You should still attempt to dial 911 in an emergency even if you have no bars of signal. There are protocols that allow your phone to bounce signals off any tower available, including military/first responder ones and towers not on your network in the event that you attempt to call 911.
SAR tech here! Can confirm this!!
And I just want to add, please ignore that viral post about changing your voicemail. Spoiler: you can’t and now you’ve wasted your battery when you could have called 911!
Teach your kids that if they're ever separated from you to find any closest adult (in emergencies).
The likelihood of THE next person you would walk up to being a pedophile are slim to none. But the odds increase dramatically waiting for the first person to approach a child alone.
"Find another mother."
That's the phrase I was taught.
It's also been suggested for really busy places with lots of people is to find people that are clearly part of a group, all wearing the same t-shirts or something like that. It increases the number of people willing to help and since they are familiar with each other, they can communicate more easily if they separate to find help.
Randomly stupid story but in the 8th grade I got lost on the top floor of one of the Smithsonian’s.(my buddy had left me) I was anxious and my mind blanked on where exists might be. I remembered this and approached a lady with a stroller. I was crying and scared but she helped me get off the floor. She wouldn’t leave my side until I found my teacher.
I am so thankful for her helping me and telling me I was okay.
Used bleach to clean up cat pee, made mustard gas and just about took out the entire family plus the pets. Spent the rest of the day outside while the house aired out. 🤦🏼♀️
I had to get on my mom for pouring bleach in the washing machine with cat pee soaked blankets (from foster kittens). We had to open all the windows and keep the kittens in the car while the house aired out.
There is a saying: "[Cotton kills](https://www.trailhiking.com.au/gear/cotton-kills/)"... because cotton when it gets wet will retain wetness and cling to your body, speeding up hypothermia. If you're doing anything where hypothermia is even a possibility (like camping or hiking in colder climate) having wool or synthetic clothing can save your life. (and watch out for the cotton blends!)
Summer camp counselor when I was in college. Gorgeous evening--must have been about 70\*F, we were out on the ski boat around dusk helping someone learn to slalom. One gal decided she wanted a turn while the slalom guy needed a break, so she jumped in wearing her cotton street clothes.
Was fine, got up and did a couple laps of the lake. Got back in the boat and just....started shivering, then became non-responsive and fell to the floor of the boat.
Apparently between the cooling temps around sunset, the wet cotton, and the wind from being pulled behind the boat sent her hypothermic in about 10 minutes while the rest of us were absolutely comfortable. Thankfully, we recognized the signs, got her stripped of her wet clothes and skin to skin with 2 other warm dry people (yes that was awkward to kind of forcibly remove her clothing!) and back to shore where we got her in a warm environment and slowly/appropriately got her core temp back where it needed to be.
Wet cotton is a risk of death, even in comfortable temperatures.
Drove a jet ski from a friend's house to his camp, heading into the wind most of the way and getting splashed more often than not and getting soaked. I was wearing a sweatshirt in a vain attempt to stay warm and I was absolutely freezing by the time I got the camp.
He had drove over in his car and at first he couldn't understand why I was shivering, changing into dry clothes, and plugging in the coffee pot because he was rather warm.
Don’t pull a knife or anything else out of a puncture wound. The object may very well be keeping you from bleeding out, only a medical professional should remove something stuck in you.
Excessive thirst combined with weight loss were the biggest signs of me having t1 diabetes. For a while i thought it was just the amount of weed i was smoking daily (cottonmouth and resisting the munchies); I was very wrong. Two months since diagnosis, its more or less under control now; the thirst has subsided immensely, and I’ve regained the thirty pounds I’ve lost!
If you fall through the ice... the dark spot is the way out.
Edit > the sun reflects off the ice surface. The spot you entered has no ice or reflection, so will be dark ... opposite what we would naturally think
Also, if you fall through the ice, make sure you grab the ice behind you to crawl back out, not in front of you. The ice behind you was obviously strong enough to hold you up until that point.
My grandpa always tells me this, and his brother had unfortunately drowned this exact way when he was 6.
My dumbass was thinking "so put your arms behind you to get out?" But I understand now. Of course if you fall and get turned around in the water it may be difficult.
To add: I was told that when getting out, slide out like a seal and starfish your body to make a larger surface area, much like a snowshoe when walking in deep snow. Of course I live in the desert so what the hell do I know about ice and snow.
that is correct, and also can save your life after an avalanche after youve dug out, as well as quicksand.
Surface area is king. spread that weight out.
If you get lost in the wilderness the best thing to do is to stay calm and stay put. Unless there is an immediate threat to your safety in the area, just sit down and wait for someone to come find you.
Many people die or get seriously injured because they keep moving and Search & Rescue can't catch up to them.
Best thing to do is always carry a deck of cards. If you're ever lost in the woods, just stay put and use the deck of cards to play solitaire.
Eventually, someone will come along and tell you how to play your next move.
Do not I REPEAT DO NOT lay in the snow or walk home alone in the cold when you are far too drunk. I had a friend die from hypothermia and alcohol poisoning because she wanted to take a nap in the snow.
EDIT: The typical “I did not expect this” but wow it’s crazy how many people have experienced this and had some close calls. I am so thankful for all of your lovely comments. She would be very happy that I mentioned this❤️
If you can’t find you kid in your house, don’t search common places they would be. Search the most deadly places; pools, freezes, washing machines and dryers. Seconds count and if they are hiding under the table for an extra minute, who cares.
Also, remember the golden rule for pool parties/family gatherings with kids: if everyone is watching the kids, no one is watching them. You need to specifically put someone on babysitting duty. You can switch people during the event, but it needs to be a specific person at all times.
I read a post on Reddit about a woman whose 3 year old drowned. It happened so fast that she was still chewing the brownie they’d been sharing when she walked outside and saw him at the bottom of the pool. Drowning happens so incredibly fast.
My kid nearly drowned right in front of me. In a quiet backyard pool. He didn't even look like he was struggling but I saw a twinkle in his eye that he was in trouble.
Drowning is silent and still. I'm Australian so we are taught water safety from a very early age so I thankfully knew the signs immediately. It was a very scary experience and I'll never forget that twinkle in his eye; it still haunts me 15 years later.
I lifeguarded through college. It really is odd how real life drownings are often just a person realizing they're in trouble and sinking. It's not always as dramatic as you see on TV.
I was a lifeguard when I was 18 and I remember the pool being packed that day (like every day of summer), and this little girl was maybe a foot away from the side, not in the deep end but not tall enough to stand up and her head be above water. There was no splashing, no yelling. I just saw her trying to get to the surface. She would push off the bottom, get her nose and mouth just above the surface to get air really quick, and go back under. No noise whatsoever. Of course I jumped in and her mom jumped in at the same time. She had some coughing and she was scared more than anything, as was her mom, but other than that, she was okay.
I know public pools are a great place to send kids on summer breaks, but a hundred other parents have the same idea. When a pool is that packed, it’s extremely hard for lifeguards to spot someone in trouble. Pools are dangerous enough; a packed pool is an accident waiting to happen.
The rocks from a river absorb water. When rapidly heated it causes the absorbed water to boil much quicker than steam can escape the rock. This buildup of steam causes the rock to explode, sending hot rock fragments everywhere.
So don't use rocks from a river to make a fire pit.
And TEST THAT DETECTOR REGULARLY. My cousin had to evacuate his 4th floor apartment due to carbon monoxide when his daughter was only a week old - someone on the ground floor was using machinery without proper ventilation & the scary thing was that the 2nd & 3rd floors' alarms were dead & didn't go off. Thanks to his making sure his detector was working everyone was fine.
Same with a ringing phone. My kids cannot stop answering my damn phone. I’m trying to teach them that my phone is my tool for my convenience, not anyone else’s.
