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Medical practices have come a long way in the last hundred years. Case in point, the safety coffin. Also known as a security coffin, the safety coffin was a popular item in the 18th and 19th centuries. Its goal? To provide a way for folks who were prematurely buried to signal that they were still alive, just in case doctors made a mistake.
Safety coffins typically featured a bell or a flag system connected to the inside of the coffin, below ground. If your buddies conducted your funeral a bit too early, you could let them know you were in fact still kicking and in need of being unearthed.
Being buried alive is a terrifying and common fear (particularly if you have claustrophobia!), even if it is exceedingly rare in our modern world. Unfortunately, safety coffins aren’t around anymore, so if you’re buried alive you’ll have to get out the manual way; here’s hoping the coffin isn’t enclosed in a concrete/metal/plastic burial vault/liner, you’ve been placed in a flimsy wood box, have been buried in a shallow grave covered with dry, loose dirt — and possess zombie-like strength.
So ...
How to survive being buried alive"
1.Conserve air. Do this by staying calm - the calmer you are the lower your heart rate and slower your breathing pattern. This saves oxygen.Take deep breaths and hold them as long as you can. This will allow you a few hours of air.
2. If you're in a cheap pine box skip to rule 3. If in a modern thicker coffin, you're only hop is to make a lot of noise by rapping on the casket lid with a watch, ring or belt buckle.
3. Remove your shirt. Tie the bottom inti a knot then slip your head through the neckhole. Omve you are able to dig your way out, the shirt will prevent dirt from hitting your face and suffocating you.
4. Kick and punch at the lid to break the wood.
5. Push loose dirt down towards your feet, then to your sides, then to the space that's created once you are able to sit up.
6. Keep moving up through the dirt until you are able to stand and crawl out.
https://www.artofmanliness.com/articles/how-to-survive-being-buried-alive/