Basic Survival (5) Flashcards

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  • It is the act of living in a new state of things.
  • Adapted to an environment as a result of natural selection.
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Survival

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What are the situations that cause survival?

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  • Air crashes
  • Crash landing
  • Shipwreck
  • Lost patrols
  • Units cut-off from the main body
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What are the psychological conditions to overcome in order to survive?

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  • Fear of the unknown
  • Fear of the discomfort
  • Fear of people
  • Fear of your weakness
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IN PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS

  • It will be eliminated by proper training and briefing.
  • Learn something of the geography, topography, and the climate of the area which you will operate.
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Fear of the unknown

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IN PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS

  • It will be eliminated when you know how to get water, foods and proper ways to travel thru the terrain.
  • Knowledge of medical and construction of shelter helps to overcome this condition.
  • Remember that rest is valuable than speed and you will be more comfortable if you make your way with careful planning instead of blind and exhausting efforts.
  • Always keep in mind that your country has not forgotten you.
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Fear of the discomfort

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IN PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS

  • Fear of certain races of people within the territory can be relieved by previous knowledge and some common sense.
  • Unless they have been allied with the enemy, you will have little to fear and everything to gain from the natives.
  • By knowing their customs in advance, using common sense, you will have little trouble from the natives and possibility of getting lots of assistance.
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Fear of People

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What are the deciding factors for survival?

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  • Determination to live
  • Ability to make nature works for you
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IN DECIDING FACTORS FOR SURVIVAL

  • You may suffer all the hardship and obstacles, yet you will still be alive because of your strong determination and your will to survive.
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Determination to live

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IN DECIDING FACTORS FOR SURVIVAL

  • Remember that nature and elements are actually interested in your welfare.
  • if you know how to use it for your advantage, it will always be your friend.
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Ability to make nature works for you

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KEYWORDS FOR SURVIVAL

You need to Size up the situation by considering what?

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  • Yourself
  • The area
  • The enemy
  • Undue haste makes waste
  • Remember where you are
  • Vanquish fear and panic
  • Improvise
  • Value Living
  • Remember your goal
  • Act like a Native
  • Learn Basic Skills
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IN KEYWORDS FOR SURVIVAL

  • Hope for the best but prepare for the worst
  • Recall survival training and expect it to work
  • Be confident that you can survive
  • Get to safe and comfortable place as quickly as possible
  • Once there, look things over, think and force a plan
  • Be calm. Take it easy until you know where you are heading for.
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Yourself

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IN KEYWORDS FOR SURVIVAL

Part of your fear may come from being in a strange country, therefore try to determine where you are by landmarks, compass direction or by recalling intelligence passed to you by leaders.

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The area

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IN KEYWORDS FOR SURVIVAL

Put yourself in the enemy’s shoes. Remember you know where the enemy is but he does not know where you are.

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The enemy

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IN KEYWORDS FOR SURVIVAL

  • Don’t be too eager to move. It will make you careless and impatient.
  • Don’t lose your temper. It may cause you to stop thinking when something happens. Stop. Take a breath and relax. Start over.
  • Face the fact danger does exist.
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Undue haste makes waste

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IN KEYWORDS FOR SURVIVAL

  • Fear is normal and necessary.
  • When you are injured and in pan, it is difficult to control fear. Pain sometimes turn fear into panic and causes a person to act without thinking.
  • Panic can also be caused by loneliness. It can lead to hopelessness, thought of suicide and carelessness, even capture or surrender recognizing these signs helps to overcome panic.
  • Planning your escape will keep your mind busy. Find things to watch. Remember that miracle works best for those who prepare carefully and they can do to save themselves.
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Vanquish fear and panic

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IN KEYWORDS FOR SURVIVAL

  • You can always do something to improve the situation. Figure out what you need. Take a stock of what you have, then improvise.
  • Don’t be afraid to try strange food.
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Improvise

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IN KEYWORDS FOR SURVIVAL

  • A hope and will to escape reduces your fear and make chance of survival.
  • Conserve your health and strength. Illness as injury will greatly reduce your chance of survival and escape.
  • Hunger, cold, and fatigue lower your efficiency and stamina, make you careless and increases the possibility of captured. Knowing this will mak you especially careful because you will realize that your low spirit are the result of your physical condition and not of the danger.
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Value Living

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IN KEYWORDS FOR SURVIVAL

  • Getting out alive concentrating on the time after you get out alive will help you value living now.
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Remember your goal

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IN KEYWORDS FOR SURVIVAL

  • Accept the true customs of the native. When you are in the situation, accept and adapt native behavior.
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Act like a Native

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SURVIVAL RULES ON EDIBILITY

Familiarize only!