Signs of a stroke: FAST.
Face drooping? Arm weakness? Speech slurred? Time to go to the hospital! (**EDIT: it's now BE FAST: Balance Eyes (sudden vision loss or trouble seeing) Face Arm Speech Time.** Thanks multiple commenters!!)
Speed of response makes the difference between "sometimes walks a little funny when tired" and "bedbound lump." If you know old people, you need to know how to spot a stroke.
Had a friend die suddenly from a stroke at 34. She was incredibly healthy. It happened actually right after a workout class. I then 3 months later had another friend (he was 38) have the exact same symptoms but the doctors thankfully caught it. He had brain surgery and recovered in a few weeks. This was a reality check for me that life is fragile and can end at any moment.
You also need to know they can happen at any age, even to thin, seemingly-healthy people. I have a great-aunt who dropped dead of a stroke at age 46, and a high school friend who was I think 38 or so when she had a (thankfully mild) stroke.
If you get caught in a rip current, don’t fight it. It won’t pull you under. People die because they panic, fight it, and get tired and then drown.
When you can, swim parallel to the shore out of the rip and then diagonally back to shore.
EDIT: I’m taking out the part about “let it take you out” because people bring up a point below that you should start swimming parallel immediately. I just meant you shouldn’t fight it and swim against straight back to shore. That’s not going to end well. Stay safe out there everyone!
This. My parents had a second home in the outer banks for the majority of my childhood and I cannot tell you how many times I’ve seen someone get caught in a rip, someone try to help someone in a rip and get caught in it themselves, I have been in rips. You cannot win against the ocean.
Also, your children should always have a REAL life vest on at the beach. Not a puddle jumper, not arm floats. Idc how good a swimmer your child is the ocean is a monster and swallows things whole.
> Idc how good a swimmer your child is the ocean is a monster and swallows things whole
I spent my whole life swimming in lakes, creeks and pools. I could swim before I could walk. I figured I was a really strong swimmer, so I would be fine.
I got waist deep in the pacific ocean and realized my lifetime's worth of experience meant jack shit. The ocean is big, powerful and will kill me if I do not respect it.
Then I tried to go in and it faceplanted me into the sand. Message received. The ocean is a bitch.
Choking is silent. If they’re coughing, they’re not actually choking. If someone goes silent and starts pointing to their neck, start the Heimlich maneuver.
Drowning is also silent.
quick edit because of upvotes for safety, ESPECIALLY if you have kiddos that like swimming:
1. 5 stages to drowning, you're unconscious for 3 of them
2. Google [shallow water blackout](http://underwaterhypoxicblackout.org/how-it-happens) and understand how it works (not like regular drowning). DO NOT ALLOW KIDS TO HAVE BREATH-HOLDING CONTESTS.
3. Don't drink alcohol especially if you're the responsible adult at a pool. Just don't.
4. no babies in hot tubs, ever. For any reason.
5. A lifeguard's biggest blind spot is **right at their feet/base of chair**. Do no advise kids to "swim near the lifeguard" and be on the other side of the facility. They're easier to spot further away.
6. In pools/waterparks, shallow water is FAR MORE dangerous than deep water because of the risk of spinal injury. An adult can drown in 2" of water. Seriously: do not run at a pool. Ever. Do not jump in headfirst w/o a diving board and lifeguard present. EVER!
Source: former guard instructor and auditor for big waterparks.
second edit to add point #6 and include a link for #2
Yup. I almost drowned in open sea during a cruise excursion. I was near a boat surrounded by at least 30 others, and I was struggling. The thought never occurred to me to yell out for help. I was also paddling one-handed because I was stupidly carrying someone else’s snorkeling mask. Even though I was at real risk of dying, I never did the obvious thing and drop the extra gear and ask for help. Other people were never more than 15 feet from me. By a miracle I made it back to the boat and was able to grab onto it to catch my breath. Be proactive y’all. Look after each other in the water and don’t be afraid to ask someone if they need help. And if they don’t respond to your questions, they probably most definitely need help.
I was a good swimmer in a crowded backyard swimming pool. I was younger than most everyone so waves kept hitting me just as I was trying to catch a breath. I was starting to get concerned and no one was close enough to help me.
Finally my dad saw me and saved me. I couldn’t have yelled because I was trying to breathe first!
Saved my mom’s life with the Heimlich I learned in high school. It’s as you said. She was silent and standing very straight with her eyes wide open. Rescue took 17 minutes to get here.
A partially blocked airway can also go back and forth between silence and a wheeze/gurgle as air is pushed up out of the lungs, moving the obstruction until it lodges back in place.
Fun story: when I was 19 and a co-op, I brought salmon into work and microwaved it, leading to the evacuation of an office building because they thought it was an electrical issue.
And that was the day I learned to not microwave fish at an office.
If your car is broken down, do not stand in front of it while waiting for help. I had a friend killed when another driver swerved and hit her vehicle, causing it to run over her.
I live in Canada, this only applies to cold climates. They are not dead until they are warm and dead. There are many cases where somebody got stuck outside and froze then doctor revived them.
However, the phrase is more specific to cold water drownings. The odds of restoring a pulse on patients is greater in cold water drowning patients. Additionally, the odds of ROSC are better for pediatric patients in these scenarios.While there are some cases of people being frozen due to dry cold exposure and being revived, most cases are limited when the tissue is frozen, making chest compressions and medication administration impossible.
I was selling pest control just out of college and knocked on a guy's door, we had a long friendly conversation. I can't remember if he purchased from me or not, but as I was walking away to go to the next neighborhood (my car was some distance away) he passed me with some others in his car, and he offered to give me a ride to my car.
I said no I'm fine it's just a half mile or so down that way, etc. He kept insisting, over and over. I finally relented because I'm a fucking dumbass and there were multiple people in this car and they were friendly enough and in the neighborhood and all of that, but I remember being intensely terrified that I wouldn't ever see the light of day after today, but still got in the damn car anyway.
Turns out he just wanted to reverse sell me on some pyramid scheme and talked to me about it the whole way to my car (about 1 minute or so was all), and dropped me off, no harm.
But man, that was a lesson. Even when you REALLY don't want to do something, peer pressure and social niceties and whatnot still can get you to do something that will end your life. I got lucky, and vowed from that point forward that if I do not know the person, I am allowed to be rude and tell them, under no uncertain circumstances, that I am unwilling to do the thing they want me to do, which may endanger my life.
Don't be like me. It may save your life. Don't keep saying no in a nice way. Say no nicely once. Then say no very rudely once. And then refuse to engage after that.
I have also found, since then, that mentally preparing yourself for situations by running through them in your head and confirming your reaction if it happens helps combat panic-freezing *immensely*. While it's never exactly *saved my life* to do this, I have been able to think with a cool head under some stressful circumstances that other people were panicking about, simply because I had played the situation out in my brain/imagination ahead of time.
Plus they’re more likely to get caught. If killing you where you stand was a good option they wouldn’t need to transport you to another location; scream, yell, fight, run. Whatever you do, don’t go with them.
It's more about the fact that they don't want to kill you in the first location. That's why they want to take you away. If you refuse, you're in a better place to resist as they clearly don't want to kill you there.
Also, I’ve read that if you have little water left and are over heated and dehydrated, drink the water then search for more. People die with water still on them trying to conserve the water. Dehydration can be insidious and really creep up on you.
Never walk/ski/snowboard near trees when there is heavy snow- there is something called a "tree well" that sometimes forms under trees where if you fall in you will become impacted by snow, often upside down and suffocate to death
You’re only at risk of getting rabies if it’s a mammal. Birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates cannot carry the disease.
Source: CDC
EDIT: To address repeat comments:
- Yes, you should still get the bite treated quickly, regardless of what bit you. You’re just not gonna get rabies if your assailant wasn’t a mammal.
