Civil Defense Archive-Check List for Survival

   





CHECK LIST FOR SURVIVAL 



Please answer "yes" or "no" in the spaces provided.

Your answers to these questions will indicate what you need to learn. 







First Aid





1. Do I know how to stop serious bleeding? 



2. Do I know how to give artificial respiration? 



3. Do I know the first-aid treatment for serious burns? 



4. Do I know the first-aid treatment for shock? 



5. Do I know how to give first-aid for fractures? 



6. Do I know how to transport injured persons? 



7. Do I have adequate first-aid supplies? 







Fire Fighting





8. Do I know the most recognizable home fire hazards, especially

in the wiring and heating systems ? 



9. Do I know the three things that a fire must have in order to

burn? 



10. Do I know the most common methods of putting out a fire? 



11. Do I know how to extinguish the different kinds of fires? 



12. Do I know how to make a fire-resistant solution for drapes and

curtains? 



13. Do I know what home fire-fighting equipment I need? 



14. Do I know how to improvise home tools to fight a fire? 



15. Do I know when to fight a fire and when to stop? 



16. Do I know how to cope with an incendiary bomb? 



17. Do I know how to search a burning building for missing persons?





18. Do I know the dangers involved in fire fighting? 



19. Do I know where to obtain a supply of water for emergency use?









Rescue





20. Do I know where and how to search for casualties in a damaged

building? 



21. Do I know how to shut off water, electricity, and gas in a home?





22. Do I know how to improvise rescue tools out of every day household

equipment? 



23. Do I know how to use a rope effectively to help rescue persons?





24. Do I know how to use a ladder properly to help rescue persons?





25. Do I know the dangers in searching a damaged building? 







Sanitation





26. Do I know how to provide a safe emergency supply of drinking

water? 



27. Do I know how to purify water? 



28. Do I have a safe emergency supply of food? 



29. Do I know sanitary methods of disposing of waste in an emergency?





30. Do I know how to dispose of garbage in emergency? 



31. Do I know how to dispose of trash in an emergency? 







Atomic Warfare





32. Do I recognize the air-raid warning signals? 



33. Do I know the three primary effects of an atomic explosion in

order of importance? 



34. Do I know how to protect myself from atomic blast and heat?





35. Do I know how to protect myself from radioactivity? 



36. Do I know how to keep radioactivity out of food and water? 



37. Do I know the six survival secrets for atomic attack?