SAS 020 – Swimming & Food

When fishing or swimming stay within your depth and watch for large waves which can knock you off your feet. If caught in undertow of a large wave, push off thebottom and swim to the surface.


SAS 020 - Swimming & Food

SAS 020 – Swimming & Food

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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 067 - Fishing
Fish contain protein, vitamins and fats. They differ widely in size, eating habits and diet, but all can be attracted and caught with appropriate bait. Angling is not the most effective method of catching fish-the night line and gill net will give better results.
SAS 035 - Edible Plants
Even some plants are poisonous. Some of the poisonous plants are Poison Sumac, Poison Oak, Poison Ivy, Jewelweed. Death Camas, Thorn-apple, Jimson Weed are poisons by ingestion. Plants like Foxglove, Monk's-hood, Hcmlock, Water Hemlock, Baneberry and Deadly Nightshade are also the Poisonous plants.
SAS 125 - Sea Survival & Signalling
How to Signal at Sea ? Use flares, dye markers and movement of any kind to attract attention at sea. If you have no signalling equipment, wave clothing or tarpauliins and churn the water if it is still. At night or in fog use a whistle to maintain contact with other survivors.
SAS 093 - Camp Tools
Camp tools that are used in the camp craft are the Stone Tools, BOne tools, the axes.
PS Family Disaster Plan (7)
Some of the Tips to survive with a family disaster plan are to Conduct a home hazard hunt by identifying the objects in the house that could be dangerous in an emergency. Take a first aid and CPR class.Have enough disaster supplies on hand. Develop an emergency communication plan. make arrangements for your pets as part of your household 
SAS 148 - First Aid & Fractures
The types of fractures that may effect are Fracture of the Hip or Upper Leg, Fracture of the knee, Fracture of the lower leg, Fracture of the Ankle or foot, Fracture of the pelvis, Fracture of the Spine and the Fracture of the Skull.
SAS 166 - Poisonous Snakes
Poisonous snakes like Fer De Lance, Bushmaster, Coral snake, have to be treated very carefully.
SAS 053 - Animal Tracking
Small animals like termites, bees, wasps and hornets, Ants, Locusts, Crickets and grasshopers, snails slugs and worms can be easily tracked and trapped for hunting purposes. 
SAS 064 - Handling the Kill
During the hunting process, Waste Nothing, make use of parts you cannot eat. Set about preparing the kill in four stages that is: Bleeding, Skinning, Gutting and Jointing.
SAS 037 - Edible Plants
Not all parts of the trees are edible. The outer bark is inedible, but the thin inner bark of certain trees can be eaten in Spring, when sap has started to flow. Peel back bark near bottom of tree or form exposed roots to reveal inner layer. Can be eaten raw, but boiling will reduce to gelatinous mass which can be roasted and ground for use as flour. Some of the poisonous trees contain irritant ...
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.
SAS 013 - Climate & Terrain
Survival can also be obtained from the Decidous Forests, The Temperate Grasslands, Mediterranean regions, Tropical Forests, Savannahs. Be guided by the constellations and travel by night without depending much on the compasses as they are very unreliable. 
SAS 141 - First Aid & Choking
Holger Nielson Method of Respiration: Use to resuscitate a drowning victim if mouth to mouth not possible. Face-down position allows liquids to flow freely from mouth without choking the patient. Lay victim face-down, head turned to one side, arms bent, forehead resting on hands. Loosen tight garments, clear mouth of weed, mud etc and ensure tongue is brought forward.
Shelter
Wigwam is a unpredictable form of the wickup, this is assembled with long, flexible posts twisted into a vault – molded schema to expand inner part space. 
SAS 140 - First Aid & Mouth to Mouth
Artificial Respiration: With any form of resucitation the first five minutes are the most critical, but if breathing does not start, keep artificial respiration up for at least an hour. In a group, take turns. Dont give up !
SAS 111 - Direction Finding
Using the stars in Direction Finding: The stars stay in the same relation to one another. Thier passage over the horizon starts 4 minutes earlier each night - a 2 hour difference over a mouth. In the northern hemisphere groups of stars remain visible throughout the night, wheeling round the only star that does not seem to move.
SAS 005 - Survival Kits & Knives
Items like Messtin, Pencil-Sized Torch, Marker Panel, Matches, Brew Kit, Food, Survival Bag makes a survival kit complete. Ideally all these items are mandatory to be on a safer side when a disaster takes place.