SAS 079 – Building Shelter

If you decide that there is no hope of rescue and it is impracticable to make your own way to safety due to distance, time of year, lack of equipment or physical condition, make a comfortable, permanent shelter.

SAS 079 - Building Shelter

SAS 079 – Building Shelter

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SAS 031 - Edible Plants
Some plants have edible stems. If they are soft, peel off outer stringy parts, slice, then boil. Inner pith of some stems, example elder, can be extracted by splitting stem and eaten. Use fibrous stems to make twine. 
SAS 098 - Ropes & Knots
It is important to select the right know for the task in hand. You never know when you may need to tie a knot, so learn their uses and how to tie - and untie each one.
SAS 114 - Reading Weather with Clouds
There are different types of clouds that needs to be read to read the signs. They are Cirrus Clouds, Cirrostratus clouds, Altostratus clouds, Nimbostratus clouds, Stratocumulus clouds, Stratus clouds.
SAS 162 - Medicinal Plants
Intestinal problems can be permanently eradicated by Mountain avens, Balm, Water mint, Elm, Cleavers, Agrimony, Lesser celandine and solomon's seal.
SAS 049 - Animal Tracking
Sheep will for the most part exist in minor rushes in distant places. Goats are significantly more beyond any doubt-footed than sheep and generally unlikely to way. Deer, discovered in generally-wooded nation on each mainland not counting Australia, differ from the moose to small woods deer of the tropics. Gazelles and gazelles are proportionately changed and boundless. 
Surviving a Thunderstorm
To survive from a thunderstorm, do not take cover under the tree's or any other wooden structure. If struck by lightning, they will effectively explode and you will be trapped under a fiery tree of death. On top of that, you will probably have quite a few big splinters.
SAS 094 - Camp Tools
Tree Felling: Check overhead for dead branches and hornets nests. Clear Creepers and branches which could deflect blows. Cut branches off from the outside of the join. Cut from both sides of the tree, first chopping out notch at an angle of 45 and another on the opposite side ata lower level on the side to which you want to tree to fall.
SAS 053 - Animal Tracking
Small animals like termites, bees, wasps and hornets, Ants, Locusts, Crickets and grasshopers, snails slugs and worms can be easily tracked and trapped for hunting purposes. 
SAS 090 - Preserving Food
If food is not plentiful or is limited by season, ensure that stores keep safely. Do not store food in direct sunlight, near excessive warmth or moisture, nor where scavengers may ruin it.
SAS 135 - Rescue & Signalling
Information Signals: If you abandon camp leave clear direction markers to indicate your route. Continue to make them, not only for people to follow but to establish your own route as a guide if you start going back on your trail
SAS 074 - Building Shelter
A shelter is more agreeable in the event that it is sufficiently high to sit in, so grow it is stature by manufacturing a level divider of stones adjust your empty. Caulk between the stones with turf and foliage jumbled with mud. 
SAS 130 - Rescue & Signalling
Siting the signals: Take account of the terrain. Choose high points for light signals. Erect an unusual silhouette or a ridge to attract attention. Planes fly over hilly territory from the lower to the higher ridges, so slopes behind ridges may be hidden as the plan approaches. Signals near tops of ridges should be seen from any direction.
SAS 084 - Fire
Gouge a small depression at a near end of baseboard. Cut a cavity below for tiner. Shape the spindle evenly. Make a bow from a pliable shoot and hide, twine or a bootlace. Use hollow piece of stone wood to steady top of the spindle and exert downloard pressure. Wind bowstring once round spindle.
SAS 141 - First Aid & Choking
Holger Nielson Method of Respiration: Use to resuscitate a drowning victim if mouth to mouth not possible. Face-down position allows liquids to flow freely from mouth without choking the patient. Lay victim face-down, head turned to one side, arms bent, forehead resting on hands. Loosen tight garments, clear mouth of weed, mud etc and ensure tongue is brought forward.
SAS 170 - Dangerous Water Creatures
Protection against Sharks: If you have shark repellent, follow the manufacturer's instructions. It may not befully effective, but even so use only if the situation is very grave. Repellent soon dissipates in the water and becomes ineffective.
SAS 153 - First Aid, Emergency Childbirth & Bites
Dangers from infection is the main risk. Anti-tetanus shots and rabies vaccine should be obtained before travelling. Rabies is untreatable without vaccine and almost always fatal.
SAS 010 - Water
Plants often trap water in cavities. Old, hollow joints of bamboo fill up with water; shake them - if you hear water, cut a notch at the base of each joing and tip the water out. 
SAS 096 - Camp Tools & Animal Products
Skins and Furs: Properly prepared skins ae supple, strong, and resist tearing. They have good thermal insulation, and are permeable to air and water vapour. For moccasins, shelters, laces, thongs, water bags or canoes, the fur is removed, but for warm clothing, bedding or a good insulating groundsheet is should be left on.