SAS 107 – Knots & Map Reading

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SAS 107 - Knots & Map Reading

SAS 107 – Knots & Map Reading

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SAS 142 - First Aid & CPR
For Infants and Children, Use less pressure and more compressions. For a baby or toddler, light pressure with two fingers is enough at 100 compressions per minute. Depress chest only 2.5 cm. Give 5 compressions to one lung inflation.
SAS 120 - Moving on Waterways
Moving on the waterways needs to be done very carefully. A large group will need several rafts. The first should carry no equipment or provisions, just the fittest group members to act as lookouts and warn of hazards. Waterfalls and rapids are often indicated by spray or mist. They can also be heard for some distance. If in doubt, moor the raft and reconnoitre on foot.
SAS 054 - Animal Dangers & Trapping
It is easier to trap than to hunt small prey. Choice of baits and site is important. Food may be scarce, but a little used as bait may bring rewards.Be patient and give the traps tim. Animals will be wary until they get used to them - that is when they will run into them. 
SAS 021 - Food & Food Dangers
Some of the dangers in the water could be:Beware in water too murky to see through. Well-camouflaged creatures like stingmys can lie hidden. Dont't put your hands into underwater crevices. Always approach a coral reef with caution. Lagoon fish are poisonous. 
SAS 124 - Sea Survival
Survival Afloat: Rafts, boats and dinghies are built to carry a limited number. These numbers should not be exceeded. Place infants and the infirm aboard, and as many able-boclied as can be accomodated. The rest must hang on in the water, frequently swopping places with fit survivors in the raft.
SAS 067 - Fishing
Fish contain protein, vitamins and fats. They differ widely in size, eating habits and diet, but all can be attracted and caught with appropriate bait. Angling is not the most effective method of catching fish-the night line and gill net will give better results.
SAS 117 - Moving
Always move in formation. This will make it easy to check that no stragglers have been left behind. Have a briefing before setting out to discuss the route and to designate rallying points at which to regroup.
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SAS 166 - Poisonous Snakes
Poisonous snakes like Fer De Lance, Bushmaster, Coral snake, have to be treated very carefully.
SAS 104 - Knots
A secure knot, but will come untied with a single sharp tug on the live end. Recommended for temporarily anchoring lines. Carry a bight round a post or rail. ring a bight from the standing end through the firstbight. Form live end into a further bight and push doubled end through loop of second bight.
SAS 014 - Clothing & Shelter
Severe biting stops uncovered substance in moments. Blanket each part of the figure. External Garments ought to be windproof, at the same time not waterproof. Get out of the wind ! Search for typical haven to upgrade, at the same time evade destinations where a snowdrift, torrential slide or shake fall may cover you. 
SAS 004 - Survival Kit
The survival kit should contain the Beta light, Snare wire, Flexible saw, a medical kit that contains, Analgesic, Intestinal Sedative, Antibiotic, Antihistamine, Water Sterilising tablets, Anti-malaria tablets, Potassium permanganate, Surgical Blades, Butterfly sutures, plasters. In addition to these a waterproof pouch, Solid fuel tablets, Signal flares would be beneficial. 
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 181 - Disaster Strategy, Lightning & Earthquake
Stay Low: You can sometimes sense that a lightning strike is imminent by a tingling in the skin and the sensation of the hair standing up on end. If you are standing up, drop to the ground at once, going first to the knees with the hands touching the ground.
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Get ready amaze arrangements prepared that incorporates Normal Exit track, Emergency passageway tracks, Fire Extinguisher, Smoke Detectors, Disaster supplies assortment, Doors, Collapsible Ladder and all crisis things in the Floor arrangements. 
Wigwam
Wigwams take more time to build than open shelters, but your efforts will be doubly rewarded. Not only can the shelter be warmed by a small fire, reducing the need to collect a huge pile of wood, but the firelight reflects off the walls, providing cheery illumination for sitting out a long winter night.
SAS 163 - Medicinal Plants
The Fevers, Cough and colds can be cured by Camomile, Colt's Foot, Lungwort, Horehound, Yarrow, Musk mallow, Tree mallow, Marsh mallow, Great Mullein.
SAS 115 - Reading Weather & Deciding to Move
To be caught in bad weather could prove fatal. Before setting out, take note of the weather. Observe wind and pressure changes. Keep a record of the weather, the conditions which precede it, and what they develop into. Animals are sensitive to atmospheric pressure and are good for short-term weather predictions. Insect-eating birds feed higher in good weather, lower when a storm is approaching. ...