Life & Safety with Jimmy Rios

Two Truths and a Lie!

• Life Safety Associates, Inc. • Episode 66

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What do frostbite, CPR, fire extinguishers, and a cardboard cutout of Justin Bieber have in common? They all make an appearance in this week’s episode. And yes, that’s exactly the kind of day it was.

Jimmy and Megan are playing “Two Truths and a Lie,” Life Safety style. Each round tests Jimmy’s ability to separate fact from fiction on topics like drowning, emergency kits, seizures, airplane safety, and more. Turns out, not everything we learned in the ‘90s holds up... tilt your head back for a nosebleed, or not to tilt? 

Along the way, Jimmy shares a story about a bleach vs. urinal incident that may have turned into a hazmat response, and your hosts unpack why knowing the right version of age-old advice can make a big difference in an emergency.

And just when you think they’re done, Jimmy drops in a “Would You Rather” question from his niece that pits two of his worst fears against each other: clowns and childbirth. His answer? Thoughtful… with just a touch of panic.

This one’s full of curveballs, old-school myths, and random safety tips you’ll actually want to remember.

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Jimmy:

Hey, what's happening? Welcome to another life and safety podcast with your girl Megs and your boy Jimmy. He did it, he did it, it's back.

Megan:

We're going back, back, back, back again.

Jimmy:

It's our third podcast. Folks, we're getting a little punchy here. We've been locked in a room, justin Bieber staring at us. To be clear, not the real Justin Bieber, it's a cardboard cutout Received as a white elephant gift right.

Megan:

Yes, it was an awesome gift, and now it just pops up around the office in unsuspecting locations to freak people out when they walk in with no lights on to set up in the morning.

Jimmy:

I think it's pretty good. It's very fun here. Every time I see it, though, I'm always like singing the baby, baby, oh, alright, that's enough singing. So today, as you can tell, we're having a little life and safety podcast we're going to bring back. Would you Rather?

Megan:

Except with a twist Two truths and a lie.

Jimmy:

Oh, two truths and a lie, mm-hmm. Oh, do I have to come up with two truths and a lie, or you have your own? No, I have them. Okay, I have them.

Megan:

You're just going to answer them.

Jimmy:

Okay, okay, Whoo. I was like I didn't come prepared, I didn't do my homework, teach All right. So let's rip the Band-Aid off and let's go for it All righty.

Megan:

Two truths and a lie. One smoke alarms should be tested once a month. Two you only need a fire extinguisher in the kitchen or three most deadly house fires happen at night. Which one's the lie?

Jimmy:

Which one's the lie, mm-hmm? What was the second option?

Megan:

You only need a fire extinguisher in the kitchen.

Jimmy:

That's the lie.

Megan:

That is true. That is the lie.

Jimmy:

Yeah, you should have one in your garage and you should have one in your kitchen. A two-story house, you should have one upstairs to help you escape. If maybe, um and I would even go as far as having one in your master bedroom Like for me, have one in the in our garage or, excuse me, in our closet so if the kitchen is on fire, I can actually respond to it and not have to, like, walk past the fire to go underneath our sink to get our fire extinguisher. Yeah, all right, that was actually a little tougher than I thought. I gotta pay attention. I'm multitasking over here, all right.

Megan:

You ready.

Jimmy:

Yeah.

Megan:

Use direct pressure to control bleeding. You should always wear gloves when giving first aid if available, or you should tilt your head back to stop a nosebleed.

Jimmy:

Ooh, that's a really good one and that's based on some old medicine there that's tilting your head back that's the lie that's the lie. That's the lie. Um, that's old medicine. You should pinch your nose and lean forward now. Yeah, all right, that was easy, and maybe it was the fire one we started off with and I had a bunch of pressure on myself there, so maybe that's what it was all righty, technical difficulties.

Megan:

We are back, and by technical difficulties I mean uh, the computer died and I did not plug it in, and that's on me. So moving on. Yes, all right. Number one drowning can happen in under 60 seconds. Number two if someone is drowning, the best thing is to jump in and help immediately. Or number three lifeguards are trained to spot silent drowning.

Jimmy:

I'm going to go with the jump in immediately. I don't know anything about lifeguarding. I know some water. I know, I know I play it off like I know everything, but I don't know anything, um. But yeah, I'm gonna go with the jumping in correct.

Megan:

Yeah, you don't ever want to jump in unless you are trained in water rescue, because chances are you're just gonna have make it two victims in the water for people to need to save.

Jimmy:

Yeah, what is silent drowning?

Megan:

Silent drowning is when they're not flailing and thrashing around.

Jimmy:

Let me look up a technical that sounds pretty good, you had me.

