SAS 103 – Knots

SAS 103 - Knots

SAS 103 – Knots

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Water Filter
Following the pictorial instructions carefully would reveal how to make a good water filter.
SAS 177 - Disaster Strategy & Flood
Flash Floods: In a sudden heavy rainfall, keep out of valley bottoms and stream beds both during and after rainfall. You dont have to be at the bottom of a hill to be caught by water rushing down it carrying mud and debris.
PS Family Supply Kit (1)
Disasters happen anytime and any where. And when disaster strikes, you may not have much time to respond. A highway spill of hazardous material could mean instant evacuation. After a disaster, local officials and relief workers will be on the scene, but they cannot reach everyone immediately. 
SAS 043 - Desert & Tropical Plants
Growing tip, enclosed by crown of leaves or bases of leaf stems, is edible in most palms - eat if not too bitter. Avoid fruit unless positively identified. 
SAS 044 - Tropical Plants
Always do not pick more than you need the edible plants. Food deteriorates rapidly in the tropics. Edible plants like Bignay, Mango, Sweet sop, Sour sop, Wild Fig, Ceylon Spinach, Tamarind Peanut and the Yam Beans are the most powerful edible plants. 
SAS 138 - First Aid & Choking
Heimlich Manqeuvre: Stand behind a cognizant setback, arms around them. Make a clench hand of one hand and press it thumb inwards above navel but beneath breastbone. Catch different hand adjust the clench hand. Pull sharply upwards and inwards four times. 
SAS 060 - Animal Trapping & Hunting
Sharp recognition and an information of creatures make it more effortless to find prey and to exploit terrain. Move Quietly. Move sluggishly promotion stop customarily. To dodge stumbles and decrease commotion, convey your weight on the back foot, testing the afterward step wiht the toes before exchanging your weight. Chase in opposition to the wind. 
SAS 116 - Moving
To make a sledge that is ideal for snow and ice, use doors and cowlings from a crashed vehicle or plane in construction. Tie lines to front runners with a bowline to the people hauling - ideally two at the fron and two at the rear.
SAS 112 - Direction Finding & Weather
Weather is much more localised than climate and there can be marked variations between one small area and the next. A regular pattern of day-night change in wind direction suggests a large body of water - whether an ocean, inland sea or a lake - in the direction from which the day wind blows.
SAS 149 - First Aid, Fractures & Shock
During the severe bleeding, loss of body fluids from severe burns or prolonged vomiting or diarrhoea commonly lead to shock. Other causes are electrocution and heart attack.
SAS 156 - Diseases
To reduce risk keep skin covered, sleep under a mosquito net, use insect repellents, and do not camp near swamps or stagnat water. A course of tablets, begun before exposure, can protect against malaria. Not restricted to the tropics, transmitted through saliva of female anpheles mosquito. It kills over a million people a year in Africa alone.
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 127 - Sea Survival, Water Rationing & Fishing
Conserve emergency food supplies until needed. Try to live off sea life. There are dangerous fish, but in the open sea, fish are generally safe to eat. Near the shore there are dangerous and poisonous species.
SAS 136 - Rescue & Signalling
Helicopter Rescue: Helicopters are frequently used to carry out rescues. Where possible the pilot will land to take on survivors and fly them out. Survivors should check out suitable landing sites and create a site if necessary.
SAS 008 - Finding Water
Look in valley bottoms where water naturally drains. If there is no stream or pool, look for patches of green vegetation and dig there. Use a big catchment area as possible, running the water off into containers. 
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 066 - Handling the Kill
Consume offal at the closest conceivable opportunity, anyway rest of meat is preferred hung to make it delicate and to execute parasites. In moderate temperatures, leave carcase hanging for 2-3 days. In smoking atmospheres, save or cook pronto. 
Starting a fire
Experienced campers know how to start a fire without a lighter or matches, but do you ? When lost in the wilderness, being able to make a fire can be a lifesaver, both to signal your location and to use for warmth and cooking.