Deadly Oversights: 48 Critical Errors First Responders Urge EMTs and Civilians to Avoid
Many drownings could be avoided: if you are going out in a boat wear your life jackets. Drinking alcohol and water element isn’t a good mix. Keep close eye on your kids there and make them wear some sort of float equipment (best would be life jacket if they can’t swim, even if they are not swimming but are hanging out close to deep water) and put them into swimming lessons early. If you are an adult and can’t swim, take swimming lessons. And keep in mind that it can get deep quickly. Don’t go to frozen lake/sea if you don’t know how good the ice is.
In my country most people celebrate midsummer day near lake or sea and drunk as f**k. And every year we have this game at work where we quess how many will drown this year during the midsummer weekend.
Firefighter here:
For the love of god, wear your seatbelt, don’t text and drive, and don’t drive after drinking or while high.
It’s never a good outcome for anyone involved.
Flashback to when I first started in the fire service. 3 teenage girls driving along 2 lane country road at night. Speeding, intoxicated.
They take a turn too fast. This SUV flipped over and goes down into a gully, on it’s roof. Passerby sees the wreckage and calls us.
We get there and 1 of the girls is sitting on the side of the road, crying. Telling us her 2 friends are still down there.
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