30 Potentially Life-Saving Tips If You Ever Find Yourself In A Dangerous Situation, As Shared By This Woman On TikTok

Here's what to do if you're stranded in your car in the snow. Don't abandon your vehicle. It's going to provide shelter and it's going to be a lot easier for rescuers to find it than you walking around. You're going to want to stay warm, so put on all the clothes you have. Periodically move around inside the car to keep your blood flowing, and turn on your car's heater for 10 minutes every hour. This will provide warmth while conserving fuel. You're also going to want to make your car more noticeable by continuously clearing off the snow from the hood and putting something bright on it. You can also burn one of your tires which will produce a thick column of black smoke to attract attention. Good luck.

If you think you're being followed, here's what to do. First, determine if they're actually following you, increase your pace and if they match that make three or four turns around a building or block. If they follow that pattern, bad news is they're following you. Good news is that you have a chance to run away when they lose sight of you around one of those turns. If you can't lose them, approach another person, explain the situation to them, and have them escort you to a public area. If there's no one else around, call the police and stay with them on the phone the entire time. Don't go to your home or work that can give them personal information about you. Good luck.

Here's how to survive a dog attack. In the US alone. 4.5 million people are bit by dogs every year. If you're faced with an aggressive dog, don't make eye contact and don't run away. This will likely trigger them to chase after you. Instead, stay calm and assertive and slowly back away while keeping them in your peripheral. If it's going to attack you, try to put an object like a purse or a stick in between you to act as a shield. If nothing's available, the next best option is your forearm because it leaves the other three limbs available to fight the dog with and it protects your more vulnerable areas. Good luck.

If you're about to be caught in a whirlpool, here's how to survive. Don't try to fight it. Instead, swim in the direction it's spinning. That will allow you to use the whirlpool's current to pull you out of danger. If you're going to be sucked into it, take a deep breath and dive to the bottom. There's a chance a whirlpool will become weaker or dissolve at the bottom, giving you the opportunity to escape and swim away. Good luck.

Alligators have one of the strongest bite forces out of any animal and there are 5 million alligators in the US. If you encounter one, here's how to survive. If it approaches you on land, run away in a straight line, not a zigzag. Just get out of its territory as fast as you can. If you do get bit, fight back as hard as possible, landing as many blows as you can to its head. Use your fingers to gouge out its eyes and slam your fist down on the tip of its snout where it's most sensitive. Good luck.

Knowledge that could save your life, if you're bitten by a venomous snake. Contrary to popular belief, don't suck the venom out. Don't cut the wound, don't tie a tourniquet, don't even touch the area around the wound. That will only spread the venom faster. Instead, try to stay calm and move as little as possible. That will slow the spread of the venom. Move any jewelry or tight clothing from the area because with swelling, you won't be able to get it off later. Don't try to catch the snake. Just remember what it looks like and get to the hospital as soon as you can. Good luck.

If you find yourself caught in a wildfire, here's how to survive. First put your shirt over your nose and mouth to limit smoke inhalation. Then start moving downhill because wildfires move faster uphill. Flames travel with the wind, so if the wind is blowing towards a fire run into the wind, if the wind is blowing behind the fire, run perpendicular to the wind. Move to a place with limited fuel for the fire to burn. That could be a rocky area, a water source or an area that's already been burned. Good luck.

If you're about to be attacked by a moose, here's how to survive. Moose can run up to 35 miles per hour and can swim well, so don't jump into a body of water or run away. Instead, get behind a tree, fence, building, anything that could act as a barrier. Once they feel that you're not a threat, they'll likely go away. If you can't hide and the moose is going to attack you, curl up into a ball to protect yourself. But even after the attack stops, don't get up until the moose is a good distance away, or else it could attack you again. Good luck.

If your car is speeding out of control, here's how to survive. There's no way to slow down your car, and you're going to have to jump out of it. Try to steer your car towards somewhere relatively soft, like dirt or patch of grass. Open up your door as wide as possible, and then jump out at an angle that is perpendicular to your car, tuck yourself into a ball, and when you land try to roll to distribute the impact. Then, as soon as possible, get away from the road to avoid being struck by another car. Good luck.

If you find yourself trapped on the upper floors of a burning building, here's how to survive. The smoke will reach you faster than the fire and it can make you unconscious in a few minutes, then you'll likely die of suffocation. Smoke inhalation is the leading cause of death in fires. To buy yourself extra time while rescuers get to you, find a tube or hose it can be from anywhere inside a washing machine or vacuum cleaner and stick down a toilet there inside is coming from the sewer so it's not healthy, but it's not lethal like the smoke so you can breathe it while help comes. Good luck.