Top 20 Facts That Could Save Your Life

BeAmazed at these top 20 facts and survival life hacks! Including: Make a fire from a phone battery. Calling emergency services isn’t the only way a phone could save your life though. How to escape riptides. At number 19, it’s what to do if you get caught in a riptide. What to do in a fire. Call emergency services from lock screen. Not only in a fire, but in many other situations too, it’s important to call the emergency services. Where people’s weak spots are. Let’s go to something a bit Hollywood. Make a knife from a cigarette. Escape a crocodile. Jellyfish stings. Portuguese man-of-war stings are particularly nasty, and they like to hang out in groups, sometimes 1000 or more at a time, around the Atlantic, Indian and pacific oceans. Give yourself the Heimlich manoeuvre. Next up is probably a more common risk than jellyfish or alligators: choking. Use super glue on a wound. This one is about dealing with wounds that look like they might need stitching.

Use a sanitary towel as a bandage. Another little trick that comes in handy if you have a wound, but don’t have a plaster or bandage with you, is sanitary towels. Don’t eat snow when dehydrated. Earlier, I debunked the myth of urinating on jellyfish stings, and here’s another rumour that I want to expose. Remember the rule of three. In extreme conditions -Bear-Grylls-style extreme - always try to remember the rule of three. How to deal with a knife wound. What’s the best thing to do in the unfortunate event of a stabbing? After calling the emergency services, of course, the best thing you can do might not be what you’d expect. What to do in a chip pan fire. Maybe you remember this one from school. Or, maybe you’ve forgotten. What should you do in the case of a chip pan or an oil pan fire?

How to hold your keys correctly. This is a fact that many people know, but that many people are actually not doing correctly. Ask specific people for help. The next tip could help you in a whole variety of situations. There are lots of times when you might need some help in public. Use aspirin during a heart attack. Here’s a really surprising one. If you or someone with you is having a heart attack, did you know that one potential cure, or at least a way of lessening the effects, is to take an aspirin? Use trousers as a float. This little trick is used by everyone from boy scouts to marines. How to spot a venomous snake. And that isthis incredibly easy tip to spot whether a snake is venomous or not.
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