



   Civil Defense Archive-Check List for Survival

   





CHECK LIST FOR SURVIVAL 



Please answer &quot;yes&quot; or &quot;no&quot; 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? 















