Accidents or life threatening situations do happen anytime but what do we do when it happens? The article examines six life saving tips that may be of help to you.
1. Never take out an object you have been stabbed with. It’s actually preventing you from a hemorrhage (blood loss).Let a doctor or other medical person remove it.
2. If you need urgent help in a public place, do not scream for help. People may think someone else will help you. Instead, call out for help to one specific person.
The bystander effect, is a social psychological phenomenon in which individuals are less likely to offer help to a victim when other people are present. The greater the number of bystanders, the less likely it is that any one of them will help.
3. If you find yourself in the ocean or fall into a river, and want to come to the surface, your first instinct will be to paddle as fast as you can. It will exhaust you, and eventually cause you to drown. Instead, just float
4. If you’re cooking with oil and gas and it catches fire, never try to extinguish it with water. Because of the oil, you’ll instead make the fire bigger. Simply turn off the gas and use something non-flammable to cover the flames. A pot lid, wet cloth or a wool blanket are useful.
5. Stay close to the ground if any building catches fire. Smoke is the first cause of death during a fire outbreak as it rises up. Clearer air for breathing is found close to the ground.
6. Wherever you go, be it a church, a party, or even a school, make sure you see 3 exits. It can be both easy and hard. Scan the space with your eyes so that even if there’s only one door you’ll find at least three ways out. Why? If something bad happens, it will be too late to look for an exit. If you’ve found and memorized them in advance, you’ll be able to move toward one of them almost without thinking.
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