Knots
This knot comes in variations like the granny, and the thief's knot
What is the square knot?
You should always do this before using triple antibiotic and covering a wound with a bandage.
What is clean the wound?
This is the sort of contamination you get when you cut vegetables and meat on the same cutting board without washing it first.
What is cross contamination?
These two items are part of a Scout's ten essentials. Using them, you won't go astray.
What are a map and compass?
This set of principles tells us to travel and camp on durable surfaces.
What is Leave No Trace?
This is the process of using a flame to treat the end of a rope so that it doesn't unravel.
What is fusing?
This type of bandage works great for making a sling. You can also use your Scout neckerchief as one.
What is a triangular bandage?
You use this many bins for washing dishes when you are in a camp setup.
What is three?
This is the name of the spot where the needle on your compass points. Hint (it's not True)
What is magnetic north?
We don't take shelter underneath a tree during a thunderstorm because of this danger.
What is lightning?
This hitch is useful for lashing a rope to a pole for easy removal.
What is the clove hitch?
The treatment for this includes getting someone into the shade, giving them room temperature water, using damp rags, remove any excess clothing.
What is dehydration (could also answer sun exposure or sun stroke).
Washing these regularly while cooking can help cut down on the spread of germs and bacteria.
What is your hands?
This type of map can show you elevation gain and loss as well as features like hills, valleys, and other topography.
When camping, we do NOT build one of these unless we do not have a cookstove OR unless we need a heat source for safety.
What is a campfire?
This knot is also known as the "rescue knot"
What is the bowline?
This is the first thing you check when you come up on someone who is unconscious.
What is their breathing?
You use this type of stove when hiking or backpacking in order to help reduce the weight you are carrying.
What is a backpacking or lightweight stove?
For Second Class rank you must use a map and compass while hiking this distance.
What is five miles?
This is another name for the ground cloth or ground sheet you use underneath your tent.
It's not a Scout-required knot, but this knot is one of the most useful a Scout can know.
You never one of these to stop blood loss from a wound unless it is to stop severe blood flow.
What is a tourniquet?
Scouts are not allowed to use this type of fuel UNLESS on a high altitude hike and only when properly supervised.
What is white gas?
This is how many degrees OFF magnetic north is from True North.
What is 14?
When choosing a safe campsite, you should be at least this far from a water source.
What is 200 feet?