You never know what tomorrow might bring. It might start like a perfectly ordinary day but then you go out for a hike and get lost in the wilderness. Or get back to your apartment building and take the elevator to your floor just for it to start falling.
Of course, it's very improbable that you'll end up in a similar situation. But if, God forbid, you do, internet personality Adorian Deck, aka The Facts Guy, wants you to be prepared. So he is working on an interesting video series where he shares information on how to identify and escape emergencies.
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Meet Adorian Deck, aka The Facts Guy, who has over 3 million followers on TikTok
@adoriandeckOne of his most successful video series is dedicated to explaining how to survive potentially fatal situations
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If a service dog ever approaches you without its owner, follow them and do it quickly because you could be saving someone else's life.
If you think your home is haunted and you've been seeing or hearing a presence, get a carbon monoxide detector, there's a chance you could be hallucinating and this could be lethal
If you are ever trapped in a car, the headrest pole is made of material that is designed to smash car windows.
When crying for help, try and call some specific people like "hey, you in the red shirt, help, I'm being mugged!" A lot of people will ignore a help call so if you call someone specifically they'll look at you. If people are really ignoring your help call you can just try and yell "fire!" because people are going to come running to see stuff burning.
This is so sad. Stuff like this just breaks my heart. Why in the world would anyone ignore a cry for help?
In EMT school one of the first things they taught us was to point at a person directly and say something like "YOU! Call 911 NOW!" or "YOU, grab that backboard". Making eye contact and giving clear instructions to bystanders usually produces a better result.
So I did learn something from all those years of watching cop/fire/rescue shows!
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If you yell MOMMY or DADDY, it may be more effective, using one word calls for help is always better. Hope nobody finds themselves in a situation like this
This is very sad but I actually have though about this. If I was in real trouble I would shout “help, my baby, please help my baby”. I’d scream it as loud as I could. I’m sorry everyone but If I need your attention right now I’m going to shout anything that will make you listen. I’m sorry that sounds callous and I’m sorry I’ve actually had to think what I’d shout if I needed help.
We were taught to try to break a window, because almost anyone will react to the sound of breaking glass
I live between a very rural home with practically no neighbors, no access to emergency services nor a medical center & a home smack-dab in the middle of a crowded, noisy city. If someone has a loud sneeze in the rural setting, all the closest neighbors are alarmed & react. If someone is screaming bloody murder in the city, the bystander effect kicks in hard, because it’s either a hooker or homeless person being dramatic and if it’s truly an emergency someone else will respond. It’s sad.
being singled out wont make them want to help, no people dont come running to see a fire, it freaks them out and gets a commotion
Clearly you've never taken a CPR/First Aid class ever. The first things they teach is make sure you're safe approaching the situation 2nd if there are others around point at someone specifically and say you, you go call 911. Then have them wait to show Cops/EMT/FD specifically where to go if its not totally obvious like if it isnt in the middle of the street blocking traffic. Have you ever seen a house or building or car fire people stop and stare. Just like car accidents.
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I thought " fire" would make everyone run, but it does make sense that they would make sure somethings on fire first.
And if you are a teen or child, call any woman mom and ask her to help. She'll help you.
My parents always told me when I was young that if someone was ever trying to abduct me to never yell help always yell fire.
Also in emergency (so not mugging or something like that but instead someone is hurt and needs help) if you know CPR or are otherwise needed to save someones live, dont yell someone call ambulance, people will think that oh someone else is going to call, specifically point at person and say you call ambulance to ensure someone is actually calling.
Bystander effect. Its kinda almost not intentional. Same reason if youre giving random people instructions during an emergency, you have them repeat what theyre going to do, or give verbal confirmation that they understood. Because a lot of the time people will just dazedly nod, or not respond to general orders. You dont go "someone call 911" you tell a specific person to do it, or everyone will think "someone else will do it" and no one will.
The more people around the less obligated anyone feels to help. The think someone else will or that theres a reason that no one else is.
