This book should give you the means to survive if you read it and plan ahead a bit, but it will help even if you are reading it for the first time in an emergency. -DON'T PANIC You can survive for a few days and maybe forever, if you follow this survival guide and stay calm and focused on your environment. Slow down and take a couple of deep breathes. You can and will survive. The Next couple of hours are important, so take it slow and easy-relax as much as possible. The first few hours are REALLY important in any crisis - you DO NOT want to run around like your hair is on fire - you do want to take the time to Assess, Plan and THEN implement your plan. You are fishing and all of the sudden you realize you have spent the last four or five hours floating downstream. It's getting dark and you know there is no way you are getting back to where you parked by dark or anytime soon.You try your cell phone and find that you have no service-you start to panic. WHAT DO YOU DO?