I’m planning on making a flashcard deck (for anki) with basic emergency scenarios (e.g. What should you do if you’re in a car that’s fallen into deep water? What should you do if you encounter a bear in the woods?). Does anybody know of some good sources about this kind of thing? I’m especially interested in data comparing frequency/mortality rates of different situations, so I can pick the most important topics to make cards about, and quantify how likely adding these cards to someone’s deck is to save their life.
Of course, I’ll share the deck if/when it’s completed.
The CDC publishes stats on causes of death. Motor vehicle accidents, accidental poisonings, and falls are the major accidental, non-disease causes of death.
To reduce the chance of a motor vehicle accident, do what the car insurance companies recommend. They have a big financial incentive to be right.
To avoid poisoning, don’t mess around with drugs. Overdoses of prescription painkillers and benzodiazepines (Valium) are common causes of poisoning; cocaine and heroin overdoses are also up there. It isn’t clear to me how many of these overdoses might be misreported as accidental to avoid talking about suicide, but don’t commit suicide either.
I’m planning on making a flashcard deck (for anki) with basic emergency scenarios (e.g. What should you do if you’re in a car that’s fallen into deep water? What should you do if you encounter a bear in the woods?). Does anybody know of some good sources about this kind of thing? I’m especially interested in data comparing frequency/mortality rates of different situations, so I can pick the most important topics to make cards about, and quantify how likely adding these cards to someone’s deck is to save their life.
Of course, I’ll share the deck if/when it’s completed.
The CDC publishes stats on causes of death. Motor vehicle accidents, accidental poisonings, and falls are the major accidental, non-disease causes of death.
To reduce the chance of a motor vehicle accident, do what the car insurance companies recommend. They have a big financial incentive to be right.
To avoid poisoning, don’t mess around with drugs. Overdoses of prescription painkillers and benzodiazepines (Valium) are common causes of poisoning; cocaine and heroin overdoses are also up there. It isn’t clear to me how many of these overdoses might be misreported as accidental to avoid talking about suicide, but don’t commit suicide either.