People Explain Which Things They've Done 'Just To Be Safe' That Totally Saved Their Butt

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Life Saver

"Learned CPR and first aid. Had to give CPR to a family friend when she collapsed from a heart attack and thankfully she was brought back after being down for 15 minutes. She only had minor memory problems and mostly just couldn't remember that day. She is still here and kicking years later."

CompanionCarli3

$3.50 in quarters

"Was delivering pizza in a sketchy block of town late at night. Huge apartment complex with multiple buildings. Walking up to the front door I noticed a couple of guys wearing dark clothing about 100ft behind me walking in my direction. Delivery was on the second floor and by the time I reached her door I heard the main door of the apartment complex open and close."

"She used a CC for the order and tipped in cash so when I was putting the receipt into my bag (where I kept my cash) I actually pulled the rest of the cashout and stuffed it into my inner jacket pocket just to be safe leaving just the change I had that night in the bag. Started to head down the stairs back out to my car and two guys jumped out from behind the stairs, one had a gun pointed at me and told me to give them the money."

"I quickly handed them my bag filled with quarters and they took off towards the back entrance of the apartment complex. I never ran so fast in my life back to my car. I wanted to make sure I was as far away as possible before they realized they robbed me of $3.50 in quarters."

tjohnboy

End of the Night

"I was at a sleepover as a kid, I was a little worried because my mom had been oddly tired earlier that day. I went home early because I was worried. By the end of the night, I (14 at the time) had to call an ambulance for my mom, as she was having problems with her heart and I was the only one there with her. She was incapable of forming coherent sentences and would probably not have gotten the help she needed if I wasn't there. So, good thing I was."

boredwithhorns

Side by Side

"Was on a side-by-side vehicle mudding on some property a friend and I were visiting."

Mid-ride, I turn to my friend and say 'Hey, you should probably buckle your seat belt. Just in case.'"

"Not 1 min later did he lose control and slide front first into a tree going about as fast as this thing could go given the conditions."

"Both of us were okay but the side-by-side was completely ruined."

"He looked at me right after and his eyes were as big as dinner plates."

ajohndoe17

Locked and Ready

"I dropped my high school girlfriend off, then for some reason I locked the passenger door."

"Not 10 minutes later I was stopped at a red light and some scummy-looking dude tried to open up the door. I have no idea why I locked that door after she got out, I really didn't have a habit of that. No idea what would have happened if that guy got in my truck."

Fat_Ryan_Gosling

Lock the doors. Every door. Always.

Minutes Later

"$5 breakage insurance on a rental surfboard. Broke that f**ker clean in half in my first 10 minutes."

​Jaboogaman

Going Blind

"My dad lost his glasses once. He was going to just use his old prescription but last minute decided to just go to the optometrist anyway in case something changed. Turns out he had a tear in his retina and was booked for surgery within 24 hours. It was bad enough they said he probably would have gone blind really soon had they not caught it when they did."

notallamawoman

Get it all checked...

"My stomach had some issues and my doctor sent me for a colonoscopy just to get things checked out. They found 1 polyp, no big deal, not related to the current problem, and told me to come back in 5 years just in case. I put in a Google reminder and forgot about it."

"5 years later, I went for a colonoscopy and they found a lot more and said I would have ended up with cancer in 5-20 years for sure had I not gone. Instead, they removed all polyps and now I’m regularly going to colonoscopies due to having a syndrome they identified."

"I’m far away from the age where you normally get a colonoscopy so I would definitely have got cancer. When you are eligible or if it is recommended, get a colonoscopy."

matttk

5 Minutes Later

"Not my a**, but I was getting ready for school whilst Mum was vomiting in the bathroom. She said it was just a stomach bug and to just go to school but mentioned her arm hurt. Something didn’t sit right so I called the ambulance from downstairs."

"They arrived and took her into the ambulance - she then proceeded to have 3 cardiac arrests and needed defibrillating each time. A double bypass later and she was up and about within a month."

"Paramedics told me she would have died 5 mins after I left if I hadn’t called."

TheKr1tster

Weird Feelings

"Had some weird achy symptoms and went to the doctor even though I figured I was probably overreacting. Turns out I had cancer."

Ok-Ad-2605

"I got really sick with what I thought was a virus or infection or something. turns out it might have been something like that, but whatever it was, it was made significantly worse by the fact that I had leukemia."

AHomicidalTelevision

When it comes to safety, refrain from taking chances.

The simple things save lives.