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This is first noticed when a person is shivering and cannot stop and is treated by warming the person as fast as possible. If untreated, the person may experience slurred speech, shallow breathing, weak pulse, lack of coordination, or drowsiness.
What is hypothermia?
100
Wear long pants, wash all of your clothing and boots after suspected contact, and check the area you are in thoroughly before hiking through or setting up a camp.
What are the defensive measures taken to protect against poison ivy and poison oak?
100
The goal to leave behind no trace that you used or passed through a wilderness area.
What is minimum camping impact?
100
Name three different types of maps.
What are 1) Political maps, 2) Street and road maps, 3) Statistical maps, 4) Relief maps, and 5) Orienteering maps?
100
These two programs help spread our drug-free message.
What are Red Ribbon Week and our Red Cord Initiative?
200
This happens when soft tissues such as your fingers and toes begin to freeze, the best treatment is slowly rewarming the area. If left untreated the following conditions may appear: cold skin and a prickling sensation in the affected area, numbness, or red, white, bluish-white, or grayish-yellow skin.
What is frostbite?
200
Steer clear of any nests, always use insect repellant, wear protective clothing, tuck pants into your boots, and avoid dark colored clothing.
What are the defensive measures taken to protect against insects?
200
If you are walking in this area, take a slightly different route than the person in front of you so you do not make a permanent trail.
What is a pristine area?
200
Place is in a clear, plastic cover, avoid opening it fully in a strong wind to prevent tearing, only use pencil to mark it and erase all markings when finished, and store it in a dry place rolled, folded, or laid flat.
What are ways to care for a map?
200
The death of this DEA Special Agent, who gave his life fighting against drugs and drug-trafficking and was killed in Mexico in 1985, is the reason the National Red Ribbon Campaign began.
Who is DEA Special Agent Enrique “KiKi” Camarena?
300
Always be sure to wear the proper clothing to keep yourself covered and cool, drink plenty of water, and be aware of the signs your body is sending you.
What are ways to protect against heat exhaustion and heat stroke?
300
If bitten, DO NOT pull it out, instead alert an adult who will help you to remove it using tweezers and sterile supplies.
What is a tick bite?
300
When cooking, avoid dropping this on the ground in your cooking area, when cooled, you should evenly distribute across the ground away from the cooking area and campsite.
What is wastewater?
300
1:50,000 and 1:250,000
What are two scales used on topographical maps?
300
The dates of Red Ribbon Week.
What is October 23-31?
400
Symptoms include extreme thirst, headache or dizziness, and dark-colored urine.
What is dehydration?
400
Be sure to wash the exposed area with a lot of warm water and soap within twenty to thirty minutes of exposure to melt the oily resin from your skin.
What do you do if you come in contact with poison ivy or poison oak?
400
In the field, if your group has more than twelve people, you should dig a hole that is about four feet long, two feet wide, and four feet deep (4'x2'x4') for human waste.
What is a field latrine?
400
A map scale that means one centimeter (cm) on the map equals 50,000 centimeters (cm) on the ground.
What is a map scale of 1:50,000?
400
The Young Marines participate in this Week to spread awareness for the dangers of drugs to ourselves and our communities.
What is Red Ribbon Week?
500
Get out of any water immediately, avoid hilltops or open fields, stay away from tall trees, and try to find an enclosed shelter.
What are methods to help avoid being struck by lightning?
500
Monitor the area closely over the next few weeks looking for a red, bullseye rash. This could signify you have contracted an infection and need to seek medical attention immediately.
What do you do if bitten by a tick?
500
This is the distance restrictions from ground water sources on latrines (yards) AND washing sites (feet).
What is at least 100 yards for latrines and 200 feet for washing sites from a ground water source?
500
What is a Topographical Map?
500
These are made of red 550 paracord, red represents the red ribbons used by the Camarena Club to remember and honor Enrique “Kiki” Camarena and the 550 paracord shows our connection to the military and our core values of leadership, teamwork, and discipline.
What are the red cord initiative bracelets?