Survival tips packaged in a playful and popular format -- a card deck
Printed on water resistant card stock
Practical information drawn from the Emergency Survival and First Aid pocket guides, both Mountaineers Books' bestsellers
Written by an outdoorsman and physician
Water-resistant card stock When heading into the outdoors, you chose multi-purpose gear whenever possible -- bonus points for equipment that's both functional and fun. You can't do better than The Don't Die Out There Deck, a compact deck of playing cards that tucks easily into any backpack or pocket. From construction of emergency shelters and evacuation techniques to how to care for someone with a fracture or construct a solar still, your poker hand contains basic survival tips that could prove lifesaving! T
he Don't Die Out There Deck makes a great gift for anyone who spends time in the outdoors.
Topics are organized by card suit
Diamonds: survival essentials, signals, locating your position, and shelters;
Spades: assessing the situation, water, fire, food, and evacuation techniques
Hearts: basic first aid, hypothermia, frostbite, heat illness, and sprains and dislocations
Clubs: CPR, head and spine injuries, fractures, bites and stings, and evacuating the injured
