What fact could possibly save your life?

what is a fact that can possibly save your life if a tornado looks like it isn't moving it's heading right towards you maybe not your life but someone else is most drowning is silent the victim quite literally cannot speak to call for help as they are too desperately trying to get any air at all drowning can look simply like a person bobbing in the water until they no longer come back up keep a watch out especially if it's kids this is a New Zealand specific one but all emergency numbers work here the official number is 111 but 999 zero zero zero 911 etc will all work this is so that tourists can still reach emergency services easily double check advices in this thread with your own research if you are ever buried in rubble earthquake tornado building collapse et Cie don't shout you'll lose your voice and waste energy instead grab a piece of rubble and knock in patterns of threes humans are expert pattern makers and pattern notices rescuers will hear the distinctive pattern sound and go to ward it once you can hear people then use your voice edit site my source I learned this from the podcast the big one it's about how to realistically survive a massive earthquake day by day with certain scenarios do not delay getting out of a burning building the flames are not what will kill you the smoke will get very thick and toxic very quickly and you will not be able to see the way to get out all firearms are loaded even if they are not they are if you get impaled or stabbed leave the object in and call 9w or country is equal that object is keeping all the blood on the inside of your body if your car goes into the water open the door or roll down the windows immediately if you don't the pressure differential will hold them shut and you'll have to wait until the car fills up with water a lot of people are telling me that on newer cars the headrest poles can be used to break a window I'm not sure if that's true because headrests I've seen are just made of ordinary steel and the ends aren't particularly pointy a dedicated window breaker will have a sharp point made of an ultra hard material does anyone know if newer headrests are actually made for this edit - it seems headrests are not designed specifically to break windows but they can in a pinch if the proper technique is used and they can actually be removed putting the point in the corner of the window and slamming the headrest if you ever almost drowned to the point of throwing up water or passing out even if you feel 100 percent fine get to a hospital your lungs can unwittingly self fill up with fluid over the next few hours if someone is in trouble and you want to leap in to save them make sure you have a way to get out yourself I recently saw a video of a drowning man another man jumped in to try and save him instead both drowned if you smell a fish smell in your house some people also report a urine like smell for no reason nine times out of ten it means there's an electrical fire if you get kidnapped try to leave as much traces of yourself behind as you can for example leave bits of clothing behind or scratch your arms a lot to leave dead skin behind this way you increase your chances that a search dog could pick up your scent and find you when having a heart attack you don't swallow aspirin you chew it chest compressions are important regardless of mouth-to-mouth edit while thanks guys I didn't expect this to blow up like it did there are many questions in the comments please keep in mind I'm not a medical expert I was trained for first-aid and emergency response in the outdoors in New Zealand but do not have any professional medical training I encourage every NN who can to get a first aid certificate or at least some training I general follow the doctors ABC steps D danger is there anything around that can put you in danger our response is the person responsive talk to them or gently rub their collarbone s send for help call emergency services make sure someone stays on the phone and someone with the person a rare ways check if the airways are free sometimes there is just something stuck there tilting the head back and free and open Airways be breathing as the person breathing holding you here close to their mouth and nose is one of the most effective ways to notice if someone is not breathing see circulation check their pulse there are two main ways of doing this there is a vein on the underside of the wrist and one on the underside of the jawline once you have checked the person in this way start chest compression the location for this is the center of the chest just under the armpits on the sternum for adults use both hands for children use one hand in babies either one hand or a few fingers the chest does need to be pressed quite hard about half a thumb to a thumb of depth obviously use common scene use a song to keep in time stayin alive or another one bites the dust work well if you are comfortable you can give breath to breath twice for every 30 compressions do not do fear if you are alone keep the chest compressions going the compressions are the important part as they keep the circulation of oxygen to the brain going you may have to take turns with someone it can be exhausting ask if there is a defibrillator around it should have further instructions for use if you don't feel comfortable using it don't use it chest compressions are the important part even if you don't have the training follow these