Megan:

It's a term sometimes used to describe a situation where a person inhales, while inhales, water, causing a spasm in the vocal cords that prevents air from entering the lungs. This can happen quickly, often without the person being able to yell or scream for help, making it seem like a silent drowning. While the term is sometimes used, it's important to understand that the underlying mechanism is the spasm of the vocal cords, not the water itself filling the lungs. Go on, it Also sometimes known as dry drowning. Okay, okay.

Jimmy:

You learn something new every day.

Megan:

Fancy Alrighty.

Jimmy:

Alrighty.

Megan:

Number one CPR always brings people back to life. Number two compression-only CPR is better than doing nothing. Or number three you should push at least two inches down on an adult chest.

Jimmy:

Well, this one's pretty easy.

Megan:

Yeah.

Jimmy:

Right, cpr is not always effective um. The sooner you start cpr, the better. But obviously nothing's 100 um except for dying, I guess that's true, and taxes, death and taxes as they say.

Jimmy:

As they say all right, that was an easy one. That I'm still actually thinking about the drowning one. Um, I don't really have any more like really to say about it, but I'm just kind of like huh, I don't know, I'm not, I don't like not knowing things. I think that's why I gotta give that persona that I know everything, because I always look shit up and I'm always why All right, move on, let's move on, let's move on.

Megan:

Number one you can get sunburned on a cloudy day. Number two heat stroke is a life-threatening emergency. Or number three you only need sunscreen if you'll be outside for over an hour.

Jimmy:

This is a good one. The sunscreen over an hour one is the lie.

Megan:

Correct.

Jimmy:

Yeah, yeah, if you're outside, you should have sunscreen on. It's just, it is what it is. And it's interesting that you actually brought that one up, because I was just talking to jenny and some other folks in different conversations and it's kind of amazing right now, a lot of people, a lot of our friends, a lot of people our age I'll say it that way are having skin issues due to sun right now, and I guess it might be just like an old thing because all of us are just kind of old right now, or because the sun's really bad or because we didn't wear sunscreen growing up. Like I know I didn't and I put it on now. Mostly it's kind of funny. I just put it on now. Mostly it's kind of funny. I just put it on my head and my face and my ears. You know I got to get better at, like you know, putting sunscreen on my neck, because I'm always have a red neck and stuff like that.

Jimmy:

But yeah it's interesting that you brought that one up, because I was literally having this conversation on how much of a coincidence it is for a lot of our friends having skin issues yeah, have you ever seen those um like images of truck drivers who didn't wear like sunscreen when they were doing long haul truck drives?

Megan:

and so like the left half of their body, their face and their arm is like super wrinkled and has a lot of sun damage and probably has some scars from melanoma removals, and then the right half of their face looks like 10 to 20 years younger because that was the side that was shaded in the truck cab. And the left side had access to the sun.

Jimmy:

I've never seen it that drastic, but I've seen like the hands and like the left arm per se.

Megan:

Yeah.

Jimmy:

Really darker just weathered. I'll say arm per se yeah.

Megan:

Really um darker just weathered.

Jimmy:

I'll say it that way yeah, yeah, it's crazy.

Megan:

Alrighty. Um number one frostbite only happens in below zero temperature. Hypothermia can occur in even 50 degrees Fahrenheit weather. Or you should rewarm frostbitten skin slowly.

Jimmy:

What was the first one?

Megan:

Frostbite only happens in below zero temperatures.

Jimmy:

That one.

Megan:

That is true. That is the lie. Well, it's true that that is the lie.

Jimmy:

It's true. That is the lie. You're right when you make the right turn Right right.

Jimmy:

Right Left Left. Yes, yes, right Right Left. Yes, yes, yes, yes. Anytime it's cold out and anytime right around when it gets to become freezing around 32 degrees or so, your skin crystallizes and starts going into frostbite. And yeah, not good, Not good. And somebody that grew up in the or just prolonged coldness, it will also happen. So the longer you sit outside and the colder your body gets, your body temperature drops right, Easier it is for that to happen too.

Megan:

Especially if there's like wet or damp involved, right.

Jimmy:

Absolutely, absolutely. So many growing up in you know the mountains again, letting your hands get really really cold and then going inside and sticking them in the hot water to wash your hands or do something like that. It hurts because the crystals are burning, you know melting and stuff like that. So the expansion not good. No, that's a good one all right.

Megan:

You should always have at least three days of food and water in your go bag. Cash and chargers are important emergency items. Number three your emergency kit only needs supplies for yourself.

Jimmy:

Wow, I like all three of those as truths, okay, and I could argue all three of those to be truthful, okay, these are ai generated right? Yeah, so I'd okay, so interesting. So three days in the water for yourself.

