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How to Survive a Shipwreck

Having just survived a shipwreck and being lost at sea alone, I would need to take stock of my situation and prioritize my needs as well as potential dangers. The first priority would be, as in any new situation, to remain calm. This might just be the most challenging part of the situation, at least initially. I would imagine that it would take me some time to calm myself and gather the emotional fortitude to move on to the next steps. The best ways to calm oneself are to 1. assess the reality -- rather than the imagined exaggerated reality -- of the situation, 2. face one's fears, and 3. realize that there is always hope. Once I had calmed down, I could begin the next steps of evaluating my situation and prioritizing my needs and challenges.

My next immediate priority after staying calm would be to make sure that I was utilizing any available tools to signal for help, such as exposing bright colors skyward or using any telecommunications equipment I might have available. Being lost at sea, for instance, in a lifeboat, there would be a number of dangers, including dehydration, sunburn, hypothermia, salt boils, and inflammation (ôHowàö). It would be important to protect myself against the sun as best I could by altering how much of my skin was exposed to the sun. To prevent hypothermia, I would wring any water from my clothes if it were cold out (ôHowàö). To prevent dehydration, I should gradually consume any water that I had as rations, being careful to save as much of it as possible; I would not want to drink seawater as the high salt content would only increase dehydration (ôHowàö). Food rations should only be consumed very gradually, as I know that eating food can make me thirstier, and water would be at a premium when out at sea. From what I know, humans can survive for some time without food but cannot go as long without water. Interestingly, sleep might be my best tool for survival, as it conse

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