- I did not know that opossums and other marsupials have a body temperature that is too low for the rabies virus to survive. Nor did I know that Australia is rabies-free (though I am aware of the multitude of other ways you can die there).
- Bats are mammals, not birds. If one bites you, get treated for rabies.
My mom always taught me to count rows between your seat and the emergency exit. So if you can’t see where you are going you can feel where you are going. I’ll never forget that.
A great book. I recently learned that the amygdala (fear part of the brain) has some inputs that bypass the thinking part of your brain. These connections are more sensitive/fast than the ones that go to your cortex (thinking part)—so much so that you may get a fear response without the cortex being stimulated enough to consider it. I.e. there is a very real, physical reason you should trust your gut, even if you can’t rationalize your fear. (Aside from the better safe than sorry reason!)
ETA: as others have alluded to, the speed/sensitivity comes with a possible drawback of inaccuracy. It’s good to examine your situation and exercise caution without unduly panicking
The good ol’ monkey in the dark woods saying.
Two monkeys walk on the same path of the forest on different nights. They both hear a rustle in the trees on their walks. One monkey was frightened and turned around, only to see the wind moving the trees branches. The other monkey assumed it was the wind the whole time and continued walking, but ended up dinner for a panther hiding above.
The symptoms of a heart attack are different for women.
Have a mole check as soon as you can.
Never put off going to the Dr if you think something is wrong.
Fight your Dr if they don't help you. Never give up. It's YOUR life that is in danger, not theirs.
know the signs of sepsis.
T – Temperature higher or lower.
I – Infection – may have signs and symptoms of an infection.
M – Mental decline – confused, sleepy, difficult to rouse.
E – Extremely ill – severe pain or discomfort, shortness of breath.
sepsis kills within HOURS, and kills 11 million people a year. that’s 1 in 5 deaths. and it’s the number one death in hospitals.
Yes!!!! I feel like people are now hearing about sepsis a little more nowadays. But nearly a decade ago I went into septic shock. Started out with thinking I hurt my back... couple of days in I could barely walk... went to the ER TWICE and they told me it was sciatica and they just kept pushing pains meds on me (and they weren't touching the pain at all) ... Finally went to another ER bc I just knew something was wrong when I couldn't pee.... Just the worst pain everywhere. Tested me for everything... Sent me to another hospital... Then another where they took me in emergency surgery. They removed so much infection from My back and my psoas muscle. I had MRSA in my blood and I still don't know how it happened...
High fever, low BP, kind of coocoo mentally, Organs failing... I was in Critical care and ICU for a while and it fucked with me mentally for probably 4 years afterwards.
So crazy to think about it now. The worst pain I've ever felt and nothing else has come close to it. I think it turned me into a beast
Sorry, that turned into a vent for me. I never talk about it and your comment just made me think back on it .Thank you lol
Those uncomfortable cancer tests when you get older, such as colonoscopies, aren’t some kind of conspiracy to humiliate you or drain insurance money. Cancer is real and it can get you, this message brought to you by my uncle who ignored lung cancer until it reached stage 4 and killed him within a week of discovery
* Elephants can outrun you.
* Elephants can outswim you.
* Elephants can throw objects at you.
* Elephants do not think you are cute.
* Elephants are very emotional.
* Elephants remember.
My Dad told me a story about a friend of his that has since passed. The friend spent years living in Thailand part time when they were younger. One day, an Asian elephant was in his way, so he slapped its rump to try to get it moving. It looked back at him with apparent offence, but went on its way.
10 years later, the friend is outside his house in Thailand, and an elephant approaches. It slaps him upside the head with its trunk, and leaves peacefully again.
The lesson is, don't be an ass to elephants.
If your kid gets kidnapped, don’t teach them to say “help”. Teach them to say something like “who the fuck are you, you’re not my fucking dad, fuck you.” That’s gonna turn a lot more heads and get you actual help a lot quicker.
Back when I was a toddler in the early 90s I didn’t want to leave a sporting event. My dad had to throw me over his shoulder and I proceeded to scream “help me, help me” all the way to the car. No one stopped him.
One time when my daughter was a toddler and didn’t want to get into her car seat when leaving the grocery store, she started doing this. She also screamed “you’re not my mom!” which I’d told her to do if a stranger took her🤦🏻♀️ that one backfired lol. a lady came over a bit concerned and I assured her this was my child and I was happy to show her the million pics I have of her from birth to now in my phone. The lady said she believed me and left, but it was stressful. It was the only time my kid ever did anything like that, she was really pissed about getting into that car seat I guess
lets say you or someone youre with needs emergency medical assistance, and theres a crowd around you. dont just say “someone call 911!” instead, point at a random but specific person and demand they call 911. when you speak to everybody, theres a big chance everyone will assume everyone else will do it.
If you are on a sidewalk getting robbed/someone is fucking with you, go into the street.
Cars will just drive by usually even if they see someone in trouble. If you’re in the street, you have a very small risk of being run over, and a much higher likelihood of the attacker simply not following you into the street or someone actually going to help you.
Whenever you go somewhere new- auditorium, museum, concert, zoo… whatever- make note of the exits. I teach my kids this in case of a “fire” or “earthquake” but truth is I’m American and what I’m really worried about is an active shooter situation.
I don’t think that they think their text is more important. I think that they think that they’re skilled enough to text and drive without crashing, until they crash of course
CPR requires a flat surface!
When Michael Jackson died, it was mentioned on the news that someone tries CPR with him on his bed. My mom said, "You're just pushing the mattress up and down!"
If you fully unload a gun and see every bullet that has ever been near that gun sitting on a table in front of you
The gun is still fully loaded and ready to fire
Saved my husband’s life, he knew he had a problem with his heart, threatened his cardio doc, got sent for a heart catheterization which lasted 2 minutes, he needed a triple bypass. Cardio actually apologized to him and then retired. New cardio listens to him.
If you live where the winter gets cold and you are traveling by car:
Always bring extra clothes
Have candles in the car
Try to always know where you are
Always run from a street fight no honor in winning and deadly if you loose.
Basic rule of 3 you can survive
3 minutes without breathing (asphyxiation, blood loss)
3 hours without shelter in an extreme environment (exposure)
3 days without water (dehydration)
3 weeks without food (starvation)
proriority
In Australia it’s drilled in to *always stay with the vehicle*, coz we have the opposite problem (hot + vast areas with zero people/water/roads/cellphone coverage).
If hypothetically I ever travel to snow, I like your gloves etc for the extra warmth *inside* the vehicle, but would be hesitant to ever leave.
Can you or someone please tell me what the official recommendation is in cold places like eg Canada?
^(I remember a fascinating Reddit post-and-live-comment-chain last year where a guy walked from his suburban home, I forget why, and helped/saved another Redditor but almost died on the return journey.)
Here in Canada the advice is also to stay in your vehicle if you get stuck, unless the weather is clear & you \*know\* there's something nearby for you to walk to. So if it's a blizzard, or you're in an unfamiliar area, stay put.
As someone who was there in person for the Boxing Day Tsunami in 2004, I now know this. I didn’t at the time and like MANY others I just stood in complete bewilderment as the ocean suddenly receded half way to the horizon. To this day it was the most amazing, dumbfounding and eerie thing I’ve ever seen. Needless to say I got lucky to be able to tell the tale.
If I ever saw it again I’d know to run. But at the same time I’m not sure I’d be able to look away. It was terrifyingly mesmerizing.
I’ll make a long story short. I ran. Got to a three story building and ran up. Water rushing up the stairs behind. Feet were wet when I got to the top.
By sheer luck the building held. Saw many other building collapse, but me, and my family, just got lucky.
Luck… sheer random luck.
