To live out of danger, to live without danger, to live in the belief that every new day does not prepare unpleasant surprises - is such an idyll possible? Full and absolute, of course, no, because dangers of various kinds lie in wait for us everywhere. But, having educated in yourself a certain (safe) way of thinking, you can cope with them with minimal damage to yourself and others.
The first basics of what personal safety is, it is necessary to instill in children of kindergarten age. Yes, and the wise adults themselves, accustomed to blame the combination of circumstances, bad people and the "rake" who climb under their own feet, it's time to learn to mature in the root and begin to regard each situation as the result of their actions - right or wrong.
"Around every corner of danger: they hid and wait" ...
This is not a horror story for the faint of heart, but the most, whatever is, fact of life: all the benefits, like a medal, always have two sides. Take life, for example. Electricity is one of the benefits that ensures the comfort of human life. And while it manifests itself as a favorite TV show, a functioning washing machine, or a kettle that boils comfortably, we together love and respect it.
But as soon as a short circuit occurs that incapacitates all household appliances, or even serves as the cause of the fire, we begin to curse electricity, what does the light stand on without thinking: what does it really mean? But didnāt you, man, overlook the time and fixed the faulty wiring? Didn't you yourself become the source of this misfortune?
And so - in most cases. Everyoneās personal safety is easily passed on to someoneās shoulders and just as easily blamed on someone or something. Although all thatās needed is to be more careful, attentive, more discriminating in acquaintances and, ājust in case of a firemanā, to know several protective techniques.
Hazard types
To be able to win, you need to know the enemy in person, to understand where he comes from and how, and what consequences may remain after meeting him. Not wanting to listen, wrapping his head in a blanket, thinking: āThis can never happen to me,ā we deliberately doom ourselves to defeat and to the unenviable role of the victim.
It is very wealthy people that ensure personal safety - the work of hired guards, they do not need to worry about anything. What about the rest?
Firstly, to stop being afraid of every rustle, but at the same time not to lose vigilance.
Secondly, remember what types of danger exist, from whom or from what they can come, and how to resist them.
At the heart of danger is always a certain factor:
- natural (cataclysms of various kinds: landslides, earthquakes, storms, rains, heat, snowfalls);
- social, itās human (traffic accidents, criminal offenses or tragedies of the āapartment scaleā: not turned off gas, forgotten hot iron, smoking in bed);
- technogenic (major accidents at enterprises).
Personal Safety Rules they usually seem to people to be somewhat akin to a table of chemical elements: everyone knows that it exists, everyone once taught it (or tried to learn it) and nobody uses it seriously in everyday life.
Online nonchalance
How much scammers adore gullible people! How subtle psychologists are they, who are able to calculate from the crowd the most unprotected (in most cases - unprotected)! What quality selective noodles hang on your ears, if only "your money became ours"!
Take personal safety precautions even when visiting online stores. A popular type of shopping can turn into a bitter disappointment: they took the money, did not send the goods, they did not answer the calls, evaporated, disappeared. And whatās the most annoying: they are almost impossible to find, such "owners" of outlets in batches change phone numbers, register their stores under false names. For this procedure, you do not need a passport and recommendations - fortunately, the site designers are now full.
Personal safety may be in jeopardy if you are too fond of making acquaintances via the Internet, while remaining in the rainbow confidence that all people are charming, that everyone on the other side of the monitor only wants to do more good to their neighbor, or that somewhere fabulous you were waiting prince (princess). Communication on dating sites is permissible only through correspondence and only within the limits of decency.
If you begin to be frankly lured into a real tĆŖte-Ć -tĆŖte without really introducing yourself, either refuse or take all personal safety measures - this can be a trap.
Safety Lessons for the Youngest
Personal Security your child - this is perhaps the number one task for all parents.
Kids are very friendly, kind and trusting. A set of these wonderful qualities can do a disservice if a bad guy or aunt with bad intentions is in the way of a child. And there are, unfortunately, enough of them - the crisis has generated a lot of sophists (and perverts) who do not hesitate to make money on the most innocent creatures on Earth.
When you tell your baby why you canāt leave the light and gas turned on, what can happen if you donāt put on a swimming vest in the pool or on the river, why you need to wash your hands before eating, start (but very carefully and delicately) the topic āstrangersā.