Megan:

I definitely agree with um three days of food and water in your go bag.

Jimmy:

Yep.

Megan:

Cash and chargers are important emergency items.

Jimmy:

Absolutely.

Megan:

Or three. Your emergency kit only needs supplies for yourself.

Jimmy:

Definitely, definitely.

Megan:

It offers the third one as the lie of you only need to pack for yourself.

Jimmy:

Okay, I was going to say the charger, because you'd have to have something to use the charger on and charge Fair Right. Charger because you'd have to have something to use the charger on and charge there, right. Um, whereas I think the personal bag or preparedness for yourself, I think that's kind of I see why they would say that, because it's very obscure and I would say I would agree with that if it was just you, like in your car, like for me, like my bag in my car is just for me. Now my preparedness kit at home is for the whole family, right. So that one, I get it, but I don't get it. I need more information. Whereas the charger, if you don't have anything to plug it into, why it doesn't matter if you have a charger, fair yeah, so all right. That was interesting, though I like it Doesn't really work for the two-trace one and a lie one though. Mm-hmm, all right, all right, what's the next one?

Megan:

Okay, it is okay to block a fire exit temporarily during deliveries. Two employees should know where the nearest fire extinguisher is, or three safety drills should include all shift workers.

Jimmy:

Ooh, you should not ever, you know, block an emergency exit. That's the lie, correct. You know you never know when bad things are going to happen. So don't do it, don't do it, yeah, Cool.

Megan:

Alrighty. Number one many common household cleaners can be toxic if inhaled. Number two mixing bleach and ammonia is safe as long as it's done in a well-ventilated area. Or number three you should keep all cleaning products in their original containers.

Jimmy:

Number two yeah, Ammonia and bleach bad always.

Megan:

Even if it's ventilated, it's still.

Jimmy:

Even if it's ventilated, it's still, even if it's ventilated, it's bad, incredibly toxic, incredibly toxic. Yeah, don't do that. No, yeah, yeah, alrighty, did I ever tell you about the time we responded to the firehouse another firehouse in our battalion. Oh, no, the firehouse, another firehouse in our battalion Because somebody poured bleach in the urinal. Basically, you pee ammonia, you pee urea. The fire captain on duty that day was, we'll say, like to use the like to take some nips out of the bottle, if you know what I'm saying, understood and um, he peed basically just straight urea, just basically ammonia, and it reacted in the urinal and ended up passing out oh my god

Jimmy:

so we had to respond and like, show up with, like our scbas and do all this stuff and actually go in and rescue this captain with his pants standing on his ankles and we got him outside and he had some fresh air and stuff. Um, yeah, he had lots of words to say rough and you're probably thinking, well, how come the guy's that responded to that word there didn't do that? Because they didn't know what was going on. They didn't know if it was like a toxic thing. They could smell the toxic chemicals and they were exposed. So they were like let's not go in there and we don't know what's going on. Let's get somebody else out here with more gear and more help. It was just a strange, strange situation. Yeah, yeah.

Megan:

It's crazy.

Jimmy:

It was so nuts.

Megan:

Oh no, hey, yeah. Yeah, it's crazy, it was so nuts. Oh no, hey, but that's, you know, a good point. Don't use bleach on toilets if you're, you know, want to be safe.

Jimmy:

Right.

Megan:

Don't make bad decisions. And, to be fair, I do know that you pee out ammonia, but I didn't ever consider that bleach could react with that. So hey, I learned something new today too.

Megan:

Sweet, All righty but I didn't ever consider that bleach could react with that. So hey, I learned something new today too. Sweet, all righty. A couple more. Number one the safest seat on an airplane is the exit row. Number two you should carry copies of your ID and travel documents in separate bags when you travel, or number three hotel room emergency exit should be located as soon as you check in.

Jimmy:

Oh, this is a good one, I'd argue. All three of them are true. I'm going to say the document thing is false, though.

Megan:

That one is true.

Jimmy:

Oh well, what if you put them in your check baggage and your check baggage gets lost? So now you don't have your copies, right? And I guess the argument would be you have your originals on you, right?

Megan:

Yeah, I think that's. The point is that, in case your originals get lost, you have copies.

Jimmy:

Yeah, I get that.

Megan:

But then somebody has your information, yeah, but somebody has your information and stuff like that.

Jimmy:

So you know, for somebody that does travel with extra copies of stuff, I always keep them in my travel like my carry-on Mm-hmm and I always have like a travel bag with me. It's like two bags basically.

Megan:

Got it.

Jimmy:

I like to maximize my stuff. I'll say it that way my carry-on capabilities Fair. What, yeah, yeah.

