Items with Surprising Survival Uses

There are a lot of items out there that you probably don’t think can be useful especially for survival purposes. Some of these are items that you usually use on a daily basis.

Here are ten items with surprising survival uses.

35mm cans

You can use this to store medicines, matches, fishing gears, etc.

Condom

An average condom can expand and it can hold at least one liter of water. If you have tubing or a catheter, you can use condoms as a fluid IV bag in an emergency situation. You can also use them as a heating pad for your muscle pain, all you have to do is heat up some water and fill the condom with it then you can place it on the sore area. Make sure to use non-lubricated condoms only.

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Dental floss

We often use dental floss to clean our teeth, but did you know that you can use dental floss in a survival or emergency situation? There are a lot of survival uses for dental floss like sealing supplies in a bag, cutting food, catching fish, starting fire, sewing, and many more.

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Flexible cable ties

There are a lot of survival uses for this item. You can use them to hold things together, secure windows or doors, or for tying up a person.

Pen and paper

These items are very useful. You can use these items for making notes of certain structures or locations. You can use tactical pens as a weapon or a tool.

Safety pins

You can use safety pins as a fish hook or for picking thorns or splinters or other foreign objects in your skin.

Sanitary napkin

Sanitary napkins like maxi-pad can be used for large wounds with severe bleeding. Sanitary napkins are designed to absorb blood, making them a valuable item to have. You can also use tampons for your wounds. Tampons are usually used for ‘hole’ type wounds, like a bullet wound. Make sure to keep the tampons and sanitary pads in their packages so that they will stay clean and sanitary.

Sugar

You can use sugar in treating small cuts and wounds. Honey is also a good anti-bacterial. Honey is a better anti-bacterial substance than sugar and it is better to use liquid honey on bandage than sugar especially when you are moving around.

Trash bag

Trash bags are not only used for your garbage, you can also use them for emergency and survival situations. As a matter of fact trash bags have a lot of uses, you can use them as storage, as an emergency rope, as a waterproof bandage, to ward off hypothermia, as a cold compress, as a tourniquet, as a ground cover, and many more.

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Ziploc bags

Ziploc bags can be used in various ways. You can use them for collecting water, or for storing food, or as an alternative first aid kit.