The Don’t Die Out There Deck

* Survival tips packaged in a playful and popular format — a card deck
* 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! The 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