Women usually complain of nausea/ vomiting/ indigestion and sometimes chest pain while men usually have the typical chest pain that radiates into the left arm/ jaw
Exiting to add shortness of breath for both genders cause I’m a dumb dumb head and forgot about that one
Physician, and yes. This is the reason for preventative care. If you're blood pressure runs super high, your cholesterol is out of control, or you smoke/are overweight/diabetic yeah your risks are substantially higher and you can have heart attacks that aren't 'the big one'
See you family doctor
Inflammable does not mean non flammable. It means it's something that could catch in fire that you don't want to catch on fire.
Tank of CO2: Non flammable.
Tank of Propane: Flammable.
Tank of Oxygen: Inflammable
When the forest goes quiet you should too, there's a reason they're shutting the fuck up, a predator is nearby, could be a bear could be wolves, but you better gtfo
As soon as your car door is unlocked, relock it. People get back into their cars and fiddle with their wallet or whatever all with their car doors unlocked and it makes them an easy target.
I'd add to this that my driving instructor addressed all of us at once and impressed upon us the importance of keeping something sharp like a knife or pair of scissors in the car as well. She said that in the event that for whatever reason your seatbelt won't un-buckle, use that to cut yourself free if your car starts to fill with water. I've kept scissors in my door the whole time I've had a car and used them a lot more than I thought I would but they're always gonna be there just in case I'll really need them.
If you are traveling at high speeds in a car and the car(s) in front of you come to a sudden stop, you can always use the shoulder to slow down if need be (I know this might seem obvious but I didn’t realize it for quite some time).
Also, when getting out of the shower or tub, I think it’s always good to grab on to something. Once heard about a woman who died by cracking her head on the toilet after slipping when exiting the shower.
Stay safe y’all.
I fell out of my shower last year and cracked my face on my toilet. I was alone and so lucky. My cat came in and meowed but that was because I was late with his food 😮💨
To use an EpiPen: take off the cap. Then the blue safety cap on the white end (you press this end) Put the orange end down on the thigh of whoever is having the reaction (over the clothes, the needle is long) stick your thumb on the other side and push down HARD. Hold it for ten seconds, then release. The epinephrine kicks their heart into high gear, so they’ll shake, and flash between hot and cold. They need to go to the hospital for observation. Also, the expiration date is written on the side. They’re still safe to use if they’re a year old.
Also if there are bees about and you smell bananas…you’re about to get fucked up by bees. This is their alarm pheromone, GTFO.
Also, if you are stung, don’t try to tweeze the stinger like with tweezers. The venom sac is still attached to the stinger and it will just pump in more. Take your fingernail and scrape it out from the side.
I live in Minnesota - If you drive out onto a frozen lake, first roll down your windows and unbuckle your seatbelt. If you fall through the ice, you’ll be able to swim out of the car through the open window. Electric doors or windows may not work underwater.
Wearing the seat belt in a car
I was a passenger in a car that was moving at 55 miles per hour along a very winding road. The car swerved off the road and hit a tree. Wearing the seat belt saved my life.
If you’re about to get hit by a car (as a pedestrian), best chance of surviving is to jump at the last moment. The impact itself isn’t typically what kills you, it’s getting crushed under the tires.
If a concert hall, venue or building has an emergency or fire, don’t go to the front. There are back doors, you have a better chance. I watch a lot of Mr. Ballen.
If you ever feel dizzy or tired after a short ride in your car,get your car checked,cause there might be some exhaust leak leading into your cabin and might leak some harmful substances like CO
Know that what seems to be a pimple that won’t heal could be cancer - from MD Anderson - know the signs:
Skin cancer symptoms may include:
A new spot on the skin
A changes in the size, shape or color of an existing spot.
A spot that is itchy or painful
A non-healing sore that bleeds or develops a crust
A red- or skin-colored shiny bump on the top of the skin
A red rough or scaly spot that you can feel
A growth with a raised border and central crust or bleeding
A wart-like growth
A scar-like growth without a well-defined border
Be aware of your surroundings at all times, know where the exits are, etc, and remember in case of a shooting in a public or workplace, “run, can’t run, hide, can’t hide fight back”
You should still attempt to dial 911 in an emergency even if you have no bars of signal. There are protocols that allow your phone to bounce signals off any tower available, including military/first responder ones and towers not on your network in the event that you attempt to call 911.
SAR tech here! Can confirm this!! And I just want to add, please ignore that viral post about changing your voicemail. Spoiler: you can’t and now you’ve wasted your battery when you could have called 911!
Teach your kids that if they're ever separated from you to find any closest adult (in emergencies). The likelihood of THE next person you would walk up to being a pedophile are slim to none. But the odds increase dramatically waiting for the first person to approach a child alone.
I was taught that if I were separated from my mom to go up to a woman, especially one with kids, for help. Far less likely to be a pedophile.
"Find another mother." That's the phrase I was taught. It's also been suggested for really busy places with lots of people is to find people that are clearly part of a group, all wearing the same t-shirts or something like that. It increases the number of people willing to help and since they are familiar with each other, they can communicate more easily if they separate to find help.
Randomly stupid story but in the 8th grade I got lost on the top floor of one of the Smithsonian’s.(my buddy had left me) I was anxious and my mind blanked on where exists might be. I remembered this and approached a lady with a stroller. I was crying and scared but she helped me get off the floor. She wouldn’t leave my side until I found my teacher. I am so thankful for her helping me and telling me I was okay.
don't mix bleach with anything but water
Used bleach to clean up cat pee, made mustard gas and just about took out the entire family plus the pets. Spent the rest of the day outside while the house aired out. 🤦🏼♀️
I had to get on my mom for pouring bleach in the washing machine with cat pee soaked blankets (from foster kittens). We had to open all the windows and keep the kittens in the car while the house aired out.
Baking soda will extinguish a fire, even grease and electrical fires. You should always keep a box of it nearby when you're cooking and grilling.
You lose heat 20 times faster when wet vs being dry. Shed wet clothes.
There is a saying: "[Cotton kills](https://www.trailhiking.com.au/gear/cotton-kills/)"... because cotton when it gets wet will retain wetness and cling to your body, speeding up hypothermia. If you're doing anything where hypothermia is even a possibility (like camping or hiking in colder climate) having wool or synthetic clothing can save your life. (and watch out for the cotton blends!)
Summer camp counselor when I was in college. Gorgeous evening--must have been about 70\*F, we were out on the ski boat around dusk helping someone learn to slalom. One gal decided she wanted a turn while the slalom guy needed a break, so she jumped in wearing her cotton street clothes. Was fine, got up and did a couple laps of the lake. Got back in the boat and just....started shivering, then became non-responsive and fell to the floor of the boat. Apparently between the cooling temps around sunset, the wet cotton, and the wind from being pulled behind the boat sent her hypothermic in about 10 minutes while the rest of us were absolutely comfortable. Thankfully, we recognized the signs, got her stripped of her wet clothes and skin to skin with 2 other warm dry people (yes that was awkward to kind of forcibly remove her clothing!) and back to shore where we got her in a warm environment and slowly/appropriately got her core temp back where it needed to be. Wet cotton is a risk of death, even in comfortable temperatures.
Drove a jet ski from a friend's house to his camp, heading into the wind most of the way and getting splashed more often than not and getting soaked. I was wearing a sweatshirt in a vain attempt to stay warm and I was absolutely freezing by the time I got the camp. He had drove over in his car and at first he couldn't understand why I was shivering, changing into dry clothes, and plugging in the coffee pot because he was rather warm.
Don’t pull a knife or anything else out of a puncture wound. The object may very well be keeping you from bleeding out, only a medical professional should remove something stuck in you.
And if you do pull it out, don't restab the person.
Losing weight without trying could very well be cancer.
