Clothing
24 hours
The amount of time you should be prepared to be self-sufficient for.
External Influencing Factors when doing a fit for service self assessment
What are:
Alcohol, Prescription medications, Illegal drugs, Exhaustion, Sleep deprivation
Survival Pattern
What is: 1st Aid, Fire, Shelter, Signals, Water, Food
3 minutes
What is the longest time it takes without thinking?
STOP
Stop, Think, Observe, Plan
Controls moisture next to the skin
What is the Underwear or Base Layer?
What are the 2 other layers that ideally help regulate body heat?
In summer - cool moist skin vs hot dry skin
3 of a kind
What is the common international distress signal?
Not to be eaten without water
What is protein?
37 C / 98.6 F
The four factors that contribute to cold stress
What is normal body temp?
29.4 C / 85 F becomes unconscious, 25.5 and below they are close to death
What are cold temperatures, high or cold wind, dampness and cold water.
Conduction, Radiation, Convection, Evaporation
What are the 4 ways the body loses heat
Conduction: loss of heat through contact with colder objects
Radiation: process of heat moving away from the body
Convection: air currents push away heat
Evaporation: heat loss through perspiration and respiration
Do not play dead with this predator
What is a cougar?
What do you do when you see a cougar?
A sign of peace
What is mirror signalling?
What is the Ground to Air technique?
What are the 9 threats to survival?
What are
Pain, Cold, Heat, Thirst, Hunger, Fatigue, Boredom/Loneliness, Insects, Predatory animals
Person at the front
Who is the slowest person?
Keep close together, no one gets left behind
PEP
Practice + Experience + Preparation = Survival
White berries and red leaves
What is poison ivy?
Poison Oak - red berries, green leaves
Giant Hogweed - White flower heads
Water Hemlock - hollow chambered rootstocks, small white flowers
Drops down at night
Smoke
Dark smoke in winter, white smoke in winter
500
What is the bodies minimum daily requirements?
500 ml and 500 calories
Things to consider when travelling through thick brush
Wear gloves, safety glasses, watch your feet, secure loose equipment, follow a bearing
Tick removal device, vaseline for blisters, 48 hr supply of medications
basic tick removal equipment
What is a piece of drinking straw and a piece of thread?
How does one remove a tick with these 2 things?
X
What is requires medical assistance
What is V? Requires assistance
What is L L? All is well (spaced 10ft apart)
What is W? Require repairs
dissolves slowly in cold water
Iodine
Works on Giardia
Not effective against Cryptosporidium
5 things to consider if lengthier travels is required
have a means of determining a direction
have the physical stamina
must have suitable clothing
must have food, water, fuel, and shelter available and the means to make signals