How to walk the streets in the ice and stay alive
Survival / / December 23, 2019
Detailed instructions to help prevent injuries and fractures.
How to dress?
Footwear
Main taboo - shoes with high heels or platform. The heel should be no higher than 3-4 centimeters. You can also try to conquer the ice-covered sidewalks in shoes comfortable wedges.
Contraindicated shoes completely flat shoes, especially if it hardens in the cold. The best thing in the ice shoe boots or shoes with a wide nose, thick corrugated soles with mixed tread (when combined with a major figure fine).
clothing
Clothes should not hamper movement and make it difficult to review. Best of all, if the jacket is complete without a hood or a high gate. In a soft feather bed to fall less painful than a thin jacket.
Do not take a heavy bag with long handles - because they can lose their balance. If you carry a few packages, try to distribute the weight evenly between both hands. The most convenient option in the ice - bag over his shoulder, like a postman.
How to fall, so that nothing is broken?
If you start to fall, straining muscles, and try to regroup.
If you fall back raskinte hand in hand, so as not to land on your elbows. Arch your back arch, tighten your chin to your chest - it will save from the blow back of the head. If possible, try to shift your body weight to the side - the fall back is considered to be the most traumatic.
If you fall forward, bend your elbows and tense your hands to absorb the impact. A little push off with your feet fall forward to slip further.
If you fall on the side, do not arrange the arms to the side, push them to the body. Arch your back arch, squeeze into a ball, tighten the legs to the chest.
If you fall on the stairs, close the arms head and face. Do not attempt to brake the fall, or get more fractures.
What if you still have fallen?
Refer to the emergency room. Not all injuries occur at once, so it's best to play it safe.
Attach to the site of injury in the cold for 20 minutes, with breaks every five minutes. A day later, when edema slept, you can apply warming ointment bruises.