5 Danger Situation when You are in the Beach

Safety factor for tourists always be the primary consideration

Dodola Beach, Morotai

For those of you who are on vacation in a coastal region, of the whole feeling as one with the surge of the waves in the ocean. Excitement, a feeling of loss of load daily routine of work, cheerful and happy. But be careful when you are happy there, lurking dangers that can make a holiday at the beach becomes a big problem.

Here are some of the most dangerous things on the beach and how to avoid them.

1. Rip currents. Reverse flow (or rip currents) is a wave that moves from the sea to the shore and move back into the sea. Rip currents can pull swimmers into the water, is dangerous for travelers on the beach. The best way to survive was to swim with the current, not against the grain.

Then swim parallel to the shoreline until finally at the end of the stream. Do not get exhausted, because trying to swim against the current and discharged.

2. Burns (by the sun). Dangerous, because burns can be dangerous and even lethal. Symptoms such as heat cramps, exhaustion, and heat stroke because it may result in death.


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3. Holes in the sand. Fall because the sand pit more than a shark attack. Large holes dug in the sand will collapse unless supported and can injure you or someone else on the beach. Avoid digging a hole deeper than your knees and immediately close the holes that you see on the beach.

4. E. Coli bacteria. Maintain hygiene and frequent hand washing on the beach and try not to drink sea water while swimming. Symptoms such as vomiting, bloody diarrhea, severe abdominal pain, and mild fever.

E. coli bacteria are more commonly found (instead of Vibrio vulnificus - the flesh eating bacteria) on the beach and lake as indicative of contamination / impurities in the water.

5. Jellyfish. There are about 70 types of jellyfish are harmful or - sometimes killing people. Box jellyfish is the most dangerous class because it has tentacles that contains needles and deadly poison. Symptoms such as pain, itching, and a red rash that lasts for several days.

Vacation should be done with joy with friends, family and fellow travelers, without ignoring the safety factors of themselves or others.

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