by NSTP-ROTC University of Makati

1. BASIC SURVIVAL

3. Wear protective clothing in the latter case. The clothing should include shoes, hat, and gloves; long underwear is an inefficient wet suit, but far better than none.

4. Take a waterproof flashlight, a knife, a whistle, and a short line to secure yourself to whatever is available.

5. Test life jacket, stimulate circulation by breathing deeply, and drink all the water you can.

7. Enter water by ladder or line if possible.

8. If forced to jump, go feet first from lowest windward spot, protecting face with arms and avoiding debris in water.

9. Swim to windward, underwater it there are flames on surface.

11. Minimize heat loss from the head, neck, sides, and groin to extend survival time.

12. Raise as much of the body as possible out of water, wear a hat, and assume the fetal position or huddle in close, side-to-side contact with others.

14. Construct a protective canopy, hoist the best possible radar reflectors.

15. Establish command and watch system.

16. Save strength and body moisture by deliberate motions.

17. Do not eat or drink in first 24 hours.

18. Keep busy and cheerful to avoid panic.

20. Never drink either sea water or urine or mix them with fresh water.

21. Be prepared to catch rain in any available receptacle.

22. A cloth should be wetted with sea water to avoid losing rain through absorption.

23. If necessary, use splinters as hooks and make line by unraveling cloth, but keep fishing!

25. The presence of rodents , birds, and bird eggs are edible after their intestinal racts and reproductive organs have been removed.

26. Most fish and eels are edible, but avoid any that inflate or are particularly spiny.

27. Salter water fish may be eaten raw, others should be cooked.

28. Amphibian and reptile flesh, eve that of poisonous species, is edible, but should be skinned before cooking.

29. Shellfish and crustaceans are edible but should always cooked, if not taken from the ocean.

31. Avoid any unknown plant that has milky juices or an usually bitter or disagreeable.IN GENERAL, FOOD IS MORE LIKELY TO BE FOUND ALONG A SHORE OR NEAR STREAMS AND RIVERS THAN ELSEWHERE.

33. Always boil for three minutes water that comes from a doubtful source.

34. The sap of many plants is mostly water, and some desert plants collect water in their pulp or roots.

35. Many vines hold large quantities of water.

36. Some plans also collect water externally in their leaves.

37. In arid areas, signs of water are vegetation, game trails, and bird migration.

39. It will be influenced by the capacity of the environs to sustain life and by the probable degree of difficulty in reaching assistance.