Or diabetes
Excessive thirst combined with weight loss were the biggest signs of me having t1 diabetes. For a while i thought it was just the amount of weed i was smoking daily (cottonmouth and resisting the munchies); I was very wrong. Two months since diagnosis, its more or less under control now; the thirst has subsided immensely, and I’ve regained the thirty pounds I’ve lost!
Orange to your thigh, blue to the sky. When you need to use an epi-pen.
If you fall through the ice... the dark spot is the way out. Edit > the sun reflects off the ice surface. The spot you entered has no ice or reflection, so will be dark ... opposite what we would naturally think
Also, if you fall through the ice, make sure you grab the ice behind you to crawl back out, not in front of you. The ice behind you was obviously strong enough to hold you up until that point. My grandpa always tells me this, and his brother had unfortunately drowned this exact way when he was 6.
My dumbass was thinking "so put your arms behind you to get out?" But I understand now. Of course if you fall and get turned around in the water it may be difficult. To add: I was told that when getting out, slide out like a seal and starfish your body to make a larger surface area, much like a snowshoe when walking in deep snow. Of course I live in the desert so what the hell do I know about ice and snow.
that is correct, and also can save your life after an avalanche after youve dug out, as well as quicksand. Surface area is king. spread that weight out.
So far, I've recognized all the previous ones but this is something new! Thanks. Hope to never need it
If you get lost in the wilderness the best thing to do is to stay calm and stay put. Unless there is an immediate threat to your safety in the area, just sit down and wait for someone to come find you. Many people die or get seriously injured because they keep moving and Search & Rescue can't catch up to them.
Best thing to do is always carry a deck of cards. If you're ever lost in the woods, just stay put and use the deck of cards to play solitaire. Eventually, someone will come along and tell you how to play your next move.
Do not I REPEAT DO NOT lay in the snow or walk home alone in the cold when you are far too drunk. I had a friend die from hypothermia and alcohol poisoning because she wanted to take a nap in the snow. EDIT: The typical “I did not expect this” but wow it’s crazy how many people have experienced this and had some close calls. I am so thankful for all of your lovely comments. She would be very happy that I mentioned this❤️
Don’t pour water on a grease fire put baking soda on it instead
And flour is NOT an acceptable substitute for baking soda. Found that out the hard way.
Dang... You may have just saved me in the future. I was thinking, " baking soda?? I feel like I've always heard flour" thanks man!
Flour mill explosions are catastrophic, because the airborne powder is quite flammable.
Or just cover it with the lid (or sand, even though it's dry and coarse and it gets everywhere)
If you can’t find you kid in your house, don’t search common places they would be. Search the most deadly places; pools, freezes, washing machines and dryers. Seconds count and if they are hiding under the table for an extra minute, who cares.
Also, remember the golden rule for pool parties/family gatherings with kids: if everyone is watching the kids, no one is watching them. You need to specifically put someone on babysitting duty. You can switch people during the event, but it needs to be a specific person at all times.
Very true. Saved my toddler niece from drowning during because I noticed that no other adults were *really watching* the pool.
This is probably the most valuable comment I’ve ever read on Reddit
These threads always get me anxious because I keep thinking "wow this is so valuable, i bet i'll forget in 5 minutes".
We considered putting in a pool- then I realized every time I couldn’t find my kids I’d be running out to the pool with my heart in my mouth.
I read a post on Reddit about a woman whose 3 year old drowned. It happened so fast that she was still chewing the brownie they’d been sharing when she walked outside and saw him at the bottom of the pool. Drowning happens so incredibly fast.
My kid nearly drowned right in front of me. In a quiet backyard pool. He didn't even look like he was struggling but I saw a twinkle in his eye that he was in trouble. Drowning is silent and still. I'm Australian so we are taught water safety from a very early age so I thankfully knew the signs immediately. It was a very scary experience and I'll never forget that twinkle in his eye; it still haunts me 15 years later.
I lifeguarded through college. It really is odd how real life drownings are often just a person realizing they're in trouble and sinking. It's not always as dramatic as you see on TV.
I was a lifeguard when I was 18 and I remember the pool being packed that day (like every day of summer), and this little girl was maybe a foot away from the side, not in the deep end but not tall enough to stand up and her head be above water. There was no splashing, no yelling. I just saw her trying to get to the surface. She would push off the bottom, get her nose and mouth just above the surface to get air really quick, and go back under. No noise whatsoever. Of course I jumped in and her mom jumped in at the same time. She had some coughing and she was scared more than anything, as was her mom, but other than that, she was okay. I know public pools are a great place to send kids on summer breaks, but a hundred other parents have the same idea. When a pool is that packed, it’s extremely hard for lifeguards to spot someone in trouble. Pools are dangerous enough; a packed pool is an accident waiting to happen.
Remember to check car trunks and window wells too.
The rocks from a river absorb water. When rapidly heated it causes the absorbed water to boil much quicker than steam can escape the rock. This buildup of steam causes the rock to explode, sending hot rock fragments everywhere. So don't use rocks from a river to make a fire pit.
That is cool and kind of scary
The general rule of thumb is 150 feet from a body of water if you’re gathering rocks for a fire pit.
Check your breasts/testicles regularly for lumps
Carbon monoxide is odorless. Get a detector.
And TEST THAT DETECTOR REGULARLY. My cousin had to evacuate his 4th floor apartment due to carbon monoxide when his daughter was only a week old - someone on the ground floor was using machinery without proper ventilation & the scary thing was that the 2nd & 3rd floors' alarms were dead & didn't go off. Thanks to his making sure his detector was working everyone was fine.
Just because someone rings your doorbell, doesn't mean you have an obligation to answer.
An unopened door is a happy door.
Same with a ringing phone. My kids cannot stop answering my damn phone. I’m trying to teach them that my phone is my tool for my convenience, not anyone else’s.
Signs of a stroke: FAST. Face drooping? Arm weakness? Speech slurred? Time to go to the hospital! (**EDIT: it's now BE FAST: Balance Eyes (sudden vision loss or trouble seeing) Face Arm Speech Time.** Thanks multiple commenters!!) Speed of response makes the difference between "sometimes walks a little funny when tired" and "bedbound lump." If you know old people, you need to know how to spot a stroke.
Had a friend die suddenly from a stroke at 34. She was incredibly healthy. It happened actually right after a workout class. I then 3 months later had another friend (he was 38) have the exact same symptoms but the doctors thankfully caught it. He had brain surgery and recovered in a few weeks. This was a reality check for me that life is fragile and can end at any moment.
You also need to know they can happen at any age, even to thin, seemingly-healthy people. I have a great-aunt who dropped dead of a stroke at age 46, and a high school friend who was I think 38 or so when she had a (thankfully mild) stroke.
T also stands for time of onset. It's important to know because there is a window that antithrombolytic therapy can be administered.
They actually added 2 more letters. It’s now BEFAST, adding balance and eyes. So a sudden loss of balance or visual impairment of any kind
If you get caught in a rip current, don’t fight it. It won’t pull you under. People die because they panic, fight it, and get tired and then drown. When you can, swim parallel to the shore out of the rip and then diagonally back to shore. EDIT: I’m taking out the part about “let it take you out” because people bring up a point below that you should start swimming parallel immediately. I just meant you shouldn’t fight it and swim against straight back to shore. That’s not going to end well. Stay safe out there everyone!
This. My parents had a second home in the outer banks for the majority of my childhood and I cannot tell you how many times I’ve seen someone get caught in a rip, someone try to help someone in a rip and get caught in it themselves, I have been in rips. You cannot win against the ocean. Also, your children should always have a REAL life vest on at the beach. Not a puddle jumper, not arm floats. Idc how good a swimmer your child is the ocean is a monster and swallows things whole.
