[SERIOUS] Ultimate 'Life Saving' Tips People NEED TO KNOW (r/AskReddit)

serious what are some life saving tips you think people need to know and in what situation would they be used if you fall into water don't panic you don't have to be able to swim you just have to float hold your breath and let yourself Bob to the surface if someone is in trouble in the water they will absolutely kill you in mindless panic bring something with you a float a rope a towel and use that to bridge the gap between you so you can tow the person in if you must make direct contact come up from behind and slip your arm across the victims chest pull the victims back to your chest and keep his / her arms facing away from you I've been in the death grip of a fat little 8 year old and he nearly took me out if a panicked drownded us grab you do everything in your power to go down toward the bottom most will let go that's the last place they want to go recognize that even if you are both a strong swimmer and a trained rescuer you are still risking your own life if you go to the aid of a swimmer in trouble take it very seriously tried to help my brother's friend who didn't know how to swim once he was a 14 year old 6 feet 8 Nigerian jumped in the lake with a life jacket on as he drifts a bit away from the boat he starts panicking a bit so I dive in casually without a lifejacket on thinking I'll pull him over to the boat and we'll be fine nope he absolutely ducking panics climbs on top me riding my shoulders keep in mind not only is he six feet eight he has a ducking lifejacket on and keeping me from getting any air and struggling harder than I've ever struggled for what felt like 10 minutes friend Dovan and somehow separated us probably saved my life haven't been in the lake since a few survival tips for mainly the desert but also a lot of places if you are lost in the desert or a lot of places for that matter the number one thing you can carry to increase your chances of being found is a small reflective mirror anytime a plane flies overhead you can reflect light towards them and you greatly increase your chances of being found this seriously is more than carrying more water with you not that water doesn't help it's just not realistic to carry that much water on your back furthermore if you get stranded in the desert with a vehicle do not leave your vehicle to find people you are a lot harder to see than your vehicle and your car can provide shelter your car has some good reflective mirrors to signal with especially the rearview mirror finally the universal sign for needing to be rescued is waving to arms up and down if you wave only one arm to a passing plane you will not be helped or at least are less likely to be helped also because a few people have been wondering what to do if you can't use both of your arms there is another universal way to signal for help that is more versatile the way I can best describe it is free of anything quick signal three gunshots three whistle blows three flashes of a flashlight three flashes from a reflective mirror etc just make sure they are spaced widely enough at least one second and that you spend a considerable time before making your next three signals when you are making a turn across oncoming traffic keep your wheels pointing straight ahead until the opportunity comes for you to make the turn if your wheels are facing into the turn and someone hits you from behind they will push you into the oncoming traffic and dead you will go if you find yourself hurt in a public place direct your pleas to one person not to the crowd cause everyone will think that somebody else will help you it is called the bystander effect one of the reasons in CPR / first aid training they tell you to point someone out and say you call 9-1-1 do not calab jects knife glass splinter etc from a deep wound they might be sealing or slowing flow from an artery or they might cut an artery when you pull them out put pressure around such an object to slow bleeding till emergency responders take over if it's in someone's eye don't pull it out rapid to secure if possible cover both eyes to minimalize them trying to look around and cause damage a person who is drowning doesn't look like people drowning on TV when someone is drowning they rarely cry out can't wave their arms around and will often just Bob / sink at the surface for a very little while often gasping before submerging don't expect it to look like the movies when you're keeping an eye on swimmers if someone is choking but they are coughing / talking do not intervene let them cough it out the ability to cough is a sign that air is able to get in and out and that they only have a partial obstruction in their airway if you try to intervene with the Heimlich or back blows you could force it out or you could dislodge the blockage and cause a full obstruction obviously if they're not breathing or coughing then you should definitely administer back blows just remember to check in between each one in case you partially dislodge the object I live near the Gulf of Mexico at the end of one of our beaches there is a waterway with a heinous rip current there are signs everywhere in many languages warning people not to get in that water to stay off the jetty every single year people drown there because they ignore those signs I was there every day last week and each time there were tourists climbing on the wet and slippery jetty despite the signs and the obviously wild water my tip is for people to obey warning signs they are there for a reason if you think you're