VOX CLAMATIS IN DESERTO

I've been mentioning newspapers how long here?

They are also relatively sterile if you use the inner pages for expedient bandages.
Chew a wad and you can form small patching materials. If you don't believe me, go talk to a paper wasp.
Rolled up you have a splint. lit, a signalling torch.struck, a short baton.
Laid out on the ground you have signalling panels.