In a playful way, tell the child a story about one girl (take a doll for her sake for clarity), who did not obey her parents, opened the door to strangers, took candy from them, gave her mobile number and agreed to drive to a water park in a beautiful car. And the strangers turned out to be bad people, they wanted to give the girl Baba Yaga (Barmalei) to be torn to pieces, but her parents looked for her with the police and found her.
Try to make the ending of the story happy, and the plot a little hold the baby in suspense. Children remember perfectly personal safety rules, if they were filed in an accessible form for them.
Safe road
The roadway is traditionally the richest in a variety of emergency situations. Accident statistics call the number of car accidents, far exceeding rail and air accidents. Why is that? Why, leaving or going on a busy highway, people completely forget about the rules and begin to rush, overtake, run across, hoping for a chance.
Well, there is no such rule of personal security designated by this primordially Russian word!
The main factor in the occurrence of an accident is nervousness and unjustified aggression both from the driver and the pedestrian. The most insignificant mistakes made by other road users are driving drivers crazy, plus traffic jams that prevent them from getting to work on time - 30% of accidents occur because the driver set out to āwinā a piece of the road several meters long.
Therefore, the first of all road rules: be mutually polite and keep calm - this way you can save life.
My home is my castle?
It is impossible to be sure of your own safety even within the walls of your apartment. According to the logic of things, the house simply must be the safest place, but according to the statistics of the house, the vast majority of accidents occur: fires, asphyxiation with natural or carbon monoxide, poisoning with chemicals that make up medicines or detergents.
The basics of life safety are the same subject from the school curriculum, and parents often get ābadā on it. The reason is negligence.
Personal safety OBZH is a full-fledged science in acquiring valuable knowledge to maximize safety in everyday life and during emergencies. But no one believes that it can be used in practice. Hence all the problems.
Victims of street robbers
The most common crime situation is street robbery. Usually, an attacker finds a āsuitableā victim, and at the moment when she does not expect an attack, she snatches a bag, a wallet, an expensive electronic gadget from her hands.
Often robbers are not even embarrassed by the presence of several witnesses nearby, who, as a rule, did not see or remember anything, and to chase after the ābandyukā the majority did not have such thoughts.
And although personal safety in criminogenic situations is an important nuance, nobody canceled the help to one's neighbor. Especially if he is confused, roared and in prostration.
Law enforcement agencies confirm the fact that such crimes, although difficult to solve, are not hopeless, therefore the best way is to write a statement, describe the offender, and interview witnesses. Perhaps the violator will be able to bring to justice sooner or later. The main thing is not to slacken, but to act.
Fear and panic - turn off!
More dangerous than any hurricane in nature is a mixture of fear and panic in the soul. People are killed not so much by the elements as by the inability to resist them, the horror in front of them, which has sat somewhere in the subconscious.
True, fear also has a positive side - it includes the instinct of self-preservation in a person , does not allow recklessness to lead. But as soon as fear passes the line beyond which the imagination disappears, and with it the ability to soberly assess the level of danger, it is necessary to get rid of it, otherwise it threatens to develop into its most dangerous forms - hysteria, for example.
A person should always be psychologically strong in any circumstances. Usually nothing bad happens to such individuals.
Ensuring personal safety OBZh is based on the same: warned - means armed. In principle, the observance of simple measures (turning off electrical appliances, not swimming for buoys, not walking alone in poorly lit streets) should be performed automatically.
If an emergency occurs
Emergencies can happen literally out of the blue, and then personal safety one person or group of people is directly at risk. To avoid panic and, as a result, even greater tension, one or several people need to improvise and make quick decisions, control themselves and the condition of others, do not lose heart and do not let others do it.
Ordinary helpers
This section is for women. They are most susceptible to robbery. How to protect yourself with everyday items that might end up in your purse?
First advice: personal security of the person is undoubtedly the most important in any situation. But if you are attacked, do not be afraid to hurt an attacker - he deserves it. Think of yourself.
Umbrella. Quickly pull it out of your purse and open it between yourself and the attacker, creating a barrier. If its end is sharp - thatās wonderful, you can damage the attacking face or neck a little and disable it temporarily.
Notepad can be used as a means of protection, striking the face with sharp corners.
Polish for hair. Splash the attacker in the eye. The spray can also be thrown to someone through a window or into a car to trigger an alarm, and thus attract the attention of third parties. Another way - spraying the varnish, you can set it on fire in parallel - you will get a mini flamethrower, after which the attacker will forget about his intentions.