This Unusual Fact Could Save Your Life (r/Askreddit)

what is a fact that could possibly save your life if you have a cut that gets infected and see a streak of red going up from it go to the doctor immediately it is a sign of serious infection that can lead to sepsis a girl in my middle school pointed out the girl sitting in front of me and started yelling that she needed to go to a hospital right away the girl had what looked like a red purple tree roots or two coming out of her sock and yucca calf turns out she was right and it was some kind of blood infection I was really confused at the time but never forgot it that stuff is no joke if you encounter a mountain lion do not turn your back on it walk backwards cats are ambush predators they don't want to fight you head-on and will wait for you to turn around to attack there are videos showing this behavior with Tigers at the zoo people will sit in front of the enclosure and as soon as they turn their back to the cat the tiger goes into stork mode they turn around to face the tiger and the tiger goes out of stalk mode this works on house cats too my cat loves to stalk me and when I turn and face her she suddenly cute and fluffy and cuddly I turn my back and my leg gets eviscerated actual fires spread shockingly fast we all like to play what's the one thing you'd grab if your house was on fire but the real right answer is that if it's not alive you should leave it and get the hell out people tend to imagine a fire burning on the floor in a corner somewhere but the reality is often that it's running across the ceiling and circling around the walls just get out I'm in Australia and recently was woken up by a watch and act alert there was a bushfire racing up the gully two streets away in that moment when I knew I wasn't going to stay and fight and had to leave immediately I left with my phone wallet medication and pets no trunk little photo album matted the necessities could be replaced and people are really generous to those in need during an emergency it was interesting packing my emergency bag for this season and how little I packed will I be sad if my home bird of course will I miss some of my stuff yes but I'm not going to care when the flames come if you've gone two and a half or more days without water and you have to choose between drinking water without any way to sanitize it or not drinking water and drink the water if you don't you will definitely die soon most of the diseases you can get from bad water take a couple days to set it which gives you more time to find help but not salt water right if you ever find yourself caught in a Riptide so in parallel to the shoreline until you get out of the Riptide swimming directly back to the shore while caught in one won't get you anywhere and it'll only exhaust you making it extremely dangerous to do so you can do the Heimlich maneuver on yourself seriously think about how often you eat or snack when you're by yourself even if someone is in another room if you're choking you cannot talk or scream everyone should learn it it's simple just make a fist and shove it up and into someone's ribcage my fancy was choking on some cake in bed and I was able to dislodge it that way ducking happens be prepared if a friend of yours has fallen through ice into a frozen body of water and you would like to save them lie down on the ice and crawl out to them do not walk out to them standing up this maximizes your surface area and lessens the likelihood that you will fall through the ice as well getting you both ducked do side note if you are the one to fall through the ice the first thing to do is to calm down and fight the effects of shock by taking deep breaths you will do no good spazzing out and hyperventilating after calming down the next step is to army crawl on the ice do not try to lift yourself up on the nearest ice because this will make that ice also fail once army crawling on the ice bring your legs parallel to the surface of the water and kick hard and fast pushing yourself onto the ice similar to the above comment this is to minimize stress on the ice by maximizing surface area close your bedroom door at night the amount of damage done to a room with the closed door by fire is significantly less than one with an open door you may have a chance to escape edit here is a video showing the difference YouTube comlink and feature equals the outer bein T equals 213 good call you / cancer Mon 1 billion and 10 million one hundred and 1010 let me piggyback on this if you are trying to escape a burning building and are about to open a closed door be wary that there may be far built-up and trapped on the other side waiting for an opening to burst to the next room if the door opens inwards towards you stand aside while opening the door using the door as a shield so the built up fire doesn't blast you don't tailgate don't break check tailgaters seriously this you're in charge on a 1 + ton death machine and you want to play games duck right off with that and messing with other people's lives rhinos hippos and Buffalo are more likely to duck you up than carnivores tbh they are all just boss level cows fast face arm speech time it's a way to spot a stroke face if you've got an uneven smile or a part of your face is drooping arms if you raise your arms and one of them slumps or can't be raised as I speech slurred or unintelligible speech time is of the essence call 911 immediately edit guys I work in a kitchen stop asking these specific questions I'm not a doctor so important my wife is a nurse and made sure I knew all this stuff one day at work a young co-worker who was a very healthy person who ran every day had a stroke I called 911 against her vehement protests and she was in a hospital within 30 minutes none of my co-workers had a clue what was happening for teaching me this stuff my wife gets all the credit lock your doors at night if you've been stabbed and the weapon is left in your body do not remove it edit as has been brought to my attention lock your door always same goes for any serious penetrating injury don't pull whatever it is out if you ever come into contact with a gorilla especially a male stay low and quiet and those sudden moves don't look them in the eyes either they take loud noises and movement as a challenge and they'll crush you like a soda can reminds me of that thread about bokuto where he beat the everliving tar out of that lady that kept smiling at him all the time gorillas are terrifying I think I genuinely rather fight a bear learn to swim you don't have to be Michael Phelps racing a shark just learned the basics less when to recognize the signs of distress in water and use the buddy system in water over your head my brother was a marine he drowned in a popular swimming hole because no one realized he was having trouble and they were too far away once he went under if someone is trying to abduct you and fighting back or yelling for help it doesn't work then pretend to faint or vomit on them if those