Jack Reacher's Rules

After giving a wounded man a shot of morphine, remember to mark his forehead with an M, to warn the medics not to give him an overdose.

When you’ve knocked someone unconscious, put him into the recovery position. If you want him to recover.

“No need to put a guy in a coma over four grease marks on a shirt.”

To set your own broken nose, smack yourself firmly in the face with the heel of your hand.

Use duct tape to keep a broken nose in place, or to patch up a knife wound.

“Duct tape: the finest field dressing in the world. The Marines once flew me from Lebanon to Germany with nothing but duct tape keeping my lower intestine in.”

A well-aimed headbutt can leave your opponent unconscious but may leave you with a bruised forehead.

After a fistfight, the best cure for a sore hand is to wrap it around a cold beer.

>>WHAT TO DO WHEN A WOMAN FAINTS

Catch the victim.

Lay her down with her feet high and her head low, so gravity helps the blood go to the brain.

Check her pulse.

Stimulate her with loud yells or light slaps.

Persuade her to lie still for fifteen or twenty minutes.

Loosen any clothing, tight or otherwise, if you think she would like you to.

>>FITNESS REGIME

Throw back the covers.

Stand up and stretch.

Arch your back.

Point your toes.

Stretch your legs.

That’s it.

THINGS YOU’LL NEVER HEAR REACHER SAY

I need to book an appointment with my massage therapist.