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if you've been buried alive pull your shirt over your head you don't want to be swallowing dirt what knowledge might save your life one day don't ever stop performing CPR on a person until the EMTs take their body away CPR doesn't wake up a person it's to force blood to their brain to prevent brain death so that the EMTs can revive that person polar bears have insane ADHD if one is chasing you intermittently drop clothing items like a hat or gloves it will stop to sniff them normal prey animals don't shed whole pieces of themselves the bear will be perplexed if you call 9-1-1 always say where the problem is first followed by the problem if you happen to get cut off before you can say what the problem is at least the dispatcher has a location to send an officer to check it out and advise if more police or fire is needed example operator where is your emergency you help I am being stabbed disconnect versus operator where is your emergency you 742 Evergreen Terrace help I am disconnect location location location if someone threatens you with a gun or something and they want to move you to another location your chance of dying goes up considerably if you agree to relocate my father was an assistant DA who worked with homicide he gave me this advice over and over years later someone climbed in my car and threatens me with a gun told me to drive and I said no I took the keys out and threw them it wasn't a conscious decision my dad had just hammered his advice never get taken to another location in so hard that it switched on the guy gets out without saying a word and runs what I did was very stupid while you should never allow yourself to be relocated aggravating an armed assailant rarely goes well throwing my keys was a very risky move my dad also taught me to handover valuables first I was very lucky the guy didn't kill me criminals who commit reckless crimes like this are rarely rational and many end up in jail over shooting someone over nothing they don't always act in their own self-interests drugs are also often involved I should have handed over my wallet and keys not throw them and then try to escape after telling my dad what happened he was angrier than I've ever seen him because he's seen people get killed for being done like throwing keys never agree to be taken to another location and never try to agitate your attacker give him your wallet and keys and refuse to go along firefighter training if there is a fire crawl out of the building do not stand up to run one or two breaths of smoke are enough to do major damage and require hospitalization if you get out at all it may be warm where you are crawling but standing up can cook your skin and your lungs the smoke at high level can be more than 600 degrees Celsius 1200 degrees Fahrenheit if you can't see and don't know the room layout crawl with your feet and legs in front of you sliding on your butt do not crawl face-first or you may take a dive down a staircase in the confusion if you can't do a pull-up you probably won't have the strength to pull yourself up off a Ledge the instinct of wolfs will only cause them to attack or hunt you if they can intimidate you into fleeing from them standing your ground against a Wolfpack will be terrifying but will eventually cause them to bugger off Tigers as well don't turn your eyes away from a tiger there is a story of a boy that had to walk backwards for three hours back to his village being stalked by a tiger the cost/benefit of a prey animal even slightly hurting a tiger is not worth it it could mean a death sentence in the wild that water you're about to dive into might not be as deep as you think always just step in and swim down to check for death then jump my dad told me a story about a group of guys he knew from school after graduation they all went up to someone's lake house and one guy decided to dive off the dock as soon as they got there the water was shallow that year and when he dove in he broke his neck and died on impact if someone is trying to abduct you fight back most abductors will just give up if they meet resistance and whatever you do don't let them take you to another location this works with most animals to always fight back and be crazier and they often will leave you alone a lot of animals like sharks or Hawks if you look them dead in the eye and show you or dominant they will go away I hike in an area with lots of hawks and when they circle me I just look straight at them and they fly away if the tide suddenly goes out unexpectedly run like you stole it for higher ground I read about a 10 year old English girl who had just learned this before going on vacation with her family to Thailand then the big tsunami that killed a few hundred thousand came she saw the water retreat and the other tourists walk out on the exposed sea floor she freaked out and convinced everybody to run for higher ground a lot of people were saved by a little girl who had paid attention in school they later brought a lot of flowers to the teacher if you are ever bitten by a bat raccoon Fox skunk stray cat or even a dog go directly to the hospital there is no cure for rabies once it is fully on set if you're ever charged by a moose get behind a tree they have about a 10 inch blind spot and they'll lose you that's what ski patrol would always say when there were an increase in moose sightings on the mountain they tell you to stay out of the trees when skiing unless a moose is running at you then find trees because unless you've got a steep hill or are already up to speed the Moose is probably faster than you think when people say to take an aspirin to help during a heart attack chew the pill don't swallow it whole it gets absorbed much quicker if a person asks you for something in the street alight the time whatever always keep the person in your eyeline so if they ask for the time don't just look down at your watch raise your arm slightly so your watches in sight I was told this years ago at a self-defense thing at a corporate retreat type of event and I wondered if it was ever going to be useful or just something to Pat out the teacher session then a decade later I was on the street late at night on my way home and someone approached me and asked for the time I did this told him the time and he just kind of stood there then he started asking some weird clearly improvised question about how he was looking for his friend's house and he was sure it was on that street and he had a yellow