Jump straight down.If you leap off and away from the building at an angle, your trajectory will make you miss the dumpster.. Resist your natural tendency to push off. You hear that Lleena? Resist it!

Then tuck your head and bring your legs around. (That's where I always screw it up!) To do this during the fall, execute a three-quarter revolution. This is the only method that will allow a proper landing.

Aim for the center of the dumpster or large box of debris. (Pray that it wasn't garbage day.)

Land flat on your back so that when your body folds, your feet and hands meet. When your body hits any surface from a significant height, the body folds into a V. This means landing on your stomach can result in a broken back. (See I never would have thought of that last point. Especially on my way down...)

As soon as you realize that your chute is bad, signal to a jumping companion whose chute has not yet opened that you are having a malfunction. (That's why I always skydive with a cell phone!)

When your companion gets to you, hook arms.

Once you are hooked together, the two of you will still be falling at terminal velocity, or about 130 miles an hour.

Open the chute (I saw that one coming!)

Steer the canopy (I assume that's the chute thingy) Your friend must now hold on to you with one arm while steering his canopy, the part of the chute that controls direction and speed. (Oh. I guess I was wrong ) Steer it to avoid power lines and such.

If there is a large body of water nearby, head for that.

Wear a high-quality helmet and leather jacket plus leather pants and boots.

Make sure both vehicles are moving at the same speed.

Wait for a long straight section of road.

Get the vehicles as close as possible to one another.

Stand crouched with both of your feet on either the running board or seat.

Hold the throttle until the last instant.

If the car has a handle inside (above the door) grab it with your free hand.

Have the driver swerve away from the bike as soon as you are inside.

If you miss the window, tuck and roll away from the vehicles (see page 82 for jumping from a moving car).

Turn on the defibrilator by pressing the green button.

Remove the person's shirt and jewelry, then apply the pads to the chest as shown in the diagram displayed on the machine's LED panel.

Plug the pads into the connector.

If the machine determines that a shock is needed, it will direct you -- both audibly and with visual prompts -- to press the orange button to deliver a shock.

Check the patient's airway, breathing, and pulse.

Return their jewelry.

Body blow:

Tighten your stomach muscles.

Do not suck in your stomach if you expect that a punch is immanent.

If possible, shift slightly so that the blow hits your side, but do not flinch or move away from the punch.

Head Blow:

Move toward the blow, not away from it.

Tighten your neck muscles and clench your jaw to avoid scarping of the upper and lower palettes.

A Roundhouse punch

Clench your jaw.

Move in close to your attacker

(optional) Hit back with an uppercut.

NOLOL

LOL

Is there a scenario in there about surviving when you're in an elevator that is free falling??

RaspberryWoman said:

Hold up I'll check. There's not really an index so I'll have to thumb through it.

As explained in The Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbook



Okay, go for it.

How to take a punch







what no uppercut?
[This message was edited Wed Dec 3 13:51:14 PST 2003 by 2the9s]

How to use a Defibrilator to restore a heartbeat

A Roundhouse punch

Clench your jaw.

Is there a scenario in there about surviving when you're in an elevator that is free falling??