YSK: If you feel dizzy or faint, lying down and raising…
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YSK: If you feel dizzy or faint, lying down and raising your legs is safer than "putting your head between your knees" while seated.
Why YSK: Fainting happens when not enough blood reaches your brain. If you feel it coming and stay upright, you risk actually passing out and hitting your head or falling from a height.
Lying flat and elevating your legs uses gravity to help blood return to your brain, which can stop the faint before it happens. If you can't lie down, sitting and lowering your head helps, but lying down is better because it removes the fall risk entirely. Also, if someone near you does faint and then comes to on their own within a minute or so, don't rush to sit them straight up, that can trigger a second faint. Let them recover flat for a bit first.
#education
Why YSK: Fainting happens when not enough blood reaches your brain. If you feel it coming and stay upright, you risk actually passing out and hitting your head or falling from a height.
Lying flat and elevating your legs uses gravity to help blood return to your brain, which can stop the faint before it happens. If you can't lie down, sitting and lowering your head helps, but lying down is better because it removes the fall risk entirely. Also, if someone near you does faint and then comes to on their own within a minute or so, don't rush to sit them straight up, that can trigger a second faint. Let them recover flat for a bit first.
#education
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