OMG! I told all my very wealthy world traveling privileged 8th graders that when in trouble ANYWHERE in the world - when you need help…. Yell FIRE (we went over that you must know certain words in the native language of the country). It’s the only word you can be certain that whoever is around will respond.
A lot of people say bystander effect, but this eefect has become questionable. And there are a ton of examples of yelling help did, actually, help. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bystander_effect
Have you read the Kitty Genovese story? You should. That's the most famous case of Bystander Effect. It was brutal. It was in Queens in the 60's. Pretty much all of her neighbors heard Kitty being stabbee and dying and did nothing. She didnt die immediately she continued screaming for someone to help no one did. It wasn't until she was just about to actually die one man came out of his apartment to help her but it was too late.
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I'm 59 and my Mom always told me to yell fire for help when I was a kid, so it's not just recently that the world has become so lacking in empathy.
I tried this once. I can't swim, and somehow managed to end up in the deep end of my friend's pool at their end of the year party. I yelled her brother's name, and i was rescued
I tell my kids if they're ever being abducted to scream, "this isn't my daddy!" Or "this isn't my mommy!" How many times have we seen a kid losing their mind being carried by an adult and just assuming it's a parent carrying a child having a tantrum?
One time I was walking in a grassy area(no sidewalks) along a very busy street. Nonstop heavy traffic. There was a small hole that an animal dug that was the perfect size for my heel. I stepped in it and knew right away knew that I broke my ankle (sounds gross but I heard break even over the traffic). I was sitting on the ground waving my arm for help for I don't know how long before a guy pulled over and called 911 for me. This street has 10s of thousands of cars that use it every day and it still took that long for someone to pull over during rush hour.
When Tommy Smothers fell into a vat of chocolate, he said he yelled "FIRE" because no one would save him if he yelled "Chocolate". (Smothers Brothers routine)
I know someone who got the s**t kicked out of him by several guys for standing up for a woman being hassled. That would be why people ignore cries for help
They won't come to help, but will run to see something burn. What the actual hell?
Complete drivel! Most muggings happen very quickly and no matter what was shouted would get a sufficiently fast response, even allowing for clarity of mind to 'choose' what you shout! Also, muggers tend to operate with far fewer people around, so the idea of singling out a person and describing their attire is ludicrous.
Not true. The bystander effect has been disproven over and over again. The Kitty Genovese story was twisted up like a telephone game. https://www.apa.org/gradpsych/2012/09/tall-tales https://www.science20.com/news_staff/bystander_effect_debunked_in_91_of_real_world_cases_someone_helps-239169
If you ever come face to face with a mountain lion, don't turn around, just walk backwards, they will be waiting for you to turn around before they attack you.
If you have a wound or bug bite and there's this kind of weird red line, that's blood poisoning.
If you witness an accident, never take off the person's helmet, you can make a spine or brain injury worse
If your house smells like fish for absolutely no reason there may be an electric fire
Keep a survival candle in your car when you're in cold areas because the heat from one candle can keep you from fatal freezing. And these candles can last up to 36 hours.
If a moose is in the middle of the road, it's better to just swerve and run into a ditch because hitting a moose is like hitting a brick wall.
Moose are at the height of your windscreen and you'll get crushed. All your car's crumple zones are in the wrong place for car vs moose
Use this helpful rhyme to remember what to do in the event of facing each kind of bear "If it's brown - lay down, if it's black - fight back, if it's white - goodnight"
If a tornado looks like it's not moving, it's because it's moving towards you.
Or away from you. But since you don't know, better run (or drive) away
The more colorful and vivid the animal the more likely it's poisonous.
They do this as a form of advertising that they are toxic. Other prey copy their designs to appear poisonous when they are not
If you are ever buried in rubble, yelling will just waste energy, try and grab something and tap it in intervals of three, rescuers will notice the pattern.
If somebody is ever trying to take you or points a gun at you to get you away in a public place, you just have to start screaming and fighting. Even if you're shot, medical attention can get to you relatively fast, but if they do end up taking you to a private place, your chances of being rescued are much lower
Never mix bleach and ammonia because the result is a poisonous gas that will take your life.
