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 We work hard to elevate prepping as a rational, practical, and cost-effective activity that anyone—regardless of politics or creed—can benefit from. You won’t find any conspiracy theories, fear-mongering, or politically charged rhetoric here… we promote logical self-sufficiency and are proud to share it with others.

We started The Prepared because we wanted this info, too—so if we’re going to do all the proper research and testing anyway, it only makes sense to extend the knowledge to you! Our team of nerds, scientists, researchers, and survival veterans are obsessed with getting you ready without wasting your time or money. In fact, each contributor of The Prepared has been prepping for over 10 years and uses the following principles to guide their research: 

It's for all lifestyles 

We welcome all people—regardless of politics or creed—to increase their quality of life with actionable, rational preparedness  information.

Quality over quantity

We examine and test a vast amount of information to create content for getting prepared without the stress of trial and error.

It's all about balance 

Prepping should never prevent you from enjoying the life you have today, which is why we follow data and reason to guide our preps.

This is your chance to learn lifesaving first aid, water safety, and tool maintenance techniques from our roster of expert instructors. Leverage years of field experience and research and become confident in the face of unpredictability in  with our best-selling set of courses:  

Not your average first aid lessons

Normal first aid courses teach you based on the assumption that help is just a phone call away—but what happens when that’s not true and it’s up to you? In this course, you’ll learn how to deal with emergency medical situations and treat a wide range of injuries. This course is equivalent to a one-week-long, in-person Wilderness First Aid class–except it’s condensed into an online series you can watch at your convenience. After just a single day of studying this course, you’ll be able to handle almost any first aid situation imaginable.

Wide range of scenarios
You’ll learn how to handle the kinds of realistic situations you’re most likely to face in life and can actually do something about.

Section 1: Intro

• welcome
• reference & download

• gear used in this course
• bonus: packing a first aid kit

Section 6: Environmental

• altitude sickness
• arthropods
• drowning
• cold injuries
• hypothermia
• heat emergencies
• lightening
• poison ivy, oak, and sumac
• snake bite
• solar keratitis / snow blindness

Section 2: Medical 101

• medical core concepts
• physiology core concepts
• moving patients
• documentation and communication
• legal issues and Good Samaritan laws

Simple, memorable lessons

Our teachers have taught thousands of students, including total newbies, so they know how to focus on just the right information in a way that you’ll actually benefit from.

Section 7: Medical Emergencies

• abdominal pain
• allergies / anaphylaxis
• asthma
• chest pain
• dental
• diabetic / blood sugar

• eyes and ears
• flu-like symptoms, fever, cough
• gastro-intestinal
• genito-urinary
• rhabdomyolysis
• seizure
• stroke
• toxins / poisonings
• congrats and feedback

Section 3: Patient Assessment System

• patient assessment system (PAS)

• scene size up

• primary survey

• secondary survey

8

hours

7

sections

90

lessons

Section 4: Critical Systems

• critical systems
• circulatory system
• respiratory system
• nervous system

Section 5: Trauma

• musculoskeletal injuries
• dislocations
• spine injuries
• soft tissue injuries

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Never find yourself without H2O

Having access to drinkable water is something that we take for granted but in the wake of a natural disaster, this precious resource may be in short supply. In this course, you'll learn the proper methods and locations for storing water during emergency situations, how to locate additional sources of water, and how to purify it for safe consumption. You’ll also learn how to conserve the water you have and how to recognize the signs of dehydration and treat it without professional help.

Prepare ahead of time
You can get your household ready for the vast majority of emergencies with a few simple and cheap steps — even if you’re on a tight budget or in a tiny apartment.

Section 7: Treating

• store-bought treatment products

• DIY improvised treatment

Section 1: Intro

• quick welcome notes
• big picture goals

Section 2: Core Concepts

• how much water do you need to survive?

• contaminants 101

• filtering vs. disinfecting vs. purifying

• comfort vs. health

Section 8: Conserving

• conservation 101

• cooking and showering examples

Survive the emergency

You’ll be able to handle common emergencies just by using what you’ve stored ahead of time. But if things are serious, you might need to find more water, make it safe to drink, and deal with the chaos.

