Being prepared for an emergency goes far beyond having a pile of supplies. Knowledge and experience is the true key to making it through harder times. Below you will find a number of links to sites and media channels with some useful emergency preparedness, first aid, and bush craft pointers.
Emergency Preparedness
We at Resilient Living have yet to find an user friendly and efficient channel or website that provides high quality content that directly addresses Emergency Preparedness. This is why we are striving to create one. We don’t need to build all the content ourselves for there are many great learning resources out there. As of now the best resources are provided by various government entities and can be found under Preparedness Resources.
RL Recommendation:
Look through the government sites and join your local CERT team. Government preparedness resources.
Medical/First Aid
The Patriot Nurse
Though more concerned about the event of WROL, the Patriot Nurse is a deep well of knowledge on medical, first aid, hygiene and herbal treatments. If you are to find yourself in a situation where you are disconnected from the established medical system you will not be sorry about the time invested in watching her content.
https://www.youtube.com/user/ThePatriotNurse/featured
Basic First Aid
When it comes to first aid, you don’t want to waste valuable seconds shifting through a book for instructions. The linked video is a wonderful resource for learning basic first aid, even if the sound is a bit on the quiet side.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsPAXYA7yYQ
Bush Craft
MCQ Bush Craft
A UK based outdoorsman, Michael provides many informative and high quality videos on a wide range of camping, foraging, and equipment topics. Glean some knowledge on emergency shelters, wildlife trapping, plant identification and more! Michaels pace and presentation are exceptional and you will soon find yourself longing to get out into the woods!
https://www.youtube.com/user/MCQBushcraft/featured
Bush Craft Bartons
Enjoy the company of an always happy and contemplative Mike as he takes you on his adventures through the Canadian bush. Often accompanied by his wife Josie, you can learn a lot from their activities. From snares, shelter, fire and a whole lot of cooking there is a lot of useful information gifted to us from their outings!
https://www.youtube.com/user/bushcraftbartons/featured
Alfie Aesthetics
An often quirky, entertaining, and at times crude channel that provides some wonderful pointers for wilderness survival, bush craft, hiking and recreational camping. If you’re up for a laugh and some education this is a great channel to follow. Take the knowledge extended and apply it to your own emergency gear and camping/hiking extravaganzas!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2TXg45Dbt2de8auakllW8g
Survival Lily
A fun channel where Lily documents her efforts and knowledge regarding survival skills in the wilds of Austria. Though we would argue that at times her Dog is the star of the channel we do enjoy the dynamic duo in their adventures
https://www.youtube.com/user/alonewolverine1984/featured