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==9. Contact your local Search & Rescue and ask them to speak to your club.== | ==9. Contact your local Search & Rescue and ask them to speak to your club.== | ||
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==10. Review and demonstrate the following instructions for survival and rescue.== | ==10. Review and demonstrate the following instructions for survival and rescue.== | ||
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This honor was introduced in 2013, but the patch for it is not yet available. Please do not request it from AdventSource until after the summer of 2013. | |
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1. Know three most important survival items that you can carry in your pocket.
a. Fire Starter - such as waterproof matches, lighter, flint & magnesium
b. Knife or multi-tool
c. Survival whistle
2. Research and discuss the following regarding cold weather apparel.
a. Benefits and disadvantages of clothing made of wool, polypropylene, cotton, nylon or combinations. How does each type affect the body when it is wet? What other/newer clothing materials are recommended for cold weather survival? Why?
b. Benefits of layering clothing. What clothing materials work next to your skin? On the outer levels? In-between? Why?
3. Choose from some of the items on the following list and create your own survival kit that can be carried in a Hydro-pack or Fanny-pack. Tell how each item would be useful.
- Survival Whistle
- Fire Starter
- Tinder (dryer lint, candle)
- Water
- High calorie energy bar
- Flashlight or headlamp
- Compass
- Pocket Knife / multi-tool
- Mylar Emergency Sleeping Bag
- Hand warmers
- First aid supplies
- Compact Folding Shovel
- This Honor Sheet
- Rain Poncho / Small Tarp
- Cell phone, GPS, FRS Radio
- Signal Flare
4. Discuss the hazards of hypothermia, a condition in which the body’s core temperature drops below the required temperature for normal metabolism and body functions. Body temperature is usually maintained near a constant level of 98–100 °F.
- a. MILD symptoms
- If exposed to cold and the internal mechanisms are unable to replenish the heat that is being lost, a drop in core temperature occurs. Characteristic symptoms occur such as uncontrollable shivering.
- b. MODERATE symptoms
- Surface blood vessels contract further as the body focuses its remaining resources on keeping the vital organs warm. The victim becomes pale. Lips, ears, fingers and toes may become blue.
- c. SEVERE symptoms
- Difficulty in speaking, sluggish thinking, and amnesia. Inability to use hands and stumbling are also present. The exposed skin becomes blue and puffy, muscle coordination becomes very poor, walking becomes almost impossible, and the victim exhibits incoherent/irrational behavior. Major organs fail. Clinical death occurs.
5. Discuss with your group each phrase of the following statement.
“One of the most difficult survival situations is cold weather. Cold is a far greater threat to survival than it appears. It decreases your ability to think. It weakens your will to do anything except get warm. It numbs the mind and body. It subdues the will to survive.”
6. Discuss the following:
a. Why you need calories.
b. The Buddy System and why it is important
7. Memorize the Hypothermia “Umbles” and which stage they occur in: (Mumble, Grumble, Fumble, Stumble Tumble).
8. Watch a quality video/documentary on Survival and Hypothermia
9. Contact your local Search & Rescue and ask them to speak to your club.
Remember that SAR are volunteers that give tirelessly of their time and money to training and helping people who are in trouble. Respect their time and be thankful.
