Unit 1 Survival Manuals
1.1 Lifeboat survival manual (Part I)
As a main guide for this unit, you will have to read the whole manual you'll find below.
/ Reading and understanding a MANUAL
To start with, you should read the first part of the manual on your own (pages 1-11), with the help of a glossary which includes the main terms of the text that you may not understand or know.
/ Glossary of useful terms (Part I)Activity 1
After the reading activity, you will practise some vocabulary about the body and health. The first box with basic links isn't compulsory. They are highly recommended for students with a lower level of English or problems in basic skills.
/ Basic vocabulary about body and health/ Basic reading about health
/ Health problems
/ Body diagram
/ The body and anatomy
/ Common injuries
/ Accidents and emergencies
Activity 2
Now, fill in the blanks with a suitable verb from the text (some of them included in the glossary):
- To ______the survival procedures in this manual, you will need to _____ fit and mentally alert.
- Be aware of the need to ______unnecessary exertion.
- Is the patient ______? Is the heart ______?
- Anti-seasickness tablets ______be ______to all survivors.
- ______directly into their lungs and watch for the chest to ______.
- An unconscious casualty should be ______in the coma or recovery position.
- Do not ______in an attempt to warm the casualty.
- Frostbite occurs if skin is ______to cold wind.
HIGHLIGHTS
The importance of lifeboat survival manuals
Perhaps the most difficult survival situation to be in is sea survival. Short- or long-term survival depends upon rations and equipment available and your ingenuity. You must be resourceful to survive.
1.2 Lifeboat survival manual (Part II)
The second part of the manual (pages 11-20) should be read without any glossary. You must be able to use different sources to understand the text and create your own personal glossary.
Here's a list of some useful sources to understand all the terms.
/ Word Reference/ Cercaterm
Activity 3
After reading the second part, do your own glossary and answer the following questions:
- Can injured people eat extra rations or water?
- Why isn't it possible to eat fish or sea birds if you don't have plenty supply of water?
- What is the main thing you must remember when being rescued by helicopter?
- What are the qualities needed to survive in case of abandonment?
- Which item of the following is not included in the life boat equiment list?A whistle, a first aid kit, two portable fire extinguishers, four parachute red rockets, extra clothing, engine tools and one sea anchor.
Activity 4
Write a list in your notes with the immediate actions to be taken.
Activity 5
Vocabulary. Look carefully at the following picture and name the different objects that are labelled.
/ Liferaft equipment/ Liferaft equipment (Vocabulary help)
TO KNOW MORE
A great tool to learn new words and speacialised terms is the reading of “paralel texts” either in Spanish or English, where you can find the explanations and translations of the terms mentioned in the manual you've read.
MP01-Emercency situations/ Unit1