Deadly Oversights: 48 Critical Errors First Responders Urge EMTs and Civilians to Avoid
Do not put Gatorade bottles into your r****m.
Do not swallow two live snakes in an attempt to impress your date.
Do not get drunk and then ride in the open back of a pickup truck.
Be extra careful in the bathroom. Bathrooms are dangerous places. They can be slippery, and if you fall, anything you land on is going to be very hard.
Drifting onto the soft shoulder of the road and overcorrecting.
Because the tires don’t grip well on loose dirt, the driver turns the wheel farther than normal to get back to the pavement. When the wheels do contact the pavement, they grab and immediately turn the car toward the opposite side of the road. The car usually spins as it does so. If they’re lucky, they just go off the side and stop. Sometimes there’s a cliff or an oncoming vehicle.
The thing to do is, once the car is correcting course, turn the wheel back toward straight *before* getting back on the pavement. Be prepared to correct the steering very quickly in either direction when returning to pavement.
If someone is having a seizure, do NOT put anything in their mouth. Ever. There is no such thing as “swallowing your tongue.” Also, do not hold them down to try to stop their limbs from moving. Move dangerous objects away from them and roll them on their side when the seizure is over.
If you need to call an ambulance/go to the ER/go to urgent care, bring a list of your (or the patient’s) medications. I don’t care if “they should have them in the computer.”
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