First Aid Hacks That Should Be Illegal

Troom Troom is one of the cringiest YouTube channels I’ve ever seen, and their medical advice/first aid hacks are wildly inaccurate. Today we talk about sneezing, headaches, bruises, snake bites, cauterizing wounds, motion sickness, tampons, pads, hiccups, choking, smelly feet, water in your ears, heartburn, and a ton of other stuff. I never thought I’d see a channel with more weird claims than Five Minute Crafts or Bright Side, but here we are. Which hacks should I react to next?
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[maggiebuman]

Honestly, cutting a lemon into slices to help with your leg falling asleep is probably a great hack because in order to cut the lemon you'd have to get up and walk.

[Jim-tbsj]

Honestly Mike, on behalf of the world, please do sue these companies

[palomah]

the snake one GOT ME. The plastic snake, the way she said "cauterize" so cheerfully, Mike's perfect speechless reaction. Priceless moment

[sleeplessgames]

"You will need a cabbage."
Thing that's so staggering about that line is how _confident_ she is when she says it. I feel like I just got punched in the face

[uceplyc]

"The hack here should be to GET RID OF YOUR FRIEND."
- Dr. Mike, a real doctor

[bangtanpotterhead]

"The hack here is to get rid of your friend"
"If you smell, BATHE"
Solid life advice right there.

[christophercathcart]

“Soap removes bruises” yeah took care of that make up real quick 😂

[Sienna]

The Cabbage hack:

Dr Mike: Medically inaccurate

Me: HISTORICALLY INACCURATE!!!! *Triggered*

[susanwilliams]

The soap works perfectly for bruises that were applied using eyeshadow.

[note]

_"The hack here is to get rid of your friend"_

Mike, you do know that murder is illegal right?

[xxsniperkittykatxx]

I'm honestly shocked the life hack wasn't lick your friend's eyeball

[LathosZan]

7:51 not only do I often get shower water in my ear (far more than pool water?), I cnanot perform the valsalva maneuver (pinching the nose and blowing) because my ear canals are scarred badly from chronis ear infections as a child, so the air just escapes through the sinus ducts in the corners of my eyes. The scarring also causes the stuck water (and the ear wax in there as well) to be stuck in there quite badly, ruining my hearing in that ear for like a week.

[pr.yanshi]

I'm legit curious why anyone can't or hasn't sued them over all this misinformation

[lloydthorpe]

Doctor: how’d you burn your whole leg?
Patient: Troom Troom
Doctor: *Understandable*

[RolandSchlosser]

My hack for hiccups is holding my breath for 10 seconds and it's gone. Works 95%, no joke.

[celticphoenix]

TroomTroom: "soap removes purple bruises instantly "
Doctor Mike: "How does soap remove a bruise which is UNDER your SKIN?! "
Me: "It's TroomTroom. The soap removes the bruise because the bruise is makeup "

[jasonnathanmason]

6:55 Cartoon characters when they catch the supposed ‘bad guy’ who actually wasn’t a bad guy and the bad guy stole something the cartoon character wanted:

[juergenwieser]

I dont understand why the parents didnt stop shaking him upsidedown in the air AFTER he spit out the marshmallow

[DillyDazzle]

3:51
“You will need a syringe”
Yeah, cause I have that lying around

[pembrokelove]

“The hack should be ‘get rid of that friend’.” is advice that all of us have needed at one time or another in life.