Skills to help you survive sitting in a passenger car in an accident

Vietnam often happens passenger car accidents that many people die. The main reason is due to collisions or the controller is out of control . To survive in these cases depends on many lucky factors. But pre-psychological, non-subjective preparation, and the provision of survival skills in emergency situations also help to limit casualties.

1. Choose a safe seat

For cars, the safest position is in the middle of the back seat.

For passenger cars, the safest seat is in the middle of the car, the area near the main door.

When traveling, need to choose quality vehicles, not overloaded. Do not leave heavy objects or glass and sharp objects around because they can cause serious injury when braking or colliding.

The safe locations for you when taking a bus are usually in the middle of the car or near the door. In this position, you will not be too impacted when the car has an accident, the escape is also easier.

If you sit near the window or the rear of the car, the risk of a concussion will be great when the car is in an accident.

2. Find a way to escape

Glass breaker in emergency cases.

1. When you ride your car, if you notice you will see in the car always equipped with breaking glass in emergency cases.Observe the situation, if you can't get out with the main door, you'll need to go out by breaking that window.
2. If there is an emergency escape hammer, you can easily use it to break the glass out.If there is no emergency escape hammer, look for something with a hardness that can break the glass like a fire extinguisher.
3. Quickly find your escape route in any way, leaving all your belongings and luggage.Don't waste time in those moments of birth and death.
4. If possible, use soft equipment available on the car such as blankets, pillows, and clothes to wrap around the neck and head.Thus, when a collision occurs, the probability of survival is very high.Then find a way to escape the scene as far as possible to avoid the means of fire or explosion.If injured, call the emergency medical number 115 for instructions on how to give first aid.

3. Sitting in the correct position

When sitting in a car, do not lean your seat back too much.

The person sitting in the car seat should have a proper posture, not leaning backward on the seat too much. In the event of an emergency hearing that the vehicle is out of control, choose a location away from the barricade and hard objects that could cause injury if struck. This will help avoid unnecessary injuries. For the driver's seat, the head restraint is placed in the right position between the top of the ear and the top of the head to help limit the injury in the neck, shoulders, and neck.

Master, Doctor Nguyen Thanh Nhan, Orthopedic Injury Department, HCMC Medical University. HCM said that the first and most important principle to limit casualties for passengers sitting in cars when collisions are to fasten themselves to the seat, in a curled posture, bow as low as possible, use your hands Hold your head to form "a tight block".

4. Must wear seat belts

The person sitting on the car wearing the seatbelt correctly, the rate of casualties is greatly reduced.

According to Dr. Nhan's assessment of the times of emergency rescue of patients with traffic accidents, those who sit on vehicles wearing a seatbelt correctly, the rate of casualties is greatly reduced. The seat belt is specially designed to help the driver as well as the passenger to ensure that the first safety rule is "fastening to the seat" easily and properly.

However, nowadays many car riders often have subjective psychology, even drivers forget to buckle up or just install a way through perfunctory speakers. Therefore, when an accident occurs, the seat belt does not fully utilize its protective effect.