How To Survive a School or Office Shooting

Handle any emergency with Howcast's First Aid app - http://howc.st/jkDRTe

Expand the description and view the text of the steps for this how-to video.

Check out Howcast for other do-it-yourself videos from Jordana_Giorgio and more videos in the General Disasters & Emergency Preparedness category.

You can contribute too! Create your own DIY guide at http://www.howcast.com/videos/new or produce your own Howcast spots with the Howcast Filmmakers Program at http://www.howcast.com/filmmakers/apply.

Nobody thinks it's going to happen to them -- until it does. Be prepared to survive a shooting rampage, just in case.

To complete this How-To you will need:

A cool head
Quick reflexes
A little luck

Step 1: Run

Run first; ask questions later. Don't miss your opportunity to escape by wasting time debating whether that noise was really a gunshot.

Tip: If you're running from a shooter, run in a zigzag pattern. He'll have a harder time hitting you, and the odds are even lower he'll hit a major organ or artery.

Step 2: Barricade the door

If you're trapped in a building with a shooter, lock yourself in a room and barricade the door with heavy furniture. The predator is likely to move on to more accessible victims.

Step 3: Find a weapon

Find some sort of weapon -- a pair of scissors, a letter opener, hot coffee, a stapler, a fire extinguisher. Even if you don't injure the attacker, you may be able to distract him or throw him off balance.

Step 4: Take cover

Take cover behind something sturdy, like a file cabinet or a metal desk.

Tip: Don't make eye contact with or speak to the shooter. But if he talks to you, respond with an absurd question in the hopes of throwing him off guard.

Step 5: Listen for reloading

Listen for the "click" that indicates his revolver is out of bullets, or the metallic clang that means the empty cartridge of his automatic pistol has fallen to the floor. He'll have to pause to reload, giving you and others a chance to tackle him or escape.

Step 6: Slow bleeding

If you do get shot, slow the bleeding by keeping direct pressure on the wound.

Tip: If you think you might pass out from blood loss, place a hard object under your body, just above the wound, and lay on top of it. That way, if you do lose consciousness, your body weight will keep pressure on the wound.

Step 7: Fight back

If you find yourself unable to avoid a life-or-death struggle with the shooter, go for his most vulnerable areas: gouge his eyes with your index and middle fingers; jab his Adam's apple; or knee him in the groin.

Step 8: Report odd behavior

Help prevent shooting rampages in the first place by reporting any odd behavior or threats to someone in authority.

Thanks for watching How To Survive a School or Office Shooting! If you enjoyed this video subscribe to the Howcast YouTube channel! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=howcast

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• HotHowTos
• first
• aid
• safety
• disasters
• emergencies
• preparation
• preparing
• surviving
• terrorist
• terrorism

[UrSoMeanBoss]

"No one thinks its going to happen to them"

you kidding me? I sat through four years of highschool DAYDREAMING about that fuckin happening.

[punklifee]

Just saying...

Never run outside of the school during a shooting inside of a school. My teacher told me if it was planned well enough, there could be one or more shooters outside picking off anyone who decides to leave..

[hunter12uk]

Screw that,get the guns from the cabinet.

[VAGlNlA]

What if like 20 guys enter the building?

[Zackstar1231]

@LinksWickedShadow Finally someone that appreciate Squidward

[SGTcarrottruck]

I say act dead.......simple enough

[ToobiusTV]

but i dont have luck D:

[kameillakittycat]

my 6th grade english teachern said we was going to hide and get are 6 pound dictinairory and when he come in aim for the legs or head XD (i think she was joking)

[LinksWickedShadow]

Howcast, when I die following this advice, you stay away from my funeral.

[luvfritz2009]

@waterdragon1908 well first u had to of clicked on it...

[Aussiegirl265]

Step 1: play dead.

This actually works.

[awkwebum100]

Lmao..is the shooter like a fucking gun man..looping his gun around every 5 seconds