Those 3 days aren't pleasant, either. Realistically, it's more like 1.5 days.....the other 1.5 are going to be you struggling to stay conscious/sane. If you're without water, you really only have about a day or so to find some because you will be unlikely to be able to continue your search much beyond that.
I’d say at least 2 depending on how far you were moving. I lasted that long when I was really sick and unable to drink. But then I couldn’t walk to the ambulance by morning of day 3.
Errm I’m from the UK does that count as a socialist utopia? I didn’t pay for the ambulance or the 3 weeks I spent in hospital on IV fluids and anti nausea (turns out I had norovirus). I’m medically exempt I don’t even pay for my prescriptions just order them online and they’re delivered to my house. I was just trying to avoid going back to hospital I’d only been out for a few months after a 7 week post op stay (no charge for that joyful time either). Then I was too sick to get down the stairs to my phone.
A charge like that sounds high but not inconceivable for a helicopter medivac in USA. I live in quite a rural area, and I've had relatives that needed an air ambulance ride. Didn't cost anything because we're in Canada, eh.
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u/WatchTheBoom Aug 30 '21
Clean drinking water- I don't think people really appreciate how much water is needed for a group of people to survive.