SURVIVAL STRESSES

Duration: 30 min

Year Published: 1961

Creator: Department of the Air Force (Department of Defense)

Color: Color

Sound: Optical sound

Description: Discusses major physiological and psychological stresses that may be encountered by persons facing a survival situation in the arctic, on the desert, in the tropics and on water. Describes methods of detecting, understanding and combating such stresses as hunger, thirst, cold, fatigue, fear and how to recognize and avoid dehydration.