Section 9: Dehydration

• lesson 1

• congratulations and feedback

Section 3: Storing Water

• containers 101
• do you need to use chemical preservatives?
• how to clean containers
• improvised containers

Section 4: Rain & Moisture Catches

• proper rain systems before emergency
• improvised systems during emergency

7

hours

9

sections

23

lessons

Section 5: Finding & Collecting Wild Water

• collection tips
• finding water 101
• cold climates
• hot climates
• coastal and salt water

“The Prepared offers useful, non-alarmist advice on disaster prepareness.”    THE GUARDIAN - April 30th, 2020

Section 6: Finding Water in Man-Made Areas

• around your home
• urban and suburban

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Make dull knives a thing of the past
In this course, you’ll learn how to sharpen a variety of knives and edged tools. These tools dull with time and use, becoming ineffective and dangerous. If you don’t know how to keep your blades sharp, their usefulness will drop off quickly in an emergency. But you don’t need to throw away your hard-earned money having a professional knife sharpener do this for you—it’s a skill that you can quickly pick up on your own.

Fundamental skills

We start with the basics and get into hands-on demonstrations with all of the common sharpening gear you’ll find among preppers.

Section 1: Intro

• course goals
• the 80/20 approach
• sharper is safer
• sharpening is a skill, not a product

• a knife is a wear part, & sharpening is contolled wear
• the three ingredients of sharpening

Section 4: Setting The Angle

• inclusive vs. exclusive edge angle
• determining the correct edge angle
• tricks for setting the angle
• keeping the proper tip angle

Section 5: Mousepad & Sandpaper

• selecting materials
• why it's important to start with this technique
• some things to watch out for
• first look: field knife with convex edge
• the theory behind the technique
• sharpening demonstration: field knife with convex edge
• re-profiling a V-shaped edge to a convex edge
• repairing and cleaning up an axe

Save money in daily life

Don't toss out kitchen knives or scissors that just need a few minutes of love, and don't pay others to sharpen them for you. 

Section 2: Knife Basics

• parts of a knife
• edge grinds
• types of sharpness
• types of dullness
• common blade steels
• common handle materials

Section 3: Sharpening Fundamentals

• take your time
• just because you can, doesn't mean you should
• start out slow, then get faster as you get better
• turn variables into constants
• always be testing
• you won't always raise a burr
• know when to quit
• count your strokes
• trailing stroke vs. sharpening stroke

5

hours

13

sections

57

lessons

Section 6: Leather Strop

• loading the strop
• stropping technique demonstration
• recurve strop technique

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20+ hours of video lessons taught by our expert instructors

24/7 lifetime access to our courses from any device, anywhere in the world

3 course paths: knife maintenance, first aid, and water essentials

30-day assurance included 

3 printable bonus guides that you can take with you on the go—worth $200

Massive Black Friday discount

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About our installment plan

We understand that not everyone wants to pay for their lessons all at once. That's why we offer a convenient payment plan that allows you to break the cost into monthly payments. 

Note: This installment plan is not a subscription that can be stopped at any time. By selecting the installment plan, you are committing to pay the full amount selected at the time of purchase.

Get 20+ hours of online lessons throughout the 3 courses in this package. Once enrolled, you'll have access to the lessons 24/7 through your lifetime membership.

Whether you've prepped for years or have never even dreamed of starting, our courses can help you. We'll walk you through everything you need to know to prepare rationally and effectively. 

Once you enroll, you'll get access to our dedicated support staff for every step of your journey—whether you have questions about our technology or your prepping lessons. 

With over 125,000+ members in our community—your teachers cater to all experience levels and genuinely care about helping you become confident and prepared for anything.

With over 100+ years of experience between all of our instructors, we're confident that our lessons can truly impact and save lives. We want one of those lives to be yours.

We know that the only way for you to know if our courses are right for you is for you to try them out. If you that they're right for you, fantastic! If not, we'll give you a full refund, no questions asked.

Save time, money, and sanity by learning to prep from the pros rather than traversing an endless amount of unreliable information from prepping blogs. 

“Checklists and acronyms are hard to remember when this isn’t your day job. The way the lessons explained things in simple language, especially the why behind something, was so helpful.”

