ScoutingOctober 2001


FAMILY FUN PAGE
BE PREPARED
PREPARATION IS KEY TO BEING READY FOR SURVIVAL EMERGENCIES.
THIS PUZZLE WILL TEST YOUR SURVIVAL KNOWLEDGE.
  1. IF LOST, YOU SHOULD "STOP"—STAY, THINK, , AND PLAN.
  2. IF DEPRIVED OF IT, YOU CAN LIVE JUST A FEW MINUTES.
  3. DO THIS TO MASTER SURVIVAL SKILLS.
  4. YOU CAN LIVE ONLY THREE DAYS WITHOUT IT.
  5. YOUR BODY NEEDS THIS TO EXTEND YOUR SURVIVAL TIME.
  6. IF YOU CAN INFLATE THESE, YOU MIGHT SAVE YOUR LIFE.
  7. USE THESE TO ATTRACT ATTENTION.
  8. THIS CAN LIFT YOUR MORALE AND GIVE YOU LIGHT.
  9. IN EXTREME CONDITIONS, YOU'LL LAST ABOUT THREE HOURS WITHOUT IT.
  10. YOU CAN LIVE THREE OR MORE WEEKS WITHOUT IT.
SURVIVAL EMERGENCIES
TEMPERATURE EXTREMES MAKE THE FALL A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS TIME OF YEAR FOR SURVIVAL EMERGENCIES. SEE IF YOU CAN IDENTIFY THE FOLLOWING MEDICAL EMERGENCIES:

1. MIKE WAS RUNNING A MARATHON IN LOS ANGELES IN OCTOBER. HALFWAY THROUGH THE COURSE, HIS PULSE QUICKENED, HIS BREATHING BECAME NOISY, AND HE STOPPED SWEATING. WHAT CONDITION WAS AFFLICTING MIKE?

2. ONE LATE SEPTEMBER AFTERNOON, JOHN WENT SAILING OFF NEW YORK'S LONG ISLAND. AT SUNSET, AS HE TURNED THE BOAT TOWARD SHORE, A STRONG GUST OF WIND THREW HIM INTO THE WATER AND AWAY FROM HIS BOAT. AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME IN THE WATER, HE BECAME CONFUSED, ANXIOUS, AND FATIGUED. WHAT WAS JOHN SUFFERING FROM?

3. CHRIS WAS IN ARMY BASIC TRAINING IN GEORGIA IN EARLY NOVEMBER. ABOUT ONE-THIRD OF THE WAY INTO A FIVE-MILE MARCH, HE DEVELOPED A HEADACHE AND BODY ACHES. CHRIS BECAME CONFUSED AND WAS UNABLE TO FOLLOW THE COURSE. WHAT MEDICAL CONDITION WAS AFFECTING HIM?

SIGNAL MATCH
FROM THE ASSORTED SYMBOLS BELOW, MATCH THE FIVE
THAT ARE ACTUAL EMERGENCY GROUND SYMBOLS.
YES OR AFFIRMATIVE
REQUIRE ASSISTANCE
NO OR NEGATIVE
REQUIRE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
PROCEEDING IN THIS DIRECTION

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