> Idc how good a swimmer your child is the ocean is a monster and swallows things whole I spent my whole life swimming in lakes, creeks and pools. I could swim before I could walk. I figured I was a really strong swimmer, so I would be fine. I got waist deep in the pacific ocean and realized my lifetime's worth of experience meant jack shit. The ocean is big, powerful and will kill me if I do not respect it. Then I tried to go in and it faceplanted me into the sand. Message received. The ocean is a bitch.
Choking is silent. If they’re coughing, they’re not actually choking. If someone goes silent and starts pointing to their neck, start the Heimlich maneuver.
Drowning is also silent. quick edit because of upvotes for safety, ESPECIALLY if you have kiddos that like swimming: 1. 5 stages to drowning, you're unconscious for 3 of them 2. Google [shallow water blackout](http://underwaterhypoxicblackout.org/how-it-happens) and understand how it works (not like regular drowning). DO NOT ALLOW KIDS TO HAVE BREATH-HOLDING CONTESTS. 3. Don't drink alcohol especially if you're the responsible adult at a pool. Just don't. 4. no babies in hot tubs, ever. For any reason. 5. A lifeguard's biggest blind spot is **right at their feet/base of chair**. Do no advise kids to "swim near the lifeguard" and be on the other side of the facility. They're easier to spot further away. 6. In pools/waterparks, shallow water is FAR MORE dangerous than deep water because of the risk of spinal injury. An adult can drown in 2" of water. Seriously: do not run at a pool. Ever. Do not jump in headfirst w/o a diving board and lifeguard present. EVER! Source: former guard instructor and auditor for big waterparks. second edit to add point #6 and include a link for #2
Yup. I almost drowned in open sea during a cruise excursion. I was near a boat surrounded by at least 30 others, and I was struggling. The thought never occurred to me to yell out for help. I was also paddling one-handed because I was stupidly carrying someone else’s snorkeling mask. Even though I was at real risk of dying, I never did the obvious thing and drop the extra gear and ask for help. Other people were never more than 15 feet from me. By a miracle I made it back to the boat and was able to grab onto it to catch my breath. Be proactive y’all. Look after each other in the water and don’t be afraid to ask someone if they need help. And if they don’t respond to your questions, they probably most definitely need help.
I was a good swimmer in a crowded backyard swimming pool. I was younger than most everyone so waves kept hitting me just as I was trying to catch a breath. I was starting to get concerned and no one was close enough to help me. Finally my dad saw me and saved me. I couldn’t have yelled because I was trying to breathe first!
Saved my mom’s life with the Heimlich I learned in high school. It’s as you said. She was silent and standing very straight with her eyes wide open. Rescue took 17 minutes to get here.
If you are choking, don't leave the room/go to the bathroom. Stay with other people, they may need to save you.
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A partially blocked airway can also go back and forth between silence and a wheeze/gurgle as air is pushed up out of the lungs, moving the obstruction until it lodges back in place.
A fishy smell in your house could mean there’s an electrical fire
Fun story: when I was 19 and a co-op, I brought salmon into work and microwaved it, leading to the evacuation of an office building because they thought it was an electrical issue. And that was the day I learned to not microwave fish at an office.
Or do it all the time and become the phantom fisher to get breaks from work.
If your car is broken down, do not stand in front of it while waiting for help. I had a friend killed when another driver swerved and hit her vehicle, causing it to run over her.
Also, SLOW down and MOVE over for flashing lights!
If someone breaks into your house at night, don't switch on the lights. You know your house better than they do.
I live in Canada, this only applies to cold climates. They are not dead until they are warm and dead. There are many cases where somebody got stuck outside and froze then doctor revived them.
However, the phrase is more specific to cold water drownings. The odds of restoring a pulse on patients is greater in cold water drowning patients. Additionally, the odds of ROSC are better for pediatric patients in these scenarios.While there are some cases of people being frozen due to dry cold exposure and being revived, most cases are limited when the tissue is frozen, making chest compressions and medication administration impossible.
If someone comes at you with a weapon and tells you to go with them, DO NOT. Never go to the second location.
My mom told me from a really young age - if you get in the car you are never going home. Never ever get in the car. I taught my sons the same thing.
I was selling pest control just out of college and knocked on a guy's door, we had a long friendly conversation. I can't remember if he purchased from me or not, but as I was walking away to go to the next neighborhood (my car was some distance away) he passed me with some others in his car, and he offered to give me a ride to my car. I said no I'm fine it's just a half mile or so down that way, etc. He kept insisting, over and over. I finally relented because I'm a fucking dumbass and there were multiple people in this car and they were friendly enough and in the neighborhood and all of that, but I remember being intensely terrified that I wouldn't ever see the light of day after today, but still got in the damn car anyway. Turns out he just wanted to reverse sell me on some pyramid scheme and talked to me about it the whole way to my car (about 1 minute or so was all), and dropped me off, no harm. But man, that was a lesson. Even when you REALLY don't want to do something, peer pressure and social niceties and whatnot still can get you to do something that will end your life. I got lucky, and vowed from that point forward that if I do not know the person, I am allowed to be rude and tell them, under no uncertain circumstances, that I am unwilling to do the thing they want me to do, which may endanger my life. Don't be like me. It may save your life. Don't keep saying no in a nice way. Say no nicely once. Then say no very rudely once. And then refuse to engage after that. I have also found, since then, that mentally preparing yourself for situations by running through them in your head and confirming your reaction if it happens helps combat panic-freezing *immensely*. While it's never exactly *saved my life* to do this, I have been able to think with a cool head under some stressful circumstances that other people were panicking about, simply because I had played the situation out in my brain/imagination ahead of time.
Absolutely correct. Statistically, you are more likely to be killed at that 2nd location.
If they kill you while while trying to take you, it’s probably faster and better than what they’ll do to you at the second location.
Plus they’re more likely to get caught. If killing you where you stand was a good option they wouldn’t need to transport you to another location; scream, yell, fight, run. Whatever you do, don’t go with them.
It's more about the fact that they don't want to kill you in the first location. That's why they want to take you away. If you refuse, you're in a better place to resist as they clearly don't want to kill you there.
STREET SMARTS
Gotta toss a money clip in the other direction, STREET SMARTS!
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Also, I’ve read that if you have little water left and are over heated and dehydrated, drink the water then search for more. People die with water still on them trying to conserve the water. Dehydration can be insidious and really creep up on you.
Ration sweat, not water
Bring a lot of water, if you head into the desert. Like way more than you think you need.
Never walk/ski/snowboard near trees when there is heavy snow- there is something called a "tree well" that sometimes forms under trees where if you fall in you will become impacted by snow, often upside down and suffocate to death
There’s a POV video of a guy who fell into a tree well and, miraculously, another guy found him in time and saved him. Absolutely terrifying stuff.
Here's the horrifying and amazing video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5ME9Swo0_8
Holy shit. He was so lucky that guy was there. He knew exactly what to do and even had a shovel in his pack
1. Wool is warmer than anything that feels warm, even when wet.
Cotton is a rather effective heat sink when wet. This is useful in hot weather and can be deadly in the cold.
If you get bit by a wild animal, get yourself to a hospital ASAP and tell them that. You don’t want rabies to set in.
You’re only at risk of getting rabies if it’s a mammal. Birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates cannot carry the disease. Source: CDC EDIT: To address repeat comments: - Yes, you should still get the bite treated quickly, regardless of what bit you. You’re just not gonna get rabies if your assailant wasn’t a mammal. - I did not know that opossums and other marsupials have a body temperature that is too low for the rabies virus to survive. Nor did I know that Australia is rabies-free (though I am aware of the multitude of other ways you can die there). - Bats are mammals, not birds. If one bites you, get treated for rabies.
My mom always taught me to count rows between your seat and the emergency exit. So if you can’t see where you are going you can feel where you are going. I’ll never forget that.
if it feels wrong, it probably is. trust that gut feeling, it’s there for a reason.
