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标题：Save Your Own Life 来源：/advice-and-know-how/save-your-own-life/article58778.html We’ve all heard the miracle stories: The Boy Scout who survived for four days in the mountains of North Carolina. The Montana couple who fought off a bear. The guy in Utah who cut off his arm to free himself from under a fallen boulder. You’ve probably read many stories like this in Reader’s Digest (like the one on page 102 about a couple stranded in the snow) and wondered what you’d do in the same situation, but you always assumed freak accidents would never happen to you.And you’d be wrong. While your odds of having a heart attack are much higher than finding yourself in most of these scenarios, strange things happen every day. For example, almost 2.5 million people called poison centers for help in 2006. In 2004, 112,000 people died of injuries from falls, drownings, and other accidents. In 2006, search-and-rescue rangers in our national parks responded to nearly 4,000 calls, more than a third of them for people who were also sick or injured. Every year, around 3,000 succumb to choking. ? ILLUSTRATED BY LASON LEE Staying visible is key if you want to get rescued. javascript:void(0); ILLUSTRATED BY LASON LEE You can give yourself the Heimlich maneuver. javascript:void(0); ILLUSTRATED BY LASON LEE When caught in a riptide, you should swim parallel to the shoreline, not towards it. javascript:void(0); ILLUSTRATED BY LASON LEE If you see a bear, your instincts might tell you to run, but thats the worst thing you can do. javascript:void(0); ILLUSTRATED BY LASON LEE Contrary to popular belief, using a tourniquets to stop severe bleeding can actually cause more harm than good. javascript:void(0); ILLUSTRATED BY LASON LEE Staying visible is key if you want to get rescued. See all:Photographs (6)Videos () ? Another 400 are struck by lightning, and 67 of those die from it. How do you keep yourself out of the statistics?Besides calling 911, here’s what to do in 12 life-threatening