When you are facing down a long-term survival situation, it is almost inevitable that you will at some point experience or have to address a severe wound.

A survival situation is, by nature, dangerous and poses threats in many different ways – and that is if you are in a manageable situation.

In a SHTF moment or if you are lost in the wilderness, there are literally dozens of ways you can wound yourself or someone you are with can get wounded.

If that happens and you or the injured person are bleeding profusely, you have literally moments to stop it before you or they enter a life threatening zone.

That is why it is critical that everyone in your survival circle understand basic first aid and most importantly, how to staunch bleeding wounds.

On the next page we briefly cover pressure points you can use to stem bleeding.

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