All videos for the tag : help (36 videos)

  • Native American history how they got food for there hungry family, How the Native American made there fish trap, The funnel opening will have to be large enough for the fish or turtle to swim into, leave the opening facing into deeper water,They can’t get out they do circles in the trap.for survival only. Basic…

  • Ground-to-air emergency signs are well known within Rescue parties. Easy displayed by day, you need at night a special procedure for an effective deployment. I call this solution the “SURVIVOR´s RESCUE CINEMA”. The signals can be also projected on the ground, on cliff faces or in urban areas on roofs and walls. The size of…

  • A 2 mm thick wire rope can be used as emergency replacement for a climbing rope, but it is very dangerous. Try this only as a last resort, when all else fails.

  • Make Yourself Seen. Look at your gear. Evaluate each item for its potential use as a signalling tool. Identify your signalling tools and arrange them so they’re at hand on a moment’s notice. BE FLASHY You can make a highly effective visual signal to aircraft or distant rescuers with a mirror or other reflector on…

  • The bark of the wild cherry tree is a traditional Native American remedy. However, the bark still has another value: it helps you to kindle a fire. The wild cherry tree bark burns about 3 times longer, than birch bark. This is helpful if you are forced to kindle a fire under wet weather conditions,…

  • This time: Charcoal as Survival Medicine. Diarrhoea will normally develop as a result of consuming contaminated food or water. Diarrhoea is detected when the number of daily bowel movements increases by the factor of two or more, the stools being soft and watery. A small amount of charcoal slurry will settle the stomach as charcoal…

  • Improvised Camp Lantern (part two) – extremely simple.

  • The candle emergency lantern, made of a old tin can, a candle, and a bit of wire for handle, is a device that will be found to be very useful in an emergency. The whole thing was a boxed light, shining ahead like a searchlight.

  • This time: The desert cooker aka Benghazi stove. The ‘Benghazi Stove’ is an improvised cooking stove, consisting of three simple items, Dry Sand, Petrol and an Old Tin Can. The ‘Benghazi Stove’ was innovated by the “Desert Rats” in North Africa, during WW2. Partially fill the Tin can with Dry Sand and then pour either…

  • The purpose of such devices is obvious: uninvited guests should be recognised early, or be scared off. However, I show you a widely unknown device, which I have often used in the Jungle!

  • Air has a low thermal conductivity but is very mobile. There are thus two elements that are important in protecting from the cold: 1: stopping the wind from penetrating and replacing the layer of warm air close to the body; 2: setting up a layer of still air which serves as insulation, by the use…

  • Uses for an old umbrella: 4 Amazing Tricks for Woodrunners, Camper, Hunters and Recyclers: Place 4: Coat hanger, in order to dry clothing. Place 3: Wind protection for your campfire. Place 2: Rain protection for a small campfire. And the number 1 is: A Hunting blind, cheaply and just as well as a commercial but…