Survival

Question 1

Key words of Survival

Answer 1

S- SIZE UP THE SITUATION
U- USE ALL YOUR SENSES
R- REMEMBER WHERE YOU ARE
V- VANQUISH FEAR AND PANIC
I- IMPROVISE
V- VALUE LIVING
A- ACT LIKE THE NATIVES
L- LIVE BY YOUR WITS, but for now, Learn Basic Skills

Question 2

This stroke is excellent when clothed or wearing a life jacket. Although slow in speed, it requires very little energy.

Answer 2

Dog paddle

Question 3

Use this stroke to swim underwater, through oil or debris, or in rough seas. It is probably the best stroke for long-range swimming: it allows you to conserve your energy and maintain a reasonable speed.

Answer 3

Breaststroke

Question 4

It is a good relief stroke because you use only one arm to maintain momentum and buoyancy.

Answer 4

Sidestroke

Question 5

This stroke is also an excellent relief stroke. It relieves the muscles that you use for other strokes. Use it if an underwater explosion is likely.

Answer 5

Backstroke

Question 6

With it alone, you can live for ten days or longer, depending on your will to live. It moisten your lips, tongue, and throat before swallowing.

Answer 6

WATER

Question 7

(1) by boiling for at least one minute; or (2) by using water purification tablets; (3) by adding eight drops of 2 ½ percent solution of iodine to a quart (canteen full) of water and letting it stand for ten minutes before drinking.

Answer 7

Purification

Question 8

(trees that provide water) such as the buri, coconut, sugar, rattan, and nips, contain liquid. Bruise a lower frond and pull it down so the tree will “bleed” at the injury.

Answer 8

Palms

Question 9

(trees that provide water) Found in Madagascar, this tree has a cuplike sheath at the base of its leaves in which water collects.

Answer 9

Traveler’s tree

Question 10

(trees that provide water) The leaf bases and roots of this tree of western tropical Africa can provide water.

Answer 10

Umbrella tree

Question 11

(trees that provide water) This tree of the sandy plains of northern Australia and Africa collects water in its bottlelike trunk during the wet season. Frequently, you can find clear, fresh water in these

Answer 11

Baobab tree

Question 12

(trees that provide water) clear and odorless. To get the water, bend a green bamboo stalk, tie it down, and cut off the top The water will drip freely during the night. Old, cracked bamboo may contain water.

Answer 12

Green bamboo thickets

Question 13

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

Answer 13

a) Avocado

Question 14

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

Answer 14

b) Ampalaya

Question 15

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

Answer 15

c) Atis

Question 16

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

Answer 16

d) Balingbing

Question 17

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

Answer 17

e) Banana

Question 18

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

Answer 18

f) Garlic

Question 19

Leaves for diarrhea and antiseptic for wounds

Answer 19

g) Guava

Question 20

Boil roots for kidney trouble

Answer 20

h) Cacao

Question 21

Barck Cure Diarrhea

Answer 21

i) Chico

Question 22

Braks when boiled is good to cure diabetes and hemorhage

Answer 22

j) Duhat

Question 23

Fruits, barks cure hemorrhage

Answer 23

k) Granada

Question 24

Folwer for boils

Answer 24

l) Gumamela

Question 25

Seeds when boils is good eradicating parasites

Answer 25

m) Squash

Question 26

For flu

Answer 26

n) Calamansi

Question 27

for gonorrhea

Answer 27

o) Camias

Question 28

stimulants for nerves and heart

Answer 28

p) Coffee

Question 29

roots and leaves, shoots for curing kidney

Answer 29

q) Kawayan

Question 30

Bark or fruit for diarrhea

Answer 30

r) Kaimito

Question 31

Help cure peptic ulcer

Answer 31

s) Radish