When you walk out of the bar, in an unexpected state, suddenly face a row of corpses, what kind of stress reaction will you have?
With the identification of the last deceased, in the stampede of Itaewon, South Korea, 154 people died, 33 seriously injured, and 116 minor injuries.
According to the memories of the international student's experience of the stampede accident in Yongsan Itaewon, Seoul, South Korea: He went to Itaewon , which was performed by the singer who liked. She was in the bar when the stampede occurred. Therefore, she did not experience it personally at the peak of the accident. It was just that was quite chaotic in that time period, and the signal was extremely poor.
"As soon as I left the bar, I was facing a row of corpses." This was the original words of the witness. At that time, she was shocked and was very psychologically stimulated, and even felt a little lucky to have lingering fears about the disaster. Fortunately, she did not go out at that time.
How to save yourself
So if we are in such a congestion or even a stampede incident, how can we get out of the crowd and avoid injury?
First: Be sure to concentrate and observe the signs of dangerous accidents that may occur around , For example, whether someone fell to the ground, whether something was knocked down and blocked the way, and whether someone attacked and pushed others randomly because of his irritability.
2: When we participate in this large-scale multi-person gathering activity, must develop the habit of observing the number of people and safe exits . Once there are too many people and it is almost time to get close to pedestrians in front and behind, we must find a way to stay away from the crowd.
Third: If the crowd has started to be congested, then maintaining the center of gravity of the body is the top priority of self-protection in the stampede incident.
According to statistics on the Halloween stampede in South Korea, nearly 300 people have superimposed seven layers. is hard to imagine how desperate the person who was pressed to the bottom at that time would be.
Due to the congestion, it will be difficult for you to stand up again if you fall down. Under the snowball effect, the people behind will also trip and fall on you, causing a series of events. Once this happens, it will be difficult for you to get out of the bottom, and there is a very high possibility that more people will be tripped by you. Therefore, you must keep the center of gravity stable and maintain a standing state.
If you carry a backpack or other items on your body, don’t throw it away, because will cause the person behind to fall and cause a chain reaction. And you can hold your backpack in front of your chest to help you cushion the impact from others or protect it.
4: Most of the dead in many stampede incidents die due to hypoxia. When a person is congested, the surrounding air will become very thin. Therefore, if you feel that the crowds around you are getting denser, just hold your hands in front of your chest and try to keep enough space in front of you. Even if it is one centimeter, it will not make you have difficulty breathing. may even faint if you are confused and you feel faint.
According to the recollection of international student Jiang, this stampede was the closest he had ever died so far.
"I was moving forward normally, but I don't know when it started. There were more and more people. When I found that there was danger, it was too late and I couldn't get out at all. My feet were already hung in the air by a few people, and I felt difficult to breathe. Later, I saw many people climbing up the electric box, so I followed them. Fortunately, I left the crowd one step ahead. If it was a little later, I might be in danger too."
According to Jiang, the incident was already past 11 o'clock in the evening. Although had already implemented traffic control, many people maintained an attitude of watching the fun and were unwilling to leave. Some people even deliberately pushed others hard. is really too low in quality. A large part of this accident was caused by this group of people with no quality.
Fifth: Never try to speed up the flow of people by pushing others.
is different from Jiang's experience of eye-catching crowding. In this stampede accident, international student Wang really experienced the whole process of being squeezed. When the reporter interviewed Wang, he could see that he was still very excited.
According to his recollection, it was not that difficult to walk before the incident. He could walk side by side with his friends, but as the crowd became more and more congested, the surroundings became noisier. He heard several boys behind him discuss pushing forward together, trying to make the crowd move faster. And he was pushed by the group of boys and forced to move forward.
During the push, he felt difficulty breathing, and even his heart felt uncomfortable. Fortunately, he persisted and pulled his friend away from the crowd.
First of all, I sincerely remind everyone that when people are crowded, such pushing actions are very dangerous. Because people in the abortion are already trying hard to move outward. Once someone pushes behind , the person in front is very likely to be pushed down . Next, it will not only cause a series of trips, but will also slow down the team's travel speed. Therefore, this push is not only ineffective, but will also put you in danger.
6: Avoid being too close to the wall. In most stampede incidents, the place where deaths occur most is not the center of the crowd, but is close to walls or around some heavy objects. This is because no matter how crowded the crowd is, as long as you keep breathing and maintain your body's center of gravity, you can still go out. However, when you stand by the wall, you will be constantly scratched and squeezed by the abortion. In this state of crowding people, you will be injured, fall, and be squeezed against the wall and it will be difficult to breathe.
So how to observe the population density and stay away from stampede accidents?
Generally, after such a stampede incident occurs, the accident investigation unit will measure the population density at the time of the incident. If it is distinguished according to the number of people per square meter, you can refer to the following data to determine whether you should continue to join the abortion or leave as soon as possible.
When there are less than five people per square meter crowded together, although you will feel uncomfortable, it will not endanger your life. At this time, you can choose to leave as soon as possible and wait until the crowd is evacuated before returning to your own route.
If there are six or seven people per square meter crowded together, it is already infinitely close to the upper limit of the number of people . You will feel the oppression brought by crowding people. Once this time you need to consider some self-rescue plans, such as finding a route away from the crowd in advance, protecting your arms and keeping your center of gravity, etc.
Once more than eight people per square meter exceeds eight people, this is almost a state of being stuck on people. At this stage, it is extremely easy to squeeze, oxygen failure, tripping, and even death.
When experiencing such an accident, you must help each other. The process of helping others is to save yourself. When congestion occurs, be sure to pay attention to others and try to help others gain a foothold. Only when the people around you keep their center of gravity stable will they protect you from being knocked down or trampled.