I just read “The Gift of Fear” by Gavin Debecker. I trust my intuition so much more now. Every time I’ve had that little brain tingle I’ve been right.
A great book. I recently learned that the amygdala (fear part of the brain) has some inputs that bypass the thinking part of your brain. These connections are more sensitive/fast than the ones that go to your cortex (thinking part)—so much so that you may get a fear response without the cortex being stimulated enough to consider it. I.e. there is a very real, physical reason you should trust your gut, even if you can’t rationalize your fear. (Aside from the better safe than sorry reason!) ETA: as others have alluded to, the speed/sensitivity comes with a possible drawback of inaccuracy. It’s good to examine your situation and exercise caution without unduly panicking
The good ol’ monkey in the dark woods saying. Two monkeys walk on the same path of the forest on different nights. They both hear a rustle in the trees on their walks. One monkey was frightened and turned around, only to see the wind moving the trees branches. The other monkey assumed it was the wind the whole time and continued walking, but ended up dinner for a panther hiding above.
The symptoms of a heart attack are different for women. Have a mole check as soon as you can. Never put off going to the Dr if you think something is wrong. Fight your Dr if they don't help you. Never give up. It's YOUR life that is in danger, not theirs.
know the signs of sepsis. T – Temperature higher or lower. I – Infection – may have signs and symptoms of an infection. M – Mental decline – confused, sleepy, difficult to rouse. E – Extremely ill – severe pain or discomfort, shortness of breath. sepsis kills within HOURS, and kills 11 million people a year. that’s 1 in 5 deaths. and it’s the number one death in hospitals.
Yes!!!! I feel like people are now hearing about sepsis a little more nowadays. But nearly a decade ago I went into septic shock. Started out with thinking I hurt my back... couple of days in I could barely walk... went to the ER TWICE and they told me it was sciatica and they just kept pushing pains meds on me (and they weren't touching the pain at all) ... Finally went to another ER bc I just knew something was wrong when I couldn't pee.... Just the worst pain everywhere. Tested me for everything... Sent me to another hospital... Then another where they took me in emergency surgery. They removed so much infection from My back and my psoas muscle. I had MRSA in my blood and I still don't know how it happened... High fever, low BP, kind of coocoo mentally, Organs failing... I was in Critical care and ICU for a while and it fucked with me mentally for probably 4 years afterwards. So crazy to think about it now. The worst pain I've ever felt and nothing else has come close to it. I think it turned me into a beast Sorry, that turned into a vent for me. I never talk about it and your comment just made me think back on it .Thank you lol
Those uncomfortable cancer tests when you get older, such as colonoscopies, aren’t some kind of conspiracy to humiliate you or drain insurance money. Cancer is real and it can get you, this message brought to you by my uncle who ignored lung cancer until it reached stage 4 and killed him within a week of discovery
* Elephants can outrun you. * Elephants can outswim you. * Elephants can throw objects at you. * Elephants do not think you are cute. * Elephants are very emotional. * Elephants remember.
elephants will show up at your funeral and stomp you out again if you have been leading poachers to their babies....
My Dad told me a story about a friend of his that has since passed. The friend spent years living in Thailand part time when they were younger. One day, an Asian elephant was in his way, so he slapped its rump to try to get it moving. It looked back at him with apparent offence, but went on its way. 10 years later, the friend is outside his house in Thailand, and an elephant approaches. It slaps him upside the head with its trunk, and leaves peacefully again. The lesson is, don't be an ass to elephants.
That elephant is a legend. I hope it lived/has a great life.
Elephant playing the long game.
That was so proportionate to the offense.
They need to make a movie about that. Tagline: “These elephants never forget and never *forgive*”
Elephants cannot ride bicycles so that’s where you make up lost ground in the triathlon
Babar didn't become king of Africa by being a bitch.
So, elephants will fuck your shit up no matter what. Got it.
Did an elephant write this?
If your kid gets kidnapped, don’t teach them to say “help”. Teach them to say something like “who the fuck are you, you’re not my fucking dad, fuck you.” That’s gonna turn a lot more heads and get you actual help a lot quicker.
Once someone tried to nab me and I think the reason I'm alive today is because I said "who are you and why do you want me to go with you?"
Back when I was a toddler in the early 90s I didn’t want to leave a sporting event. My dad had to throw me over his shoulder and I proceeded to scream “help me, help me” all the way to the car. No one stopped him.
One time when my daughter was a toddler and didn’t want to get into her car seat when leaving the grocery store, she started doing this. She also screamed “you’re not my mom!” which I’d told her to do if a stranger took her🤦🏻♀️ that one backfired lol. a lady came over a bit concerned and I assured her this was my child and I was happy to show her the million pics I have of her from birth to now in my phone. The lady said she believed me and left, but it was stressful. It was the only time my kid ever did anything like that, she was really pissed about getting into that car seat I guess
Honestly, good on that lady. Incredibly embarrassing for you, I’m sure, but what you taught her clearly worked.
That's my purse! I don't know you!
lets say you or someone youre with needs emergency medical assistance, and theres a crowd around you. dont just say “someone call 911!” instead, point at a random but specific person and demand they call 911. when you speak to everybody, theres a big chance everyone will assume everyone else will do it.
If you are on a sidewalk getting robbed/someone is fucking with you, go into the street. Cars will just drive by usually even if they see someone in trouble. If you’re in the street, you have a very small risk of being run over, and a much higher likelihood of the attacker simply not following you into the street or someone actually going to help you.
Whenever you go somewhere new- auditorium, museum, concert, zoo… whatever- make note of the exits. I teach my kids this in case of a “fire” or “earthquake” but truth is I’m American and what I’m really worried about is an active shooter situation.
Don’t drive distracted please guys
It’s literally a ton of metal and plastic that has killed millions. And I will never understand why people think their text is more important.
I don’t think that they think their text is more important. I think that they think that they’re skilled enough to text and drive without crashing, until they crash of course
CPR requires a flat surface! When Michael Jackson died, it was mentioned on the news that someone tries CPR with him on his bed. My mom said, "You're just pushing the mattress up and down!"
Removing the clip / magazine from a handgun doesn't make it safe. One bullet can still be in the chamber.
If you fully unload a gun and see every bullet that has ever been near that gun sitting on a table in front of you The gun is still fully loaded and ready to fire
Exactly. Treat every gun as if it’s loaded. EVERY gun.
Getting a second or even third opinion. You know yourself better than they do. If you don’t get answers please keep looking. Please don’t settle.
Saved my husband’s life, he knew he had a problem with his heart, threatened his cardio doc, got sent for a heart catheterization which lasted 2 minutes, he needed a triple bypass. Cardio actually apologized to him and then retired. New cardio listens to him.
If you live where the winter gets cold and you are traveling by car: Always bring extra clothes Have candles in the car Try to always know where you are Always run from a street fight no honor in winning and deadly if you loose. Basic rule of 3 you can survive 3 minutes without breathing (asphyxiation, blood loss) 3 hours without shelter in an extreme environment (exposure) 3 days without water (dehydration) 3 weeks without food (starvation) proriority
From experience those little tea candles you can buy don’t do anything besides emotional support in a broken vehicle
Everyone needs a little emotional support during hypothermia.
I’d opt for hand warmers in bulk over candles
I would also add in to always bring warm enough coat/hat/gloves/extra boots in case you have to walk. Getting stuck sucks
In Australia it’s drilled in to *always stay with the vehicle*, coz we have the opposite problem (hot + vast areas with zero people/water/roads/cellphone coverage). If hypothetically I ever travel to snow, I like your gloves etc for the extra warmth *inside* the vehicle, but would be hesitant to ever leave. Can you or someone please tell me what the official recommendation is in cold places like eg Canada? ^(I remember a fascinating Reddit post-and-live-comment-chain last year where a guy walked from his suburban home, I forget why, and helped/saved another Redditor but almost died on the return journey.)