being followed TURN RIGHT four times since you'll get to the same place they shouldn't be following you anymore if they do you might be in trouble since it's a common warning that you shouldn't go home when you think someone is following you the smartest is to go to a police station if someone is beating you and you can't resist the best is to lie on the ground and cover your head this is usually known because it obviously protects the most important place in your body but it is also important because it will make the aggressor feel guilty and probably leave you the smartest is to go to a police station I personally wouldn't recommend this unless you don't have a you call the police while you are driving and have them pulled over I follow people for a living if you go to a police station I'm long gone before you have a chance to park EE so for the bad guys you would probably want me stopped ID'd and let the police see if I'm up to something really bad also if the person is still following you after four eye turns call the cops they are not a professional investigating you a professional would have broken off they are someone following you for not so nice reasons if you are performing CPR on someone who's stopped breathing slash heart has stopped don't stop until EMTs take the body away don't stop after two minute thinking well that didn't work CPR typically won't cause the victims heart to suddenly start and offer them to jerk awake it's mostly to force blood circulation to prevent brain death you are not forcing life into them you are preserving a corpse to keep the revival State if you are stuck in a stampede as soon as you get knocked down your chances decreased significantly if this is the case however and you can't get up immediately assume a protective posture with your feet tucked up of your hands cover in your head try to position your face in the direction the crowd is moving so you don't get kicked and try to get back on your feet ASAP if it's brown lie down if it's black fight back if it's white hair ducked forbear encounters I've met so many casual hikers in bear country with no idea there's bears in the same woods awesome if it's white good night in the US and I think some of the Western countries you can notify your Department of State that you are going overseas for free I think it is the smart traveler program this means an event of a natural disaster slash political issue etc they will know you need evacuation they also update you on the state of the country as time goes by so you don't accidentally collide with some trouble a lot of accidents happen just by being in the wrong place at the wrong time so if you are traveling it might be worth looking into if you ever get lost the first thing to do is stop moving sit down stop freaking out and think if you give in to panic and lose your head you can't screw things up so badly for yourself that help will never find you remember the rule of three starvation will kill you in three weeks thirst will kill you in three days cold will kill you in three hours lack of oxygen will kill you in three minutes panic will kill you in three seconds pay attention to your gut and natural intuition if you feel like you're in danger it's because you're in danger even if you can't quite articulate why if a person seems sketchy or threatening it's because they are intuition is finally developed by evolution and generally speaking it will only fail you when you mind duck yourself and an ayat' in order to appease an extremely modern sense of political correctness we the gift of fear by Gavin de Becker frequent pre victimization indicators displayed by predators include for steaming this is when a person implies that they have something in common with their chosen victim acting as if they have a shared predicament when that isn't really true speaking and we terms is a mark of this that is we don't need to talk outside let's go in charm and niceness this is being polite and friendly to a chosen victim in order to manipulate him or her by disarming their mistrust too many details if a person is lying they will add excessive details to make themselves sound more credible to their chosen victim typecasting an insult is used to get a chosen victim who would otherwise ignore one to engage in conversation to counteract the insult for example oh I bet you're too stuck-up to talk to a guy like me the tendency is for the chosen victim to want to prove the insult and true loan-sharking giving unsolicited help to the chosen victim and anticipating they'll feel obliged to extend some reciprocal openness in return the unsolicited promise a promise to do or not do something when no such promises asked for this usually means that such a promise will be broken for example an unsolicited I promise I'll leave you alone after this usually means that chosen victim will not be left alone similarly an unsolicited I promise I won't hurt you usually means the person intends to hurt their chosen victim discounting the word no refusing to accept rejection when walking in big-five territory if you encounter lands don't run if they come towards you growling it's to say you are too close but they will not attack you just walk away slowly and don't lose sight of them or stand your ground intelligence is your biggest weapon then shout and clap your hands and they will run away source I'm a crew the wildlife guide with more than ten encounters with wild lands in the last year seriously don't run

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Published: Mon Jul 29 2019