I don't keep "survival instructions" in my kit per se. I prefer to stick a copy of the Gem edition of the SAS Survival Guide in my shirt pocket. The Sierra Club also has a very thin (< 0.5") book on wilderness survival, but I don't like it as much; I have a copy in my Backpack Survival Kit.) I also have a Space Blanket which has survival instructions printed on one complete side (black print on survival orange background).<br><br>If I were going to include survival instructions in a PSK, I'd want them to be extremely basic, because they'd be intended for use by my companions in the event I was incapacitated.<br><br>For first aid, if they don't know AR & CPR, there's no way they're going to learn it off a 5x7 sheet of paper. My recommendation for "First Aid for Dummies" would be:<br><br>1. Don't move a casualty unless you absolutely have to.<br>2. Apply direct pressure until bleeding stops.<br>3. If not breathing, tilt head gently back.<br>4. If this doesn't work, and you don't know what to do next, they're dead. Deal with it.<br><br>(Okay, I'd probably leave off the last one. ;-)<br><br>My advice on building a fire would be even simpler:<br><br>"DON'T WASTE MATCHES! There aren't any more."<br><br>If I had a radio, I'd want to provide a list of emergency frequencies and some basic instructions on how to operate it. <br><br>I'm not saying your advice isn't good, but ISTM for the people who need it, it's too late; and for the people who don't need it, it's a waste of paper that they could use for something else.
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