steps I LT saves lives if the ocean is repeating there is a tsunami coming evacuate the beach immediately I read somewhere if a stranger gets in your car and tells you to take them somewhere drive into something like a lamppost or anything you won't be useful to them anymore because the car is damaged and you've drawn attention to them by crashing the car you'll damage your car but you'll have your life and your bank account someone at my college did this a few years ago the guy told him to drive to the bank and withdraw all his money so he drove into a lamppost and saved himself if you're being tied up puff yourself out as much as possible so it'll be easier to wiggle out of tense muscles inhale deep and stretch out your arms and legs to make more space maybe not your life but possibly others in an emergency situation pick one person to specifically call 9 double one in lots of stressful or emergency situations there are significant delays in calling 911 some people assume that others will call 9 double 1 while other panic / freeze up and don't think to call 9 double 1 if you're faced with in situation where 911 is necessary pick a specific person to contact 9 double 1 soy sauce is deadly if consumed in large quantities at once so no stupid soy sauce dares or challenges please never pull out a gun or any weapon unless you are prepared to kill or die weapons escalate the situation to another level if you have a weapon intend to use it and risk having it used on you this one's pretty obvious but if someone's grabbing you it's usually easy to break the hold by grabbing their thumb can't hold craft so well without your thumb I'm glad I haven't had the opportunity to use this next one but I've been taught that if someone is trying to assault you or kidnap you and you managed to get him on the ground prop his leg up on something kneecap facing upward and freaking jump on that goddamn knee can't chase or kidnap you if he can't freaking walk Eddie to Epps the thumb thing I found great when trying to break a hold without doing damage lots of people have been talking about pink is instead when you're fine with damage which is great advice also don't do the second one if you can help it and edit you can perform the Heimlich maneuver on yourself apparently you are supposed to put your thumb knuckle under your ribcage and jump onto a flat surface or the back of a chair or you know what better yet go take a CPR course don't sue me plz I'm not a doctor I just did a Google search for facts that will save your life and copy the first result are slash confess either way make sure you Reese wallow your food after chewing it some more cause that burger was 6.99 and you ain't gonna let the man take you out if you need to call nine one and you're too busy helping the victim CPR specifically point at someone and say you call 9 double one instead of somebody call nine one it snaps a person out of bystanders effect and they act if you're visiting an unfamiliar location like a cinema or concert hall take a few moments to look around for the nearest exit then pick out a second as a backup in case the first becomes blocked or cut off if something happens especially in a crowded public place most people's first instincts are to turn around and head for the main entrance but this is not always the closest safest or easiest way out nine times out of ten there will usually be a closer exit probably said already but bad CPR is better than now even if you're unskilled you literally cannot make the person more dead as being dead is what predicate CPR if you have a puncture wound to the chest or abdomen the first thing you should do is place a non-porous think plastic bag object over the wound it will help prevent tension pneumothorax a toner Kay is quite simple to put on and can save a life if there is no other option place close to the site or near not on a joint never remove atonic a once placed as cloths can travel to the brain and lungs also mark the time you put it on if you're at an accident scene and have no medical training something you can do is collect information and help calm victims this is quite helpful as it assists the paramedics with dredgen keeps potential injured person's heart rates down alternatively learn how to hold c-spine if your car ever gets stuck on the train tracks look for a sign on the crossing arms this is the railway 911 has a number to call to stop traffic as well as your exact location if you've been cut deeply plaque goes into the wound as tightly as possible then hold pressure if you are driving an inclement weather pay attention to truckers they are often warned ahead of time of wrecks and things due to their radios also never driver the rain without headlights not for yourself but someone else first aid in general is not meant to be the only form of aid a person receives if you give someone CPR or use a defibrillator on them or they have a severe allergic reaction requiring an epi pen you should still call emergency services immediately these are just temporary measures to buy time until the medical professional can treat them more thoroughly similarly chewing aspirin for a suspected heart attack still requires emergency services to treat the issue or rule out complications when you're in Australia mostly on beaches do not touch the tiny adorable octopus with blue rings it's venomous and will usually kill you in fact don't touch any snakes or spiders or marine life a lot of it is poisonous