If you are in the life raft —
Check all human physiology, if necessary, first aid.
If you have, taking seasick pills.
Vomiting, either because of seasickness, or for other reasons, will increase the possibility of dehydration.
Low try to salvage all floating equipment: supplies, lunch box, hot pot and other containers, clothes, cushions, parachutes, and any other things can help you.
Will be recovered materials on the raft, to ensure that these materials have no sharp edges, so as to avoid puncturing the raft.
If there is other life raft, then the life raft should be together, but two between the raft to within 25 feet (7.6 meters).
If you see a plane or heard the noise of the plane, life rafts shall be together.
For rescue personnel on the plane and found together in the life raft is much more easier than found scattered life raft.
Find emergency transceiver, into the operating state, have instructions on it.
Only when a friendly aircraft may occur in the area to use emergency transceiver.
Other signal device ready, make it can be fired at any time.
If in the region of the enemy, should avoid using will disturb the signal device of the enemy.
Monitor the aeration of the raft, look have a flat or may be worn.
Make sure that the main floating tank gas enrichment (very round, but not as tight as a drum).
Regularly check the inflatable life raft.
Hot air will expand, so should be hot weather to put off some air, if the weather is cool, add a bit of air should be appropriate.
Put down the sea anchor, or a thing in the life raft, such as bucket, or a roll of cloth.
Sea anchor can help you stay near the exit point, makes the search and rescue personnel are more likely to find you.
To cloth wrapped the dragging anchor rope, in order to avoid bad life raft.
Sea anchor can also help keep the life raft head toward the wind and waves.
In the stormy weather, should immediately set up the canopy and the windshield.
In the life raft of 20, will make the awning upright, as far as possible to keep the raft dry state.
All people want to sit, the heaviest man sat in the middle.
If it is in the cold weather —
When put on clothes.
If you don’t have winter coat, then try to put on more clothes.
Keep your clothes loose and comfortable.
“Be careful not to put the shoes or other sharp object through life raft.
Will repair kit where within easy reach.
Low on windshield and awning.
Low kept inside the raft to dry.
With canvas or clothes mat insulating the below.
Low and others embrace together to maintain body temperature, keep the blood circulating to proper exercise.
Excess tarps, sails, or landing wheel on the players.
If there is, will be the best ration to those uncomfortable because of the cold.
If it is in the hot weather —
When fitted with visor or awning.
Leave enough space ventilation.
Low to cover all can cover the skin, to avoid the sun.
If you have, to rub sunscreen on all exposed skin.
Behind the eyes, ears and chin at the bottom of the skin is easy to bask in the sun.
Calmly consider all aspects of your situation, and then make a decision what measures to take you and your partner to survive.
Count all the equipment, food and water, check may be damaged by sea water waterproof items, including the compass, watches, sextant, matches and lighters.
The rationing of food and water.
Tasks assigned to each person, for example, water collection, collection of food, lookout, radio operator, signals, and take the water.
Remember – collaboration and remind others – is one of the key to survival.
Log.
Record navigation system at the end of the bearing, abandon ship time, staff name and body shape
Conditions, distribution list, wind, weather and the direction of the waves, the sunrise and sunset time, and other navigation data.
If you fall into unfriendly area waters, to take special measures to prevent the was detected by the enemy, generally speaking, it is best not to move during the day, should put down the sea anchor, waiting for nightfall to paddle or sail hoisted, as far as possible in the life raft is low, the body will wear camouflage blue side outside, trying to attract the attention after a boat before, make sure the ship is friendly or neutral.
If was found by the enemy, you should immediately destroy log, radio, navigation equipment, maps,
Food and water
Access to food and water in the sea than on land would have more trouble, but you still can use part of the same method.
Food.
Most pelagic fish are available.
Make your own hook and line can be enough fish for your food.
You can use the LACES, parachute rope or draw down from the clothes line to the line.
Fish would gather in the shadow of the raft underwater, you can catch them, use them to do the bait to catch more fish.
Do a dredge to catch fish, crabs, and shrimp, etc.
In the evening, some fish, especially fish jump to raft, become your ready-made food.
In the evening, can use the flashlight on the water to attract fish.
Use a mirror to moonlight reflected to the water, also can attract fish.
Capture, cooked fish (see chapter 7).
Birds sometimes attracted to the raft, life raft is treated as a place to inhabit.
If a bird fell on the raft, wait until its wings again after completely away to catch it.
Or you can use to put the bait the hook to catch birds.
In far away from the coastal waters, it can also be found of seaweed floating on the surface of the water.
Kelp contains rich minerals, but if your stomach doesn’t adapt to seaweed, may cause severe diarrhea.
Every time can only eat small amounts of seaweed.
Water.
If the raft on the distiller, should read the instructions, and immediately set distiller.
If raft on more than a distiller, should be in accordance with the raft on personnel needs, set up the number of distiller.
With a strong rope of distiller firmly tied to the raft.
If there is water desalination tools, in still can’t use, and are in urgent need of water when use desalination tools.
You can use the rain wear to collect rainwater.
If water crystallization of florescence rain wear, cleaning should be carried out in the sea, so rain wear didn’t have a lot of salt on harm to your health.
In the evening, will rain wear tied to the parasol, make its edges up, so I can collect the dew.
When it rains, to be collected and drinking water as you can.
If the water is in short supply, economic and effective use.
Sea diseases and treatments
At sea, you may get seasick symptom or the water boils, or encounter other land will occur physical diseases, such as dehydration or sunburn.
These problems if not treated can become very dangerous.
Seasickness is due to nausea and vomiting caused by the swaying of the inflatable life phenomenon, it may lead to —
Low body moisture loss seriously, extreme fatigue.
Low lost the will to live.
When others are beginning to get seasick.
Near the low to attract sharks to the raft.
Other unknown situation.
Treating disease of seasickness —
Cleaning the patient and the raft, remove the vomit and smell.
Low let patients kept eating until nausea symptoms disappear.
“Let the patient lie down and rest.
If there is, to a patient taking an seasick pills.
Note: some survivors said, put up canopy or staring at the horizon, can overcome seasickness.
Also some people say that follow the raft to swim a little while seasickness is also helpful to treatment, but cannot be too careful when you swim.