If lost in the woods, always follow the water downstream.
If you ever see square waves in the ocean get out immediately
Garage door springs can kill you if you try to take them off the wrong way. So best recommended to leave it to professionals.
a door company refused to even sell me a spring once for that reason. probably a really good idea not to let me have it.
If you've gone two and a half days without water and your only choice is either drink water that can't be sanitized or not drink water, drink the water. You're gonna pass away no matter what if you don't drink it. Most diseases you get from drinking bad water takes a couple of days to set in so you have some more time to get out.
If one is that dehydrated, the urge to drink probably drives over any rational thought. You'll most like drink anything but saltwater.
If someone tries to kidnap you, scratch your attacker because now their DNA will be in your fingernails
Milk from brown coconuts will dehydrate you, drink the green ones.
If you ever feel like someone is following your car, take four right turns. If they're still behind you, they're following you. You can also get off and on the freeway, but if this happens, just stay calm. Call the police and drive to a police station. Don't go home.
Do not slide into the pins at a bowling alley as a joke. The pin setting machine will crush you
If you have tightness in the middle of your chest that goes to your jaw and your shoulders or down your left arm, chew an aspirin and wash it down with water, then call emergency services. You are having a heart attack and this could save your life. Females will have pain in their upper back between the shoulder blades.
If you need to break into a car window aim for the edges and corners because it's weaker than the center.
If you are choking or having a heart attack, get out of your car. You can't signal anyone if you're unconscious in your car, but if you're draped over the hood that'll be sending a distress signal.
Indeed. My husband's friend lost his father who drove himself to the hospital and then died behind the wheel of his car in the car park (asthma attack).
If a power line falls next to you don't run or walk. Just put your feet together and bunny hop like this. That way the electricity can't go up one leg and down the other.
Mud all over will keep you from being eaten alive by insects
30 years ago, you had about 17 minutes to escape a house fire. Today, you only have about three minutes because newer homes and furniture burn faster.
Sixty seconds if your neighbour and yourself live in side by side skinny modern houses. 🙄
If you wake up in the middle of the night to the smell of gas do not turn your light switch on it could blow up your whole house
If your drink randomly smells like cinnamon, don't drink it. People will use that to cover up the scent of poison
If you or someone else gets stabbed, do not pull the knife out. It acts as a plug for blood loss.
If you're ever trapped in a building on fire get to the ground because the most breathable air will always be at the lowest point
If you have to perform CPR follow the beat of Staying Alive by The Bee Gees.
Don't use the first part of Staying Alive, as Michael Scott did
Most drunk driving fatalities occur on Saturday mornings between 1 am and 3 am. Avoid the roads at this time if you can
My grandma always said, "nothing good happens outside your house after midnight". She was not wrong.
If you accidentally disturb a beehive, do not go underwater, they will just wait for you and sting you more. Run as far away as possible and they will eventually tire out
Do not run zigzag if an alligator is chasing you. It's a myth. They're not stupid and they run up to 35 miles per hour.
If your hair suddenly stands up like this, duck and cover, you're about to be struck by lightning
Too much cold snow in your stomach can cause you to pass away of hypothermia. If snow is all you have, melt the ice then drink it
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So this guy on Tiktok basically just took things we've known for a long time and videoed them like they're his own?
I love the way they've replaced the word "die" in all of these with "pass away" instead as if it isn't exactly the same thing
Some people(like me) get triggered panic attacks about death from certain words associated to death. And trust me, panic attacks are not fun.
Load More Replies... There are lots if posts like this on BP but this was the most useful I ever read here
Gen X here... I grew up on TV, and got the misconception that quicksand was a mortal threat that I needed to be aware of. Decades later, and I have never encountered quicksand, nor has anyone that I know. This current generation will get their own misconceptions from these stupid tiktok people.
