Thankfully survival situations are uncommon.  Because these situations are so uncommon, however, when confronted with a survival situation, we often find ourselves woefully unprepared.  Some of us have had formal survival training through Boy Scouts/Girl Scouts/military/Wilderness Medicine courses.  Many of us, however, have had to rely on the Air Care & Mobile Care training sessions or maybe even what we see on Survivorman or other such TV shows.  Some of us may hope just being near Dr. Mel Otten has allowed us to glean the crucial bits of knowledge we may need.