Megan:

It says that the lie is. The safest seat on an airplane is the exit row.

Jimmy:

I would ask is it the middle exit row or the back exit row or the front exit row? Wow, Because most people survive the actual impact. They don't survive the fire that happens afterwards in the smoke.

Jimmy:

So that's to be able to get out of the wreckage is more important, so the exit row or knowing where the exit rows are fair. So I think that would. Again, these are all really good points and I think that they're there to create a conversation right, not to actually be able to guess them. So I would all very good conversation pieces.

Megan:

And I guess the argument could be made that for the safest seat is not necessarily the exit row, but it's definitely safer.

Jimmy:

So it's the safest seat, like three rows back from an emergency exit.

Megan:

Well, yeah, I guess that's. The point is that, um, there's no definitive which seat exactly is the safest, but you're definitely safer being closer. Being able to get out fast is the safest places, wherever you're going to be able to get out and like. If you're not able to, if you're not like able-bodied to open up the emergency door, then the safest spot for you is not in the emergency exit row?

Jimmy:

Yeah, because you can't even sit there at that point.

Megan:

Well, yeah.

Jimmy:

So I don't know. That's interesting. What's the next one?

Megan:

Number one you should rinse a minor burn with cool water for several minutes. Two, you should not pop blisters that are from burns. Or three, you should remove any clothing that is stuck to a burn before treating it.

Jimmy:

I'm going to say number three.

Megan:

Yeah, that one's the lie.

Jimmy:

Yeah, that's three for sure. For sure, that one was an easy one, yeah.

Megan:

Yeah, that's three for sure, For sure. That one was an easy one, yeah. And then our last one is you should call 911 before starting CPR if you are alone with an adult who's having an emergency that requires CPR. Number two you should stay with a person and time the seizure if they're having one. Or number three, if somebody is having a seizure, put something in their mouth to keep them from biting their tongue.

Jimmy:

Oh, another old medicine one. So the last one is the lie. We do not stick anything in anybody's mouth while they're having a seizure. Old medicine they changed this at least 15 years ago, yeah.

Megan:

Still get questions about it every day in class, though, every class.

Jimmy:

Every class, every class, and I always tell people, you know it's really good training that they've had in the past because they remembered it Right. Yeah, but it's just not the most up-to-date standard.

Megan:

Yeah.

Jimmy:

So don't do that, definitely time it and always call 911 for any seizure, unless it's a family member and you know that they are epileptic and you know they're going to have a seizure and it's you know, and it's within their time and they're I don't want to say specs, like they're a robot, but with but there's spec, you know there's specs like what they're, they're used to and not used to. I should say it that way.

Megan:

um, yeah, all right and then, before we sign off, we had a. We had a, would you rather sent in from a lot of our loyal listeners.

Jimmy:

Yeah, what's up, mckenzie um?

Megan:

would you rather deliver a baby from a stranger or have to do cpr on somebody dressed as a clown? And, if you'll remember, this is the one specific for jimmy, because he does not like childbirth and he does not like clowns.

Jimmy:

right, right, um. I guess if I had to choose um before I give my answer, there's a little context here. Mackenzie is our eldest niece, who's just wicked smart, who's probably going to be a veterinarian when she grows up because of her love of animals. And just really cool disposition. Just a really cool little girl and I'm super proud of her. And just really cool disposition. Just a really cool little girl and I'm super proud of her and her sister, obviously. And they listen to this thing quite a bit, so they know a lot about their uncle, jimmy and Meg's here, and after they listened to the first one, back in April I got a text message from their mom with this would you rather? I don't remember their answers because I had to call them and ask, like, what would they think, but I'm actually looking at my old text messages here and my first answer was neither.

Megan:

I have that tracked.

Jimmy:

But a great question and that was actually what I said and I'm gonna stick with my original answer, which was um help a stranger give birth interesting yeah, that's bringing a life in. You know that person's obviously in lots of pain and things like that, and I know people find joy and happiness in clowns, but there is none of that for me.

Megan:

I would have guessed the other, because you have to bear the chest, so you're going to get most of the costume off anyways. Nope, nope, not even going. Going to get most of the costume off anyways.

Jimmy:

No, not even look at the face and the makeup and the squishy noises and all the things and the big stupid shoes. And no, no, just absolutely not. I'm calling the good samaritan law on that when I'm walking away I don't think that's what it's for, but I know it's not what how that works, but that's how I'm going to interpret it.

Megan:

All right, I like it, I like it.

Jimmy:

Yeah, that's a great one, mackenzie. Thank you, sweetheart. Yeah, no, no, all right team. Thanks for joining us in our life and safety podcast.

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