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A neat little (recursive) acronym i learned in my survival education in the army is STOP (freely translated from Swedish):
Stop - Don't panic,
Think - Consider your situation, and do not deny the fact that you are lost,
Orientate - Look at and get familiar with your surroundings,
Plan - Make a plan on how to solve your problem.
This is, of course, not a ...
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Yes, first stop to not make things worse, take a deep breath, and collect your thoughts. After that it depends a lot on the situation. I don't like most of the other answers because they assumed certain situations without stating their assumptions.
What you should do next depends on a lot of things, so much so that giving any simple answer is impossible. ...
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