Which of these situations do ER doctors plead for you to avoid above all the others?

[DrPepper12]

Don’t slice an avocado hastily.

Don’t trust a trampoline.

Don’t pet strange dogs.

Don’t ignore sudden symptoms.

Don’t ride without a helmet.

Don't have a gun in the home

A total of 24 votes were cast: 6 girls and 18 guys. See detailed results

[Lliam]

I selected "don't ignore sudden symptoms".

All the rest would be true, though, too, except for owning a guy. Only a dumb ass would believe the gun control lobby trope that owning a gun puts you in greater danger. Maybe you shouldn't own power tools, either.

There are also other things to avoid, like removing the radiator cap on your car when the engine is overheated. Don't stand near an airplane propeller. Don't use an electrical device in the bathtub. Don't try to pet a bear, moose or bison.

And the advice not to pet a strange dog reminded me of this

https://www.youtube.com/embed/SnXtuktNdlM

[exitseven]

There are definitely people rhat should not own power tools

[Lliam]

@exitseven. Absolutely true.
makeagif.com/.../man-starting-chainsaw-between-legs-7zXljA

https://www.pinkbike.com/video/222534/

[exitseven]

Hagaha

[slatyb]

None of those are nearly as dangerous as having a gun in the home.

[DrPepper12]

Correct 💯

[petitedollbabee]

Sudden symptoms. Everything else is common sense. But sudden symptoms like chest pain, arm numbness, slurred speech, loss of bodily control, etc, can be signs of very serious conditions like heart attacks and strokes.

[Nikki1989]

Lose the guns; nobody likes an intimidating asshole.

[exitseven]

I say the trampoline. I spoke to my insurance agent recently. He asked me some questions trying to get me a lower rate. One of the questions was if I had trampoline. They are an accident waiting to happen.

[DrPepper12]

They certainly are

[Beckybooboo]

Don't ignore sudden symptoms, like PAIN, that are unusual and last longer than five minutes. Especially, chest, back, stomach, shoulder, leg...

[exitseven]

I have pain in all of those places. My shoulder is especially sore today. I was mixing a lot of concrete the other day and the cranky shoulder is letting me know that it was not happy

[Beckybooboo]

@exitseven Key word is "unusual" pain or unexplained pain. It's obvious why you're hurting, you're not a spring 🐥 anymore! Blow the dust off your wallet and hire someone to do your dirty work 😂😂

[exitseven]

@Beckybooboo Instead of lugging the 80 pound bags like I usually do, i went with the 60 pound ones and just bought more of them. My broken wrist is still sore as well.

[Likes2drive]

Don’t pet any strange dogs because you never know what they’ll do and I’m sure people show up in the emergency room from dog bites quite often and I know it’s happened at my job to some guys at work also

[DJB72]

They ask to lose the guns. They should be insisting on cycling helmets.

[exitseven]

It is better to have a gun and not need it than to need a gun and not have it

[DrPepper12]

Correct

[DJB72]

Agreed @exitseven I'm about to move to a rural setting in South Africa. I won't be going unable to defend myself and my family

[Charliefretz329]

Sudden symptoms especially stroke symptoms

[Dongie]

Helmet