venomous or will kill you in other ways don't let this stop you from coming to Australia though most of the humans are pretty nice edit word mix up edit - holy crap my biggest comment is about not poking Australian animals if you have to perform CPR you can follow the beat of stayin alive by the Bee Gees or another one bites the dust by queen not life-saving but FK and useful if you have a splinter and can't get it out cut off a tiny piece of new soap put over where it is and put cluster slash band-aid over it next morning peel off the plaster and whatever the splinter ace is stuck in the syrup if you're lost in the wilderness and need something sharp to hunt slash defend with make a spear by hardening a soaked branch slash stick over a fire the water prevents the stick from burning but the heat from the fire forces the branch to condense and harden making them more durable okay so if you encounter a wild bear try to look as big possible stand on the tips of your feet raise your hands higher and look the best straight into the eyes then start talking in a really deep voice like really Darth vader-like so deep that nobody would even understand what are you saying the bear will look at you for a while probably do some noises in this case do not scream you will scare the bear this way and he might attack but eventually the bear will leave this is the only thing that works on bears you can't outrun them because they can run for much longer than you and unlike boars they are very good tree climbers so don't try escaping on a tree this doesn't work with Grizzlies and polar bears though only with black bears and some brown ones some more facts that can help you survive head-on with an animal with the bear you want to be as big as possible it's the opposite when facing gorillas they are very proud animals and they don't want to see any type of resistance also gorilla is the last animal you would like to fight it can outrun you overpower you and it can climb trees way better than you however when you meet wild gorillas you want to crawl down and look the smallest you possibly can laying belly-up also helps because animals see that as a surrender sign with other monkeys you probably won't be able to overpower them but they won't have interest in you unless you have something they like just don't look them in the eyes sharks same as bears you want to look as big as you can so they think you won't fit into their mouth however they are not aggressive creatures and unless absolutely necessary don't try to swim away from them even the best swimmer of the world is as fast as [ __ ] Sealy knows our sharks favorite food crocodilians don't face them in water once they grab you in water it's pretty much over only thing you can then try is poking their eye this works with a lot of animals that get grasp on you including sharks however this makes the minor flee or attack so do this only when absolutely necessary when facing crocodilians on the dryland try running in zigzag pattern don't run straight ahead because they are amazing runners but they should lose their interest in you fast enough however if you are chased into a corner with a crocodilian try and jump on their snout closing their mouth they have very fear comb bite force however it's very easy to hold their mouth shut with just one hand once you do that you can move the crocodilian as you wish face him back to the water release him and run as fast as possible away from him Rhino rhinos have very poor eyesight so they won't see you approaching them so when they notice you they get very scared and will start chasing you they are much better runner than crocodilians so outrunning the mice inton option however they are not really good in changing directions mid run so try the zig-zag pattern and you should be able to shake them off easily birds it's weird but even birds can cause trouble I'm not talking about ostriches or emus but about regular parrots I have faced this issue only in Australia but it can happen anywhere else parrots will attack you only if you are not looking even though you can easily overpower them those sharp beaks and claws are nothing comfortable so the way to prevent parrot attacks is putting a pair of sunglasses on the back of your head this really works the parrots will think you are watching them and therefore won't attack I tried this and it works snakes just don't approach them when you find one and you don't know if it is venomous or not just walk away from it if you are bitten by one find someone who can help probably a hospital just tie your leg arm wherever you were bitten by a piece of clothing few centimetres above the bite so the venom doesn't spread Hornets this is just a cool fact Hornets are angered by the white color you might think that taking off your white shirt might work however remember that part of your eyes is white and they are easily angered by it so when facing Hornets walk away from them don't look at them just go you can even run in this anyway oh that's probably all if you have any other animal related question just ask those are just the most useful or interesting facts about surviving facing wild animals lava is very hot don't touch it if you call 9w don't have signal it will work if you get caught in a current don't swim towards the shore and instead swim parallel to it edit people seem to be confused but I should clarify that you swim parallel to the shore never ever ever place an extension ladder on a smooth