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Civilian Emergency Platform
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — You are packed in a crowd so tight you cannot move arms or breathe properly.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — NOT EXPERT REVIEWED — NOT FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Cannot lift arms, feet off ground, ribs compressed.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Pressure from all sides, difficulty speaking or inhaling.
Scene hazards: Asphyxiation, Trampling, Barrier collapse, Panic
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Create space at chest — elbows up, one foot forward.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — If pushed, pivot sideways — thinner profile passes pressure better.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Work toward edge or less dense zone with crowd flow.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — If someone falls near you, shout "stop" and try to hold them up.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Shout for security or police if visible — point to crush point.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Call 112 once clear: "Crowd crush at [venue/location]. People down."
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Crush injury can cause internal damage hours later — all victims need hospital.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Unconscious persons need CPR once extracted if not breathing.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT push back against thousands — wastes energy and causes pile-ups.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT bend to pick up phone or bag.
MYTH: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Pushing harder gets you out of a crush faster
REALITY: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Force against crowd flow collapses waves and causes pile-ups. Move diagonally with flow toward edges.
DANGER: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Reverse flow triggers fatal crowd collapses.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Crush asphyxia kills when chest cannot expand — density matters more than crowd size.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Falling in dense flow triggers domino trampling.