When in water, the survivor is more likely to be exposed to water – borne diseases, or those carried by insects and animals. Tropical diseases are less familiar and will therefore be dealt with here in more detail. Where drugs are not available, treatment is largely a matter of dealing with symptoms and making patient comfortable.
SAS 155 – Diseases
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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.
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.
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.
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.
How To Survive A Terrorist Attack
The terrorists want to take away your freedoms. By following the simple steps in the image you can protect yourself and your family from the terrorist threat.
The terrorists want to take away your freedoms. By following the simple steps in the image you can protect yourself and your family from the terrorist threat.
SAS 046 - Tropical & Seashore Plants
The accompanying seashore plants thrive in salty conditions, at the same time countless different palatable plants happen close to the coast. The Oraches tree, Sea Beet, Sea Rockets, Glassworts and the Scurvy grass.
The accompanying seashore plants thrive in salty conditions, at the same time countless different palatable plants happen close to the coast. The Oraches tree, Sea Beet, Sea Rockets, Glassworts and the Scurvy grass.
Healing Bullet Wounds
Stop the bleeding by applying pressure directly to the wound with any available clean cloth. If the bullet has exited the body, apply pressure to both puncture areas. Remove the bullet, if it's still inside the body, with a pair of sterlized hemostats, Most of the bullet fragment upon impact to ensure that all bullet fragments are removed.
Stop the bleeding by applying pressure directly to the wound with any available clean cloth. If the bullet has exited the body, apply pressure to both puncture areas. Remove the bullet, if it's still inside the body, with a pair of sterlized hemostats, Most of the bullet fragment upon impact to ensure that all bullet fragments are removed.
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.
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 147 - First Aid & Fractures
Types of Fracture: If no medical help is expected, reduce closed fractures as soon as possible after injury by applying traction, then splint and immobilise the whole length of the limb. Splints can be pieces of wood, rools of newspaper, ski sticks, etc.
Types of Fracture: If no medical help is expected, reduce closed fractures as soon as possible after injury by applying traction, then splint and immobilise the whole length of the limb. Splints can be pieces of wood, rools of newspaper, ski sticks, etc.
SAS 129 - Sea Survival, Rescue & Signalling
Making a Land Fall: When approaching land, select a landing point where it will be easy to beach or swim ashore. Take down the sail; the sea anchor will keep you pointing at the shore and will slow down your progress. Steer away from rocks.
Making a Land Fall: When approaching land, select a landing point where it will be easy to beach or swim ashore. Take down the sail; the sea anchor will keep you pointing at the shore and will slow down your progress. Steer away from rocks.
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.
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. ...
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. ...
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.
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 164 - Bites & Stings
The Bites and Strings creatures are not a major problem but should be treated with respect. The image in the post describes various curing options for most of the animals and insects.
The Bites and Strings creatures are not a major problem but should be treated with respect. The image in the post describes various curing options for most of the animals and insects.
SAS 026 - Tropical Regions
A wide mixed bag of tree grown foods, roots and leaves are ready. Banana, papaya, mango and figs are effortlessly distinguished, anyhow you might discover the abundance of tropical nourishments puzzling. An extensive variety of well evolved creatures, reptiles, feathered creatures and fish might be chased, trapped and casted a line out there. In addition there are sufficient materials fo...
A wide mixed bag of tree grown foods, roots and leaves are ready. Banana, papaya, mango and figs are effortlessly distinguished, anyhow you might discover the abundance of tropical nourishments puzzling. An extensive variety of well evolved creatures, reptiles, feathered creatures and fish might be chased, trapped and casted a line out there. In addition there are sufficient materials fo...
SAS 119 - Moving on Waterways
A wide river will be easier to float on than to walk beside. Long-term survivors should experiment with making canoes by burning out the centre of a tree trunk or covering a frame of willow with birch bark or skins.
A wide river will be easier to float on than to walk beside. Long-term survivors should experiment with making canoes by burning out the centre of a tree trunk or covering a frame of willow with birch bark or skins.
SAS 103 - Knots
Water Filter
Following the pictorial instructions carefully would reveal how to make a good water filter.
Following the pictorial instructions carefully would reveal how to make a good water filter.
SAS 087 - Fire
Cooking in clay: This requires o utensils. Wrap food in a ball of clay and place in the embers. Heat radiates through the clay, which protects against food scorching. Animals must be cleaned and gutted first but need to be otherwise prepared.
Cooking in clay: This requires o utensils. Wrap food in a ball of clay and place in the embers. Heat radiates through the clay, which protects against food scorching. Animals must be cleaned and gutted first but need to be otherwise prepared.
Knot Usage
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