- Phillip R., The Prepared student

Learning to do anything completely online can be intimidating...and the truth is, most websites just don't live up to the hype. That's why we built one ourselves from the ground up—after months of student research, of course. The result? Online prepping  lessons that aren't just easy to use, but fun to use, too.

Each course comes with hours of engaging video lessons plus a plethora of proven tips, tricks, how-tos, guides, and more. You'll never have to waste time finding your own answers.

Our expert online courses are designed  help you focus on high-leverage building blocks, rather than lengthy lists and instructions. It's all about keeping things simple and easy to remember. 

 With a website for your professionally developed courses— all of your content is housed in a secure space and can be accessed from any  tablet, phone, or desktop.

Level up your knowledge with our Emergency Preparedness Package. Learn from 6 of the best experts in their fields and join our community of 125,000+ rational preppers. Enroll now to get...

20+ hours of video lessons taught by our expert instructors

24/7 lifetime access to our courses from any device, anywhere in the world

3 course paths: knife maintenance, first aid, and water essentials

30-day assurance included 

3 printable bonus guides that you can take with you on the go—worth $200

Massive Black Friday discount

was: $599

SAVE $250

SAVE $209

Click to learn more about payment plans

About our installment plan

We understand that not everyone wants to pay for their lessons all at once. That's why we offer a convenient payment plan that allows you to break the cost into monthly payments. 

Note: This installment plan is not a subscription that can be stopped at any time. By selecting the installment plan, you are committing to pay the full amount selected at the time of purchase.

“A cool headed site… emerging as the voice of a movement.”    NEW YORK TIMES - April 24th, 2020

“The Prepared offers useful, non-alarmist advice on disaster prepareness.”    THE GUARDIAN - April 30th, 2020

“To prep like a pro, you need to learn from The Prepared.”    BLOOMBERG - April 16th, 2020

What are the courses like?

No boring slideshows with someone talking into a cheap webcam! Many scenes are shot on location for a class with more of an in-person feel, where your teacher is talking to a small room of students to explain concepts before getting into demonstrations.

Courses are broken into lessons (eg. “Dehydration”) and their topics (eg. “Symptoms” or “Treatment”). You move through at your own pace and in whatever order you want. Most topics have a main video with additional pictures and text beneath.

Who’s this for?

Total head-in-the-sand beginners, weekend warriors, all the way through experienced preppers advancing their skills. For example, the knife sharpening course isn’t going to make you a professional bladesmith, but it’ll get you close!

But I’m not a prepper

Are you a responsible adult? Gone are the days when most preppers fit into stereotypes. All that matters is you’re aware enough to know life can be hard and smart enough to do something about it. You’ll join a diverse community of kind, like-minded people.

Are online courses right for me?

We won’t offer online courses unless we think it’s just as good as an equivalent in-person weekend course. Some are even better than a week-long 24/7 course. You might want to take an online course so you can warm up at your own pace before your limited and expensive in-person time. Maybe you want to try the cheaper online version first before deciding if you want to go to a more advanced physical course. Or maybe you’ve taken an in-person course and want the digital version as a refresher you can go back to over the years. This course is for everyone! 

How much / what will I learn?

Prepping can be overwhelming in general—and you shouldn’t have to dive into the deep end of a topic just to learn the basics. We focus on Pareto Preparedness, based on the 80-20 “Pareto rule,” so you get the right info you need and none of what you don’t. That way you can get back to enjoying real life … just a lot smarter!

Once you finish a course, you’ll know enough to get you through the vast majority of emergency scenarios you’ll face and you'll be better prepared than 99% of people around you.

How long do I have access? What about updates?

Lifetime access, including free, automatic upgrades for anything we add or change in the future to that course.

What emergencies do you cover?

Modern, sane prepping means focusing first on things that are more likely than a doomsday scenario.

Prepping is about being prepared for anything that could majorly disrupt your life, which might be as simple as a car accident or sudden job loss. Natural disasters are another biggie. These courses are meant to apply to normal life as much as possible, but they also explain what to do in the really bad scenarios.

Can I get my money back?

Sure! If you’re not happy, just let us know within a month and you’ll get a full refund.

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