car similar to the one behind me I didn't look back but just said yeah yellow Ahad he pointed directly behind me I said yeah the yellow car I saw it as I walked by so he paused for a second looking like that meme of the woman with the equations around her head then just yelled Oh fu and stormed off it was only afterwards I realized that I think he wanted me to look away so he could slug me but he wasn't prepared to attack someone that was looking right at him always leave your itinerary with someone if you meet strangers or potential bad people on the road always let them know that you are in touch with friends and family and that they know exactly where you are you become less attractive as a victim always let strangers know that you have a destination and are expected at a particular time too if you've been buried alive in a standard coffin stay calm if you are alive you haven't been buried that long also the dirt above you hasn't set yet most coffins are not build to last once buried and as a result of weak sighting so here is what you do pull your shirt over your head you don't want to be swallowing dirt position yourself so you are as sideways in the coffin as possible with hands and feet pushing on the long sides push you should be able to blow out one of the walls start crawling up do not panic you may not find a grip immediately keep going until you make it out if someone gets stabbed do not take the knife out if possible if it stays in it acts as a plug to the hole and will reduce blood loss apply pressure around the wound as best as you can and call an ambulance know how to spot a stroke an easy way to remember is the acronym FAS t face is one side of your face droopy can you fully smile arms can you hold your arms out straight speech are you unintentionally slurring your words time call an ambulance right away time is of the essence if you're unsure about the movement of a tornado put a straight object such as a tree or a streetlight in between you and the tornado it'll make it way easier to see which way the tornado is moving if the tornado appears to not be moving it's coming right at you if you smell something close to fish or even urine it's possible you may have an electrical fire electrical fires tend to smell fish and when exposed to high heat urine or maybe your cat had a snack and decided to pee on the carpet and if you smell rotten eggs its natural gas get out immediately and call 9-1-1 if you have to get out of a moving car then put one foot down and take a step don't just jump out this will reduce your speed immensely sure you will fall over but at a much reduced speed a stuntman told me this I had to leave a moving car that was going about 40 miles per hour when I was pregnant I had a medium sized person to pillow the man driving the car had said he was going to kill us both if he couldn't have me and was going in and out of oncoming traffic I grabbed my bag and pillow and held the pillow across my stomach and opened the door and thought if I go like a rag doll except my arm holding my stomach and my other arm with my purse covered in my face but everything else I tried to relax I stepped out and let myself fall and roll it was amazing I ended up with just a handful of bruises and scrapes and I was fine and my daughter is 14 now we made it what won't kill you in Australia the wildlife what will kill you getting lost in the outback if you're lost and out of fuel stay with your vehicle move as little as possible during the day and stay in the shade conserve water rip off wing mirrors to shine at any search planes you can drink your urine approximately 1 to 3 times before your kidneys start to pack it in this is absolute last resort EMT here if you're ever choking on food in a public venue do not go to the restroom to avoid causing a scene almost every death I've seen from people choking are found unconscious in a bathroom stall because they were too polite to seek help if you've been carjacked and the carjacker tells you to just drive take whatever chance you get to wreck at minimum you're getting emergency services involved meeting it's more likely they'll be caught and there's a chance you'll incapacitate or even kill the carjacker of course there's also a chance that you might not survive but if they're taking you to a second location odds are you weren't going to come back anyway if you're alone and start choking with nobody around to give you the Heimlich you can give yourself the Heimlich by using the back of a chair or similar objects like the sidearm of a couch or whatever forcefully through your stomach over the back of the chair a few times try to mimic the motion of the Heimlich pushing above the belly button then up kind of like a J motion if you fall into cold open water resist the urge to swim and try to float until the onset of panic subsides once you have your breathing under control you can then start to swim to safety by doing this you will not hyperventilate and avoid potentially drowning if your car is going underwater an electronic roll down button will work regardless of the water pressure outside the car but a manual handle is much more difficult you also won't be able to open the door it's better to have something in the glovebox like an ice scraper to break the glass with Mythbusters did a whole thing on it a friend who grew up in a rough neighborhood taught me this one if you're on a bus and robbers get on you have a chance of not having your stuff taken or being bothered at all if you pretend to be asleep for all that it's scary for the passengers when one or two people with guns climb out of us it's also stressful as hell for the robbers they have to keep their eyes on a lot of people at once to prevent anyone from calling the police prevent the driver from signalling distress somehow and prevent all passengers from reacting in dangerous ways if you're asleep that's one person less for a robber to manage so they may not bother to wake you up and have another wild card to deal with just to get your phone and wallet if you are in danger or in need of help in a public place it's almost always a bad idea to just yell help it's more important to be specific pointing at someone and telling them to call 911 more effective the bystander effect can be a real problem sometimes thanks for listening to radio TTS please be aware that I cannot guarantee that all of these tips work better do some of your own research to 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Published: Sun Aug 04 2019