The secret to fighting asphyxiation in house fires

Although it may be unbelievable and even somewhat . unsanitary, but in sudden fires, breathing through the toilet will save your life.

The air in the toilet bowl is extremely uncomfortable, which is why each toilet is designed to bend the neck to keep a part of the water in order to prevent the smell from rising. This section of water-retaining pipes also serves to prevent destructive insects from crawling up the sewer pipes.

Breathing model through the toilet.(Photo: Apartment Therapy).

However, in emergencies, this foul pipe may save your life.

With a rubber tube about 1 meter long (enough to poke through the toilet water), people stuck in the fire can have oxygen for a few minutes to increase their chances of survival.

This rubber tube version has a mouth covering similar to a snorkel snorkel, so that in the case of breathing air from the toilet, the user will filter out the toxic gas and only inhale the body.

Breathing device models through the toilet.(Photo: Apartment Therapy).

The device was developed in 1981, after a series of hotel fires in the United States, Mr. William O. Holmes patented a toilet toilet attached device and allowed users. Use breathing air from . toilet.

By placing a water-repellent toilet on the toilet, the user can breathe air from the toilet within a few hours, helping to reduce the risk of death from smoke inhalation. Attached to the charcoal snorkel device, has the function of removing poison gas.

Fires that cause blind smoke are always a deadly danger from smoke choking.(Photo: Daily Mail).

Although the size is quite large and not suitable for carrying purposes when traveling, Holmes equipment is the premise to develop a more compact device attached to the wall of the toilet by Timothy Mulcahy. processing in 1990, helping users to breathe in big fires.

Some statistics show that in fires, the number of people dying from smoke inhalation is sometimes higher than those who die from burns or collapsed buildings. Therefore, sharing tips to help prevent asphyxiation in the event of a sudden fire will greatly reduce the number of people who can be killed by smoke inhalation.

Breath scene through toilet bowl in spy movie Kingsman.(Photo: 20th Century Fox).

The theory of oxygen breathing in the toilet is also shown in the action film Spyman Kingsman , in which the students have inserted rubber tubes through the toilet bowl to breathe in the flooded room.