Be a Hero (eBook)

The Essential Survival Guide to Active-Shooter Events

John Geddes, Alun Rees (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
160 Seiten
Skyhorse Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-5107-2124-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Dealing with the unthinkableIts never going to be you. Then one day you hear the clatter of automatic fire at the mall. You have been drawn into the chaos and terror of an active shooter event. What do you do? Who do you turn to? Be a Hero is the essential guide to terrorist attacks that will help you survive. Former Special Air Service terror expert John Geddes will explain how to cope with a life-threatening event. He shows you how to make clear decisions and beat the odds by:Dealing with fear through simple and effective techniques to bring the chemical urges generated by terror at least partially under controlEscaping and evading when possible, using everyday objects and landmarks for protectionFighting back if needed, with methods to disarm an active shooter and to use items at hand as weaponsUsing a weapon if you are licensed to carry, shooting to kill without collateral damage or being mistaken for a perpetratorProviding medical assistance to deal with traumatic battlefield injury and save livesThis is not a book primarily for survivalists and preppers. Be a Hero is a book for ordinary men and women who could find themselves in the middle of an extraordinary moment. It will help them find the hero insideand live to tell the tale.

Autor

John Geddes is a highly commended ex-SAS warrant officer. He was a sniper specialist and patrol medic, and fought on operations alongside US Delta Force. Later he worked on high-risk protection roles for media clients in Iraq, and he now runs protection training regimes and consults with US state and federal law enforcement agencies. Geddes lives in Orlando, Florida Alun Rees is a freelance journalist and author. He has covered conflicts across the globe in Africa, the Middle East and Asia. He also covered the two most deadly active shooter events in the history of the UK. He lives in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Don Mann is a bestselling author and a former member of Navy SEAL Team Six (retired) who played a crucial role in some of America’s most daring military missions for more than two decades. His books include Inside SEAL Team Six, The U.S. Navy SEAL Survival Handbook, and the Thomas Crocker thrillers.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.8.2017
• Vorwort: Don Mann
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Heimwerken / Do it yourself
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
• Schlagworte: arts instructor • arts training • avoiding violence • concealed carry • correctional officer • crime prevention • danger signals • danger signs • de becker • defend yourself • enforcement agencies • family safe • gavin de • gut feelings • gut instinct • Human Mind • human violence • keeping yourself • law enforcement paying attenti • legal aspects • legal ramifications • lethal force • martial artists security team • Martial Arts • offers practical • Police officers • potential legal • potentially dangerous • potentially violent • potential threat • potential violence • Protecting Yourself • protect ourselves • Protect Yourself • public figure • reference guide • regular people • rory miller • Self Defence • Self Defense • self-defense training • situational awareness • six levels • social conditioning • stay safe • stop worrying • strange feelings • street violence • sudden violence • Threat Assessment • threatening situation • true fear • violence happens • violent behaviors • Violent crime • violent encounters • violent situations • warning signals • warning signs • Workplace Violence • yourself safe
• ISBN-10: 1-5107-2124-X / 151072124X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5107-2124-1 / 9781510721241