As a millennial I feel the exact same way about quicksand haha I was so sure I was going to encounter it at least once
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Most of these are obvious as f**k... I need the more obscure survival tips no one taught me as a kid, like don't try and wake up Auntie Sandra after she's had a couple of drinks and fallen asleep in the plant pot.
A lot of these are about what to do when kidnapped or abducted, but the likelihood of this happening to anyone that isn't involved in crime already, and isn't a child with an estranged parent, is so vanishingly small it's not worth thinking about. All articles like this do is scare people into thinking that life is much more dangerous than it is and people more violent than they actually are. It makes everyone's lives a little bit worse for no gain. (and before anyone kicks off, I didn't say *no one* ever gets abducted, I said the risk is incredibly small).
Facts guy seems like ‘state the obvious guy’ or ‘nick other peoples work guy’
Lots of triggered people in the comments assuming because you know a thing everyone does. Clearly ya'll never watched Benny Hill. Foolish hairless apes.
Just a question for the Pandas out there; since a lot of this advice involves kidnapping, robbery, plain old abduction, guns, knives, etc., how many of you out there have been subjected to this level of implied or actual violence?
I've come in contact with that even less than I have gotten caught in a natural disaster!
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His name sounds like the name a very posh person would give to their patio area.
If you really want to know how to survive in the wilderness, watch Man Vs Wild.
Did everyone not learn most this stuff in elementary school? Surprised they didn't mention not sticking your hand in the garbage disposal.
I am most thankful that "Adorian" which certainly sounds like an alias to me, didn't feel the need to put his face on every. single. one. of. these. posts.
Nearly all of this is stuff I read a hundred times. I should get used to just not click on something that says " tik tok user tells how..."
So this guy on Tiktok basically just took things we've known for a long time and videoed them like they're his own?
I love the way they've replaced the word "die" in all of these with "pass away" instead as if it isn't exactly the same thing
Some people(like me) get triggered panic attacks about death from certain words associated to death. And trust me, panic attacks are not fun.
Load More Replies... There are lots if posts like this on BP but this was the most useful I ever read here
Gen X here... I grew up on TV, and got the misconception that quicksand was a mortal threat that I needed to be aware of. Decades later, and I have never encountered quicksand, nor has anyone that I know. This current generation will get their own misconceptions from these stupid tiktok people.
As a millennial I feel the exact same way about quicksand haha I was so sure I was going to encounter it at least once
Load More Replies... Most of these are obvious as f**k... I need the more obscure survival tips no one taught me as a kid, like don't try and wake up Auntie Sandra after she's had a couple of drinks and fallen asleep in the plant pot.
A lot of these are about what to do when kidnapped or abducted, but the likelihood of this happening to anyone that isn't involved in crime already, and isn't a child with an estranged parent, is so vanishingly small it's not worth thinking about. All articles like this do is scare people into thinking that life is much more dangerous than it is and people more violent than they actually are. It makes everyone's lives a little bit worse for no gain. (and before anyone kicks off, I didn't say *no one* ever gets abducted, I said the risk is incredibly small).
Facts guy seems like ‘state the obvious guy’ or ‘nick other peoples work guy’
Lots of triggered people in the comments assuming because you know a thing everyone does. Clearly ya'll never watched Benny Hill. Foolish hairless apes.
Just a question for the Pandas out there; since a lot of this advice involves kidnapping, robbery, plain old abduction, guns, knives, etc., how many of you out there have been subjected to this level of implied or actual violence?
I've come in contact with that even less than I have gotten caught in a natural disaster!
Load More Replies... His name sounds like the name a very posh person would give to their patio area.
If you really want to know how to survive in the wilderness, watch Man Vs Wild.
Did everyone not learn most this stuff in elementary school? Surprised they didn't mention not sticking your hand in the garbage disposal.
I am most thankful that "Adorian" which certainly sounds like an alias to me, didn't feel the need to put his face on every. single. one. of. these. posts.
Nearly all of this is stuff I read a hundred times. I should get used to just not click on something that says " tik tok user tells how..."