concrete floor incline it unless the feet have rubber pads attached to them otherwise there is a very real risk that as you climb higher your weight will cause the feet to slide out from under you because there is very little friction between aluminum and smooth finished concrete I've climbed ladders countless times and then one day I did this and it almost killed me shattered my wrist and almost broke my back life forever altered this obviously won't work all the time but if someone grabs you by the arm don't pull away twist your arm instead your arm goes nearly all directions but the wrist won't if a girl you don't know suddenly adds you on FAFSA book and wants to see your being that system they'll blackmail you if you have a heart attack cough a paramedic taught me that and I'm not sure about the science behind it but he brought up three instances where it saved Simone's life so I guess it works if you are depressed or suicidal there are many paths back to life which are available to you it means something to feel this way and it is understandable that this happens given what you went through you are still you you are broken beyond repair and you aren't bad for feeling what you feel people don't get like this for no reason it isn't permanent especially when it feels like it is once the reason for the feeling is known and seen and held with enough love it becomes way way easier to be compassionate to oneself and address the wounds we are carrying it becomes way easier to get help which in turn makes many other steps easier still we isolate ourselves because we feel ashamed for turning out this way we were taught that this is how we make ourselves good I have good news for you here we don't need to do this to be good we were born good it is still there as long as you keep with it at whatever pace works for you and show yourself some strong genuine kindness and love in whatever way matters to you you will progress out it does happen a lot and increasingly often nobody is beyond healing progress starts slow as Sun melts ice and with consistent exposure to the light of our attention and love it will melt completely our cold selves pushed and locked away so long ago will come back crying is a very good thing to do even when alone ice within melts into tears it flushes the sinuses and eyes releases endorphins and expresses the hurt we have been carrying all this way we can set it down we can look at it with kindness and we can progress into a space where this experience is a strength far more than an injury I have been in this state for a very long time over a decade I chose to sit here and study it so I could show others the way out and warn them of the deception depression will use the lie that the pain won't end it was very hard to do alone and I was not always alone they wear the serpent the love unending pain every storm ends and after every flood there comes a bloom you are not beyond help here have a lifeline if you have an iphone pressing the lockscreen button five times rapidly will initiate a call to emergency services handy for if you don't want to show you have a firm by removing it from your pocket it will die an automatically edit older iPhones have a home button than button that locks the phone newer iPhones only have sound control and a button to lock the phone using sound control and the lock button will bring up the swipe options for emergency medical ID and turning off the phone while pressing lock and rapid succession will initiate a loud noise and a three second countdown to call emergency services automatically another user pointed out that you can turn off the loud noise in settings don't eat ten zero zero zero zero zero zero the NHANES at once you'll die of the radiation if you drive over water frequently keep a seat belt cutter slash window breaker in your car just in case if stranded in the wilderness without food do not eat mushrooms as a food source 90% of them will kill you or make you violently ill and some species of poisonous mushrooms imitate or look nearly indistinguishable from edible ones so unless you are a mycologist the fungus are not fun guys in a survival situation do not inflate your life jacket before exiting the aircraft this is especially true in case of emergency water landings as any air safety expert would tell you inflating your lifejacket inside a rapidly submerging airplane will cause you to float up to the cabin ceiling unable to move without help the right thing to do is to take a deep breath and swim out of the airplane with your lifejacket still deflated only when you're safely out of the plane should you pull the inflation cord if lost in the woods always follow water downstream never dig straight down if someone Falls - very cold water you need to heat them up periodically putting the next to a fire or such will kill them if you witness an accident never remove a person's helmet unless it is essential to protect their airway doing so could exacerbate a spinnel or brain injury furthermore once the person is out of direct danger ensure that they are laid flat on the ground and are kept in place they may be moving around and trying to get up if they are conscious but moving could exacerbate a spinnel injury multiple people may be needed to hold down a person who is in shock after an accident one person should focus on holding the head in place always never touch someone's open wounds unless it is necessary to do so to stop bleeding and even then