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Generally,

  • Anything that swims, flies, creeps and crawls are edible.
  • All four-legged animals are edible.
  • Anything that birds and monkeys eat is edible.
  • All eggs are edible.
  • All larvae are edible.
  • Almost all sea leaves are edible.
  • All reptiles are edible.
  • All crustaceans and mollusks are edible.
  • Most fish you can catch in an open sea and sight of land are good to eat.
  • Eel are good to eat than sea snakes.
  • All snakes except sea snakes are edible.
  • Cook animals as soon after killing as possible.
  • Frogs, turtles, lizards, alligators and crocodiles are edibles. Toads are not edible.
  • Always remove in trails (intestines) and sex glands before cooking.
21
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It will be a primary requirement. Start looking for it immediately. An individual can get along without food for a week, but he can’t live along without this, especially in hot or in arctic areas where he will lose large quantities of water through sweating or dehydration.

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WATER

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  • Do this to after before drinking, either by (1) by boiling for at least one minute; or (2) by using water purification tablets; (3) by adding eight drops of 2 1/2 % solution of iodine to a quart (canteen full) of water and letting it stand for ten minutes before drinking.
  • Rainwater collected directly in the clean containers or in plants is generally safe to drink without doing this. Don’t drink urine or sea water – the salt contents is too high.
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Purification

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Never eat large quantities of strange food without tasting it. Prepare a cooked sample then take a mouthful chew and hold it in your mouth for five minutes. If it still taste good, go ahead and eat it. If the taste is disagreeable, don’t eat it. A burning or bitter taste is a warning or danger.

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Plants

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REMEMBER FOR PLANTS

Familiarize only!

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  • Plants eaten by birds and animals are safe.
  • Don’t eat unknown plants with milky juice or let silk contact your body skin.
  • Don’t eat unknown plants that have a disagreeable odor.
  • Non-poisonous mushroom are edible. Poisonous mushroom are very dangerous. Cooking will not destroy the poison. Poisonous mushrooms have a frill or ring around the upper part of the stem and a cup at the base into which the stem fits.
  • Don’t eat unknown plants that taste disagreeable, bitterness is a guide for danger.
  • Most roots are edible, but must be boiled thoroughly.
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COMMON MEDICAL PLANTS

Fresh leaves use for diarrhea. Boil for thirty minutes. Take a glass three times a day.

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Avocado

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COMMON MEDICAL PLANTS

Leaves, antiseptic for wounds. Cure for malaria. Boiled seed or stem. For stomach trouble. Reduce constipation.

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Ampalaya

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COMMON MEDICAL PLANTS

Leaves, bark, unripe fruits, good for diarrhea. Boil or ground fruit. For sprain, wrap leaves.

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Atis

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COMMON MEDICAL PLANTS

For gonorrhea. Rub and squeeze in opening of penis. Rub around penis.

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Balingbing

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COMMON MEDICAL PLANTS

Leaves and bark. Boil for kidney trouble. Increase urine flow. Four to five glasses daily.

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Banana

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COMMON MEDICAL PLANTS

Bulb is a cure for high blood, inflammation of peptic ulcer. Use a juice.

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Garlic

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COMMON MEDICAL PLANTS

Leaves for diarrhea and antiseptic for wounds.

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Guava

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COMMON MEDICAL PLANTS

Boil roots for kidney trouble.

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Cacao

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COMMON MEDICAL PLANTS

Barks cure for diarrhea

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Chico

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COMMON MEDICAL PLANTS

Barks when boiled is good for cure of diabetes and hemorrhage, anemia

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Duhat

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COMMON MEDICAL PLANTS

Fruits, barks cures hemorrhage

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Granada

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COMMON MEDICAL PLANTS

Flower for boils

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Gumamela

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COMMON MEDICAL PLANTS

Seeds when boil is good for eradicating parasites

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Squash

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COMMON MEDICAL PLANTS

For cold

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Calamansi

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COMMON MEDICAL PLANTS

For gonorrhea

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Camias

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COMMON MEDICAL PLANTS

Stimulants for nerves and heart

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Coffee

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COMMON MEDICAL PLANTS

Roots and leaves, shoots for curing kidney

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Kawayan

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COMMON MEDICAL PLANTS

Bark or fruit for diarrhea

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Kaimito

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COMMON MEDICAL PLANTS

Help cure peptic ulcer

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Radish

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COMMON MEDICAL PLANTS

Milky caps helps cure wound

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Jackfruit