![]() Dehydration: If you're trapped, you may die of thirst.After 15 minutes of compression, rescuers have to apply special techniques to prevent loss of limbs and sometimes life. Compression damages muscles and nerves, releasing compounds that cause kidney damage. Crush Syndrome: Extended pressure on skeletal muscle (like your legs) and the circulatory system wreaks havoc on the body.While you aren't going to sink up to your chest standing upright, falling into quicksand or failing at a self-rescue attempt could end badly. Suffocation: Depending on how you are positioned in quicksand, your breathing could be impaired.Hypothermia occurs rapidly in wet quicksand, or you can die in the desert when the sun goes down. Hypothermia: You can't maintain your body temperature forever when half of you is encased in sand.It could be the tide, splashing water (since quicksand can occur underwater), heavy rain, or falling over into water. ![]()
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