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if you're standing up it can cause your lungs eardrums and other organs to explode what are some life saving tips you think people need to know and in what situation would they be used do not pull objects knifes glass splinter etcetera 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 tell emergency responders take over if it's in someone's eye don't pull it out wrap it to secure if possible cover both eyes to minimalize them trying to look around and cause damage 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 or her arms facing away from you if a panic drowner does 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 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 the men you greatly increase your chances of being found this seriously is more important 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 rear-view mirror people die all the time doing this often found only mere miles from their car finally the universal sign for needing to be rescued is waving two 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 as three 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 there have been many deaths that could have been prevented have this advice been followed when you're 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 I had someone die in my city several months ago for this very thing sitting waiting to turn left with the wheels already turned gets rear-ended by another possibly DUI driver pushed right into the path of an oncoming movers truck 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 or sink at the surface for a very little while often gasping before submerging to expand they will be vertical in the water head back mouth open you have around thirty Seconds to get them out before the average person goes under at this point it is usually a silent process if you are at a pool and it gets quiet get alert five stages of drowning one surprise two involuntary breath holding three unconsciousness four EPOXI convulsions this is where you see the blue lips and white foam five death if someone is choking but they are coughing or 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 add Minister back blows just remember to check in between each one in case you partially dislodged 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 on 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 if you're 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 in your hands covering 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 as soon as possible if you see someone wearing a motorcycle helmet have an accident do not pull their helmet off for any reason by all means loosen the chinstrap but leave the helmet on and let the paramedics or doctors deal with it you don't know what that helmet is holding together same thing with children and car seats if you're in an accident do not take children out of their car seat no matter how much they're crying in the US and I think some other 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 or political issue 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're traveling it might be worth looking into if you're performing CPR on someone who's stopped breathing and whose heart has stopped don't stop until EMTs take the body away don't stop after two minutes thinking well that didn't work CPR typically won't cause the victims hard to suddenly start and or for them to jerk awake it's mostly to force blood circulation to prevent brain death you're not forcing life into them you're preserving a corpse to keep a revival state if you get caught in a rip current swim horizontally or parallel to the shore at the fastest speed you can comfortably maintain don't worry that you're going further out eventually you will be out of the current and can slowly head back inland try to swim against it and you'll just tire yourself until you drown also one of the ways to identify a rip current is to look out for gaps between the waves the khamar gap between waves may look safer for you to play without worry about waves washing over your head or overtaking little to me but a small patch of calm water and an otherwise choppy sea is often a rip current death from a rip current is completely avoidable 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 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 nuclear warfare is a serious threat that hasn't been mentioned yet the following was common knowledge during the Cold War era but most people my age don't know what to do in a nuclear disaster in a nuclear explosion most of the damage and death is caused by the shockwave the blast creates not the fireball which has a comparatively small radius one day you may find yourself outside or looking out a window to see an extremely bright flash as bright as if you were staring straight at the Sun do not attempt to locate the source of the flash you have maybe eight to ten seconds to respond if you are far enough away from the fireball lay facedown on the ground put your thumbs in your ears and fingers over your eyes breathe through your teeth since you're laying face down the shock wave will mostly pass over you if you're standing up it can cause your lungs eardrums and other organs to explode once the shock wave passes over you you need to find shelter immediately I said before that most death from the explosion is caused by the shock wave well far more death is subsequently caused by nuclear fallout after the blast do not attempt to travel anywhere just get underground if you're next to a complete strangers house or a business don't hesitate to go inside and hide out under as much concrete and steel as possible you need to remain in this location for the next 48 hours this is critical even if you survive the blast if you attempt to go home and spend just 20 minutes outside traveling you will more than likely die of radiation sickness radioactive material after a blast decays exponentially and you will be safe to try and find your loved ones after 48 hours if you don't wait this out you definitely won't be a life to find them when you're ready you need to leave the city and get as far from the fallout as you can if I'm having a seizure don't move me wake me or try to stick a spoon in my mouth instead start timing it move things out my way and ring an ambulance if it's the person's first seizure or you don't know them this doesn't apply for me as I have them so often only if I go blue or it's over five minutes if you know someone with epilepsy ask them what to do in their case when someone comes around from a seizure they are usually confused and dazed they may have memory loss and not be sure where they are or who you are it's okay to say you had a seizure but everything is okay I'm such-and-such your friend / husband / random stranger and you're here at next place 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 lie to yourself and deny it in order to appease an extremely modern sense of political correctness read 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 ie 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 untrue 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 promise is 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 the 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 lions don't run if they come towards you growling its 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 n shout and clap your hands and they will run away source M Kruger wildlife guide with more than ten encounters with wild lions in the last year seriously don't run tips for cold weather dress in layers holds heat and better stay dry protect your feet hands and face if you plan on going long distances have a plan to move on top of the snow and let people know where you are going never go on ice unless it is at least 4 inches thick 6 inches if you have a snow mode eight inches for a small car 12 inches for medium trucks clear ice is stronger than snow ice always watch for signs of frostbite and hypothermia never talk to the police without a lawyer just give your name address and Dobb otherwise don't say a word it might not keep your heart from stopping but nothing ruins a life faster than prison even a conviction can stop you from getting work or being able to travel being innocent absolutely doesn't mean you won't be arrested too if a service dog comes to you for attention immediately locate their owner they could be using a last-ditch effort to get help a few months ago when I was on a delivery for work I was stopped by a dog who ran out in the middle of the road residential I got out and tried to move the dog but it followed me all the way to the door of my delivery once I was done I checked the dogs tag to bring it home and I noticed he had all kinds of medical tags after I realized what the dog was trying to do I ran towards the correct address and the dog led me through a screen door on the porch his owner was passed out on the floor and i called 9-1-1 the individual had a phone brought by the dog by its head and a bag of medications by his side the dog had done everything it was trained to do but the person had passed out before it could do anything the ambulance came got his pulse back and took him to the hospital I don't know if he ended up surviving but if I hadn't checked the dog's tags and realized it was a medical animal I wouldn't have hurried blatantly invite myself in his house and ultimately get him to a point of survival if your car breaks down in a remote area cut off from civilization stay with it to draw attention burn a tire during daylight somebody is likely to see the thick black smoke if you are in a bad situation your car does not matter anymore it is just a thing if you are freezing then rip up your car seats and wrap the foam around your feet and hands rip off your rear view mirror so you can signal rescuers look behind you every so often when you're hiking if you think you're being watched chances are you probably are have been for quite a while bring a mirror as well if you turn around you ruin the L surprise for any hungry predators and they'll likely scurry away or at least give you time to escape edited to say that if you turn around and do see something start making as much noise as you can don't stay quiet and do not for the love of God turn back around if you think it's gone back away slowly for as long as you can if you're outside in a lightning storm and your hair starts floating seek immediate shelter you're about to be struck by lightning if immediate within 15 seconds of movement shelter is not available put both your feet together squat down on the balls of your feet and grab your ankles if you're struck this will give the lightning a direct path down to the ground and hopefully minimize damage thanks for listening to Radio TTS hit the subscribe button and activate the notification bell for more life-saving videos click the right box for the FAQs playlist find the link for the book the gift of fear by Gavin de Becker in the video description below 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Published: Thu May 07 2020