How to survive if you are being drowned: Navy SEAL reveals the tricks to escaping being held under water – even if your hands are tied

• Former Navy SEAL reveals how to escape drowning with your hands tied
• Clint Emerson said the best chance of survival was controlled breathing
• In shallow waters, use sinking and bouncing method to travel to shore
• But a full body rotation will allow you to take a deep breath in rough seas

 

A former Navy SEAL has revealed how to escape drowning if your hands are tied.

Clint Emerson, who served in the U.S. navy for 20 years, said the best chance of survival was controlled breathing as lungs full of air made the body float better.

He recommends taking deep inhaling breaths and exhaling quickly.

Emerson also advises people not to panic.

‘Panicking, which can lead to hyperventilation, is the number-one enemy to survival,’ he said.

One of the methods Emerson recommends is the ‘sinking and bouncing approach’.

‘In shallow waters, use a sinking and bouncing approach to travel toward shore, ricocheting off the seabed or lake floor up to the surface for an inhale,’ he wrote.

‘When facing down, whether floating in place or using a backward kicking motion to swim to shore, the operative should arch his back in order to raise his head above water.

‘In rough seas, this may not give him enough clearance to get his head out of the water. Instead, a full body rotation will allow him to take a deep breath and then continue travelling forward.’

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