try to find a barrier before touching with your bare hands especially never touch or apply pressure to open fractures if an injury is bleeding profusely hold pressure with some kind of occlusive if possible and torniquet above the level of injury but never on a joint always above or below if the injury is on an extremity - Ana Kaiser probably tighter than you expect them to be and remember the time you put it on date the fabric or person if possible if a finger auto is chopped off hold pressure and tony kaye the limb find the lost finger slash toe and put it in a ziploc bag surround the bag with towels or napkins and put it inside of another bag of ice the idea is to I said to preserve the cells but keep it from direct contact so it doesn't become frostbitten if done in a timely manner said finger / toe may be able to be saved CPR crash course CPR is best done as early as possible but remember that it is not necessary if they are breathing check for breathing then call for help and a need if possible if you are alone call nine one first a 911 operator can guide you through it if you don't know what to do ensure that the person's airway is protected especially if you are giving breaths we call this the head-tilt chin-lift if the person has been in an accident do not lift the head but simply thrust the jaw forward to give breaths to protect their spine compressions should not be done too fast or too slow do it - the theme staying alive if you aren't sure of a pace rule of thumb is two fingers for an infant one hand for a small child and both hands for adults try to compress about two inches 11.5 for infants and allow the chest to fully recoil back to its normal position between compressions this allows air to fill the lungs and simulate breathing if a small child or infant requires CPR you may put your whole mouth over their lips / nose to create a good seal if you are giving breaths children who need CPR usually needed due to a failure in their airway or lungs not in the heart always check to ensure they are not choking first if they are do not sweep your fingers in their mouth unless you can safely remove the object you may just Lodge it further if you aren't careful always move your extremities frequently get up and stretch or move them in place if you have to blood clots can and do kill very quickly when de-escalating a situation with an angry or anxious person speak slowly and calmly and make yourself as non-threatening as possible do not threaten them or block any exits empathize with them if they are a direct threat to you you may need to go along with their plan until you can safely get out if someone is having a panic attack try to get them to focus on something very intently the feel of grass under their fingers identifying a particular color that stands out to them in your environment etc telling them to calm down only makes it worse they need to feel safe and realize on their own that they are not in any immediate danger it's a good idea to always keep the basic first-aid kit and survival kit think water granola bars knife slash tools light Flint in your car or backpack lastly and most importantly be kind and helpful to everyone you never know when it might come back around to you if you've got a wound on you even a bug bite and see a red street from it following all of your veins you have blood poisoning CO poisoning exists and buildings should be tested if you start feeling dizzy nauseated lightheaded dull headache go outside for ten meters go back to the room you started feeling this if it starts again it is most likely carbon monoxide poisoning also if someone has lost consciousness get them the freakout chatter there if there's an earthquake do not go down or up any stairs they collapse vaccines work if you're driving and your accelerator pedal gets stuck in the down position meaning your brakes won't work and you will only continue to increase speed do not turn off the engine your steering wheel will lock up and you will very likely crash instead turn on your hazards and shift into neutral to let your car gradually decrease in speed airplane the pressure rises in the masks drop put your damn masks on first as instructed at 35000 feet you have 3060 seconds of useful consciousness make it count while euhh Panthers attack their preys from behind if you encounter a wild Panther don't turn back before you head off to that wild party go ahead and decide it upfront whether you plan to drink or do other drugs exclusive or because most uppers will get people so high or tripping or Alang or whatever that they'll literally died of alcohol poisoning without noticing as they continue to drink alcohol also doesn't generally mix well with other varieties of drugs also know you can't drive get an uber if you take into the presents don't take cough suppressants cough suppressants increase the amount of serotonin in your brain which is what antidepressants do - if you have too much serotonin you can get what's called serotonin syndrome the more medication you've taken the worse it could be and can possibly be fatal it's not fun trust me I had to learn all this the hard way Oh another women often experience heart attacks different than men one of the most common symptoms is jaw pain shortness of breath and nausea also are common chest pain is still something to look for but look for these other symptoms too [Music] [Music]

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Published: Fri May 22 2020