Deadly Oversights: 48 Critical Errors First Responders Urge EMTs and Civilians to Avoid
Running to pull someone out of burning vehicle is a great way to risk losing your life or causing serious injury to yourself. It is so unbelievably important to let the proper personnel deal with each situation and NOT risk causing more casualties.
I know these points are made a lot, but don’t drink and drive. Don’t get high and drive. Don’t text and drive. It is repeated over and over but yet we constantly see accidents and fatalities because of this. It is so easy to avoid. If you are drinking or using d***s, have a sober driver/taxi/Uber drive you, or stay at your home. If you need to text, like it is a true emergency, find a safe place to pull over and park to send the message, otherwise just wait.
If you get distracted while driving and your tires go over the side of the road, don’t freak out and whip the wheel to get back on. You’ll over correct and go across, likely into a tree on the other side. Or another driver head on. Had a girl recently do this and while she died instantly, her parents were just in front of her and her dad got second and third degree burns trying to get her body out if the wreckage.
To the point, gradually get back on the road, and if impossible, out hazards on, come to a stop, then rejoin the road when safe.
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