*
The single most important and effective defense mechanism to keep you safe is your brain. Your behaviors, your situational awareness, and your body language all contribute to your likelihood of making yourself a target. Some things are obvious—don't walk alone at night; favor well-lit, busy areas; don't walk while using a phone or while using headphones—but there are plenty of smaller, subtler actions you can take that add up to you being more challenging prey.
Some examples:
The most essential thing you can do to protect yourself—and your friends, and your girlfriend, and your family, and whomever—is cultivate an incredibly strong sense of situational awareness. When you can see and feel what is happening around you, when you notice subtle shifts in behavior, when the energy in a room suddenly changes, you can anticipate things and react before they happen. That's how you save yourself from bad situations: by not getting into them in the first place. Train your gut and listen to it. If the current situation feels bad, get out. Worst case is you're wrong, but you're no longer suffering in a situation that feels uncomfortable; best case is your gut was right and that you're not dead.
There's a whole host of interesting books—many written in response to lessons learned after almost two decades of combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan—that can help you develop that mindset.
*Side note: there are other tools you can use, too, to make yourself a more difficult target. My favorite is a really bright flashlight. Few criminals want to be easily identified, and getting a face full of bright, white light is a big (and painful) deterrent, especially at night. There are even some—like the Surefire E1D and E2D—that have serrations to make them more effective for striking. I carry a Surefire EB1 in my pocket and a G2X LE in my bag every day. You wouldn't believe how handy a flashlight is day-to-day ("shit, dropped my phone under the car seat again"), and having the ability to check a dark alley or the space between my car and the one next to mine is great for maintaining that situational awareness.
Get the book “ Left of Bang” it will teach you just about all you need to know. If you follow its ideology it will help tremendously.
The rest you basically need to learn on the job.
Just keep your head on a swivel. Don’t have your head buried in your phone all the time and such.
https://www.amazon.com/Left-Bang-Marine-Combat-Program/dp/1936891301
A great book on situational awareness called Left of Bang
Good book on Mitigation, coming from a community-centric perspective. A little unconventional but I think brilliant. Same goes for The Long Emergency by a guy named James Kunstler. He's got a great blog too- talks about Peak Oil a lot.
As far as training goes, you should be looking into FEMA online courses, especially the Professional Development Series (PDS)- which is all online.
A book was written about the third guy called A Slow Death: 83 Days of Radiation Sickness. He was left alive for research purposes and until this we really didn't know that much about severe radiation sickness.
It's a thoroughly good book and I'd recommend it to anyone who's interested in the subject.
Try "The Lampshade" and "A Slow Death: 83 Days of Radiation Sickness". My husband doesn't even like to touch them.
I'd have to double check, but I think that they actually arrest you for a short time span. The book I think I read this from was The Law of Self Defense by Andrew Bracca, I need to buy it again because I loaned my copy out and I'm not gonna see it again.
EDIT: Correction on the author, it's Branca, not Bracca. Here's the book: https://www.amazon.com/Law-Self-Defense-Indispensable-Citizen/dp/1943809143/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=the+law+of+self+defense&amp;qid=1563071783&amp;s=gateway&amp;sr=8-2
Depending on what state you're in, a CCW class is a good idea for a first class, not because of basic skill development, but in my class at least, it was an excellent introduction to the law of self defense and use of force.
But get this book either way: https://www.amazon.com/Law-Self-Defense-Indispensable-Citizen/dp/1943809143/
https://www.amazon.com/Law-Self-Defense-Indispensable-Citizen/dp/1943809143/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1466103628&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=the+law+of+self+defense
I paid for his course back when I first got my CCW. Excellent material. Excellent hands-on/live-fire. I highly recommend his training.
It was very heavy on the when and the why of using.
Combined with Andrew Branca's excellent Law of Self Defense (unrelated to fpftraining) and you should have a very solid foundation of the mechanics, the morals, the situational awareness, and the laws of concealed carry and self defense.
It should be. That's only one of several considerations that should be made.
"How to Shit in the Woods" by Kathleen Mayer
This is probably the best book I've read on the general subject, at least in terms of shaping my mindset:Facing Violence: Preparing for the Unexpected
They vary greatly from country to country, and quite widely from state to state.
The usual concept in the US is the following:
"You may use the minimum level of force that you reasonably believe is necessary to safely resolve the situation."
(Stolen from Rory Miller's book Facing Violence).
Actually, I just checked amazon, and the first few pages which have a great (if very brief) introduction into this concept are available in the preview... So here you go: http://imgur.com/a/iRRIk
Seriously though, buy this book if you want to know. It's a great book.
http://www.amazon.com/Facing-Violence-Unexpected-Rory-Miller/dp/1594392137/
https://www.amazon.com/How\-Shit\-Woods\-3rd\-Environmentally/dp/1580083633/ref=sr\_1\_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1525801360&amp;sr=8\-1&amp;keywords=how\+to\+shit\+in\+the\+woods&amp;dpID=5133SQPY58L&amp;preST=\_SY291\_BO1,204,203,200\_QL40\_&amp;dpSrc=srch
Despite its title and subject this fascinating book was very reassuring regarding the safety of nuclear energy.
https://www.amazon.com/Atomic-Accidents-Meltdowns-Disasters-Mountains/dp/1605986801/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1465933153&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=nuclear+accidents
Not in the desert. Turds are indistinguishable from rocks within 10 minutes. Add to that you just pick a spot that is away from any human intervention and you're good. Then you burn your TP and all is well with the world and there's no trace of your presence.
Edit: In response to the downvotes I've received, may I offer this very thorough reference that validates my methodology: How To Shit In The Woods
Listen- being a troll is one thing, but you’re giving advice that is not just absolutely wrong on its face, it’s dangerous.
You don’t understand the difference between competition and self-defense. Citing how a well-trained champion sport fighter survived some conflict in front of a hotel with some people doesn’t prove that competition focused arts are better for self-defense. The OP literally asked about Average Joe. So not only is your advice bad, your actual cognitive ability and literacy is questionable.
Everything you are saying is so devoid of a basic common sense and experience that I really am just going to let you get your last word in and then ignore you. Please stop giving people dangerously incorrect advice with no experience behind it.
OP: The image is from this book: https://www.amazon.com/Meditations-Violence-Comparison-Martial-Training/dp/1594391181
Meditations on Violence. Excellent read.