tactics don't work then take the chance of getting stabbed or shot to escape once you get in the vehicle with an abductor your odds of surviving are less than if injured in public this do not let them take you to the second crime scene fight for your life not really a fact but someone once told me this if you wouldn't dare to put your dong in there don't put your finger in there knife er this is useful especially with big machines and other things with holes you can prevent some serious injuries like this don't stick your pinky where you wouldn't stick your Winky if you happen to someday find yourself on a sinking boat and it goes underwater and you're somehow able to get free whe--where once the air neutralizes if you're far down enough water pressure will kill you and collapse your lungs to avoid this scream all the way to the top no joke while you swim up scream it'll keep the pressure from killing you would screaming not drain you of air supply if you're at a bar or Club and some a-hole antagonizes you don't let your ego get involved seen so many people get hurt when they could just walk away funny thing is most people think fighting back will defend their pride but to me and a lot of other people you just look insecure be the cool guy who just laughs it off yours sincerely former bartender if some guy shoulder checks me in a club I just say whoops sorry bro fancy getting a beer confuses the hell out of them if they're angling for a fight then the next time I see them in a club they'll wave me over and act as if we're pals in a crisis situation people run for the door they came in from when the shooter walks into the restaurant run for the kitchen there's always an exit through the kitchen and very few people will think to run there plus if you are not armed a kitchen is full of killer cutlery to defend yourself with same on a plane flight attendants Aaron just telling you the exits are here here and here for fun go doubt the nearest exit not the one you came in through there is a youtube video with tips for if your parachute doesn't work and it's very loud has captions and is very fast-paced just in case your skydiving and need tips fast link please three minutes without air three days without water three weeks without food worst title for a diet book the carotid artery when you see someone whose neck was slashed cut and is bleeding out profusely reach for his carotid artery and then pinch it so he'd stop bleeding out my uncle was saved because of this some drunk a stunt slashed his neck with a broken bottle his friend reached for his carotid artery so he stopped bleeding out until they reached the ER yell to be linked Clint Malarchuk was a goalie in the NHL he's still alive just not a goalie got his jugular slashed by another players skate his trainer shoved his fingers into the vein and saved his life also the ad they throw in at the end is morbidly hilarious if the accelerator in your car gets stuck and you cannot stop shift your car into neutral don't turn the key in the ignition till you stop moving also it'll lock the steering don't be too proud to ask for help life has this odd habit of throwing us curveballs every now and then it can be difficult to overcome it on your own so don't be alone open up confide in people you trust seek professional help and be patient it takes time just don't keep it all in you and fight it alone that's a recipe for real damage to your mental health and happiness mixing bleach with ammonia both of which are common household cleaning products can release deadly chlorine gas basically don't mix household cleaners unless you are 100% sure of what you are doing also always leave a window open if you're going to mix anything the best idea is to not mix anything if you find yourself peeing a lot I mean just an inordinate amount you find yourself tired thirsty and hungry all the time you find yourself paradoxically losing weight diabetes every head injury no matter how minor has the potential to be fatal always treat a firearm as if it is loaded if you are unfamiliar with the weapon and you must move it point the barrel down at the ground keep it away from your feet and keep your finger off the trigger turn into a skeet this is the way was taught to me turning into a skid means the difference of going into a ditch and going into a ditch upside down chips can be used as a fire starter I imagine pretty much any snack food that is starch-based would work personally I find Doritos to work quite well so next time you're lost in the woods stop at the next vending machine you see and it might just save your life if you are severely malnourished or are starving actually starving not just oh I skipped lunch today and I'm hungry do not stuff yourself full of food your body will go crazy and start producing a bunch of nutrients using stuff in your body that's already in low abundance causing your body to go haywire no joke it's called refeeding syndrome instead you should eat smaller portions and work your way up over the days can't believe I haven't seen a comment about this one assume other drivers are out to kill you healthy paranoia when paying attention to other drivers is a great basis for successful defensive driving assume other drivers are out to kill you I do and that's why I hit them first in a kidnapping situation where the person is trying to get you to force you to go somewhere somewhere secluded or into a vehicle even if they have a weapon always always fight to not go with them and run if they're trying to get somewhere private they are planning to do something very bad to you that requires privacy it's better to be stabbed or shot at in a public place where people can hear you rather than in a secluded place usually making a lot of noise and screaming will scare most offenders off in an emergency situation if you need help for yourself as someone else don't just yell help or call 911 use specifics instead say something like you with the blue shirt help unless called out personally people have a tendency to walk on by assuming someone else will help using a personal detail gets them involved why didn't you help him my shirts really more of a turquoise isn't it learned this one about bear encounters back in middle school although I'm not sure how accurate it is if it's brown lay down if it's black fight back if it's white goodnight it's pretty accurate from what I've read explanation for others Wow grizzly bears are an absolute unit and you won't win a fight with one so your best bet is to play that black black bears generally don't want to fight and are timid if you come across one make yourself big and make lots of noise and you should scare it off they're not too big to so you should be able to defend yourself white polar bears are known to hunt humans and are the largest of all bears if once coming after you you're ducked unless you have a gun make sure to LIKE and subscribe so we can watch together 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Published: Thu Feb 20 2020