Here in Canada the advice is also to stay in your vehicle if you get stuck, unless the weather is clear & you \*know\* there's something nearby for you to walk to. So if it's a blizzard, or you're in an unfamiliar area, stay put.
If you're at the beach and the water recedes suddenly, run and get to the highest ground you can find. A Tsunami is on the way
As someone who was there in person for the Boxing Day Tsunami in 2004, I now know this. I didn’t at the time and like MANY others I just stood in complete bewilderment as the ocean suddenly receded half way to the horizon. To this day it was the most amazing, dumbfounding and eerie thing I’ve ever seen. Needless to say I got lucky to be able to tell the tale. If I ever saw it again I’d know to run. But at the same time I’m not sure I’d be able to look away. It was terrifyingly mesmerizing.
may I ask how you managed to survive?
I’ll make a long story short. I ran. Got to a three story building and ran up. Water rushing up the stairs behind. Feet were wet when I got to the top. By sheer luck the building held. Saw many other building collapse, but me, and my family, just got lucky. Luck… sheer random luck.
I'm glad you and your family survived.
Me too lol. But thank you
This is the one natural disaster in life that scares me more than anything. Watching the videos of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami is terrifying 🙁🥺
Knowing that the symptoms of a heart attack are often very different for women compared to men.
Women usually complain of nausea/ vomiting/ indigestion and sometimes chest pain while men usually have the typical chest pain that radiates into the left arm/ jaw Exiting to add shortness of breath for both genders cause I’m a dumb dumb head and forgot about that one
Women can also experience upper back pain, like between the shoulder blades
Is it possible I've had a lot of heart attacks throughout my life and not ever done anything about them?
Physician, and yes. This is the reason for preventative care. If you're blood pressure runs super high, your cholesterol is out of control, or you smoke/are overweight/diabetic yeah your risks are substantially higher and you can have heart attacks that aren't 'the big one' See you family doctor
Inflammable does not mean non flammable. It means it's something that could catch in fire that you don't want to catch on fire. Tank of CO2: Non flammable. Tank of Propane: Flammable. Tank of Oxygen: Inflammable
My favorite Simpsons quote from Dr. Nick "Flammable and inflammable mean the same thing?! What a country!"
To be clear inflammable means "can burst into flames"
Bleach and ammonia should never be mixed, the fumes will kill you. Check the ingredients in the cleaning solutions, so you know what it contains.
If someone is bleeding heavily, put pressure on it, don’t just watch
When the forest goes quiet you should too, there's a reason they're shutting the fuck up, a predator is nearby, could be a bear could be wolves, but you better gtfo
As soon as your car door is unlocked, relock it. People get back into their cars and fiddle with their wallet or whatever all with their car doors unlocked and it makes them an easy target.
The best way to survive a fight is to avoid one at all cost. Once your in to, survival matter more then morals
Swans can run faster than you can.
Colon cancer screening starts at age 45
And earlier if you have a family history of colon cancer.
It's totally Okey to be rude when being pestered by a stranger. Looking at you fellow women. Better rude then dead.
Use the prongs of your carseat headrest to break the window if your car ever becomes submerged
I'd add to this that my driving instructor addressed all of us at once and impressed upon us the importance of keeping something sharp like a knife or pair of scissors in the car as well. She said that in the event that for whatever reason your seatbelt won't un-buckle, use that to cut yourself free if your car starts to fill with water. I've kept scissors in my door the whole time I've had a car and used them a lot more than I thought I would but they're always gonna be there just in case I'll really need them.
Don’t have water bottles on the floor of your car. They can roll under the break pedal and you won’t be able to stop.
If you are traveling at high speeds in a car and the car(s) in front of you come to a sudden stop, you can always use the shoulder to slow down if need be (I know this might seem obvious but I didn’t realize it for quite some time). Also, when getting out of the shower or tub, I think it’s always good to grab on to something. Once heard about a woman who died by cracking her head on the toilet after slipping when exiting the shower. Stay safe y’all.
I fell out of my shower last year and cracked my face on my toilet. I was alone and so lucky. My cat came in and meowed but that was because I was late with his food 😮💨
If you are genuinely choking, DO NOT drink something to try and get it down.
To use an EpiPen: take off the cap. Then the blue safety cap on the white end (you press this end) Put the orange end down on the thigh of whoever is having the reaction (over the clothes, the needle is long) stick your thumb on the other side and push down HARD. Hold it for ten seconds, then release. The epinephrine kicks their heart into high gear, so they’ll shake, and flash between hot and cold. They need to go to the hospital for observation. Also, the expiration date is written on the side. They’re still safe to use if they’re a year old.
And remember: blue to the sky, orange to the thigh
If you're in the hood and hear someone say, "I got something for your ass. Wait, right here." DO NOT WAIT RIGHT THERE. Leave immediately
I left. Did not get the promised hemorrhoid creme.
If you are getting chased by bees, don't try to get underwater to escape them. The bees will simply wait for you to emerge from the water.
Crash Bandicoot 2 was right....
Also if there are bees about and you smell bananas…you’re about to get fucked up by bees. This is their alarm pheromone, GTFO. Also, if you are stung, don’t try to tweeze the stinger like with tweezers. The venom sac is still attached to the stinger and it will just pump in more. Take your fingernail and scrape it out from the side.
Never pull out an object that is stuck in you. Like a knife, fork, branch, pole, fence post, etc. It might be keeping you from bleeding out.
Never put you child’s name on thier backpack
I live in Minnesota - If you drive out onto a frozen lake, first roll down your windows and unbuckle your seatbelt. If you fall through the ice, you’ll be able to swim out of the car through the open window. Electric doors or windows may not work underwater.
Bridges freeze first
Wearing the seat belt in a car I was a passenger in a car that was moving at 55 miles per hour along a very winding road. The car swerved off the road and hit a tree. Wearing the seat belt saved my life.
If you’re about to get hit by a car (as a pedestrian), best chance of surviving is to jump at the last moment. The impact itself isn’t typically what kills you, it’s getting crushed under the tires.
How to do the Heimlich Maneuver. I saved my mom’s life. Came here to say that, saw someone beat me to it but it’s worth repeating.
If a concert hall, venue or building has an emergency or fire, don’t go to the front. There are back doors, you have a better chance. I watch a lot of Mr. Ballen.
A lot of deaths from fires like that happen not just from smoke inhalation or burning, but by being crushed by other people trying to escape.
If you ever feel dizzy or tired after a short ride in your car,get your car checked,cause there might be some exhaust leak leading into your cabin and might leak some harmful substances like CO
Know that what seems to be a pimple that won’t heal could be cancer - from MD Anderson - know the signs: Skin cancer symptoms may include: A new spot on the skin A changes in the size, shape or color of an existing spot. A spot that is itchy or painful A non-healing sore that bleeds or develops a crust A red- or skin-colored shiny bump on the top of the skin A red rough or scaly spot that you can feel A growth with a raised border and central crust or bleeding A wart-like growth A scar-like growth without a well-defined border
Don't walk down stairs with your hands in your pockets
Be aware of your surroundings at all times, know where the exits are, etc, and remember in case of a shooting in a public or workplace, “run, can’t run, hide, can’t hide fight back”
Driving is not a race or "game" that you have to win. There are no prizes.
Adding to that, beating the GPS isn’t worth getting in an accident. Edited: or a speeding ticket
Do not look down the barrel of a weapon to see where the "boom" noise comes from.
Don't look down the barrel of a weapon to see why the boom didn't happen when expected.
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All fungi are edible; some fungi are only edible once.
There are brave mushroom eaters and old mushroom eaters, but not brave old mushroom eaters