Packing a few pages from a Survival book in your kit?

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psy-ops

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Most of us don't need a whole book. So I just keep a few pages. The essential ones for me.

I even gave some family members a small essential skills of sorts, along with a small kit for christmas.

What pages would you carry with you on a daily basis?

My weakness at remembering; the CPR drill, A few knots and orientation stuff.
I also keep a notebook of plant usages.
 
Ive been thinking about making some sort of pocket field guide myself. No sense in carrying an entire book, since usually half of them is about preparations, or stuff you might need in an entirely different kind of environment. Just the basics, and stuff that would be hard to remember during an emergency.
 
attej said:
Ive been thinking about making some sort of pocket field guide myself. No sense in carrying an entire book, since usually half of them is about preparations, or stuff you might need in an entirely different kind of environment. Just the basics, and stuff that would be hard to remember during an emergency.
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I have had a similar thought.
Maybe it would make a good forum project to put together a few pages or cards to be included in a survival kit. :D:D
There seem to be few, if any, good information cards with the right information included.
I would be willing to have them produced and laminated.:thumbup:
Anyone else interested in this project?
Ira
 
I think every one would have to be personalized. Since everyone has different skills. For instance, an EMT would have little need for a CPR reminder. They can do that in their sleep. Or someone else who practices in wild plant ID they would not need to know that info. Also you get into regional issues as well.
 
psy-ops said:
I think every one would have to be personalized.
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This is a good point. However, if we put the information together in an electronic document, everyone could choose the sections that they wanted on their personal card or sheet.
I would be willing to put it together and then just charge people the cost of lamination for their own personal sheet.
Ira
 
This is a brilliant idea! This has been on my To Do List, but I haven't gotten around to doing it yet I carry the Gems version of the SAS Survival Guide in my survival fanny pack, but having some basic survival info in card format to throw into all my little kits would be fantastic. I have a small Rite in the Rain notebook that I have some info written in in areas that I'm weakest in or benefit from drawings in, but something colored, maybe with photos and laminated would be so much better!

You could do individual double sided cards with basic info (which could range from survival, to emergency prep to first aid, to the sky's the limit) such as: plant ID by region, shelter contruction in winter and summer, land nav, fire building, traps and trapping, survival fishing, firemaking, CPR, first aid, trauma card, 72-hour kits/BOBs list, first aid kit list, what to do during an: earthquake, tornado, tsunami, zombie attack, hurricane, etc., preferrably in color and color photos for plant ID. This could be a side business by itself!



Wallet CPR Cards:
http://www.dbw.ca.gov/Pubs/Cpr/INDEX.HTM
http://www.riverconnection.com/cpr-crib-card-pocket-size-p-85.html

CPR and other first aid cards:
http://safety-identification-products.com/cpr-information-card.html

Pretty decent Basic Life Support Card:
http://www.survivalcard.com/product_info.php?products_id=3918&osCsid=b0eda0c5289dc0f80c7548a8aaecd7bc

Great multi-purpose Survial Playing Cards, but have almost NO illustrations. Much bigger than a flat card, but lots of info. This is in my BOB:
http://www.preparedness.com/wisuplcawi52.html

Really basic survival card set that tries to do it all, but fails. Better than nothing and it includes a fresnel lens:
http://www.cutleryshoppe.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=6573

I have these and they're not bad, but could be updated:
http://www.basegear.com/survivalcards.html

Don't have this survival card deck, but the ones I looked at were lacking:
http://www.safetycentral.com/surdecofcar.html

Edible and Poisonous Plants card deck:
http://www.safetycentral.com/edandpoispla.html

Edible Plants Deck:
http://www.safetycentral.com/wilcaredwilp.html

Playing cards you could probably kill someone with, thus making them multi-purpose:
http://www.iwantoneofthose.com/stainless-steel-cards/index.html;jsessionid=KYgF7NlxPHTNCczW3TGx0g**
 
Sharp Eye said:
Anyone else interested in this project?
Ira
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I'd be in for helping with a project like this for sure. Lemme know what would need helping with. Be nice to have a compact reference of shelter types, plant ID to region, Fire materials..etc.

One thing I do carry now is the miniature SAS survival guide. If ya havent seen the small one its a nice little size and fits fine in a waistpack with other kit.

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I think the Mini SAS book is great I have a copy in my BOB,+ the Ritter kit comes with Basic info survival sheet that is waterproof as well,but some of my other books have great info,I just photocopy and laminate and make it double sided.
 
Honestly, if I did this, I'd probably have several pictures of traps and spears from this forum. Myal and Coote have put out some great stuff, IMHO. They are just a couple of contributors, out of many, off the top of my head who have submitted some real gold, and I could do worse than to have a few images from those guys in my PSK or BOB. No offense to Wiseman, Mears, and Kochansky fans, but I think Coote could catch all three of those guys in one of his live-traps and Myal could cut them out with a sharpened 10d nail.;)
 
Definitely recommend the inclusion of some backup material:thumbup:; whether you yourself experience some sort of trauma, shock, sickness whatever to impede your normal function, or if you or someone else is stuck in a bad situation and could really use a pointer right then. Can your partner start a fire and build a shelter, while you're down and out? Sometimes it's even just nice to have a checklist, even if everything is at the top of my head.
Space/weight is a non-issue, and no reason to forget that knowledge is power.;)

I tried something similar myself. A few months back, I started putting together what I intended to be a one page handout to throw in my bag, or to give to friends and family, regarding the basics of wilderness preparedness. Pamphlet ended up being two parts; first assuming a small kit prepared of household items such as lighters, trashbags, etc, directed towards the casual outdoorsman, and the second pamphlet focussed on primitive skills such as debris hut and bow-drill, etc. as a companion for a backwood bushcrafter.
Unfortunately, since I tried to cram everything into a single page, it is in dense notation. So much so, that everyone I've offered it to, stopped reading it almost immediately, as it wasn't in prose or bullet format. In my defense, they were offered because of their general lack of interest in outdoor preparedness!:o:foot::D

I had never seen Ritter's print-out before, til now, and it looks great!:thumbup: I'll still truck along my dilapidated attempt since it can at least serve as tinder, but I'll definitely be printing out that pdf for carry. Looks clear, concise, and with some diagrams; I think I'll print a few extra to hand out next time I go hiking/camping with folk.
Thanks for the link, Akabu!:thumbup:
 
Sharpeye, if the info can put it in an electronic format that would allow one to down load a page that is pertinent to one's needs. I guess one could search this forum and copy and paste a section they needed. I am sure some already do this.
 
This is a great idea thanks for starting this thread psy-ops. I dont have much I can contribute but I sure will try to use the information that other members post.
 
I tell you what frustrates me. THe SAS handbook used to come as a flickbook. They stopped making it. It would be perfect for this.

TF
 
Edible plants for the area I am traveling in. I know most of them in the eastern US but would need help in the south, desert southwest and far west.
 
yes so do I. Waterproof, compact and the info is on both sides. Mine ride's in my day pack, check the screw/pin as some times it gets loose.
 
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