{"id":24618,"date":"2017-10-06T17:03:52","date_gmt":"2017-10-07T00:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=24618"},"modified":"2017-10-06T17:03:52","modified_gmt":"2017-10-07T00:03:52","slug":"big-festivals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/big-festivals\/","title":{"rendered":"Attending Big Festivals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/images\/wehocarn.jpg\" alt=\"img\" width=\"650\" height=\"339\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The recent mass shooting at a concert in Las Vegas especially touched Californians &#8212; the majority of deaths were residents of\u00a0 our state.<\/p>\n<p>As one of California&#8217;s biggest seasonal festivals approaches, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/events\/halloween\/west-hollywood-halloween.html\">West Hollywood Carnaval<\/a> on October 31 (pictured), it&#8217;s only natural to be concerned about attending large events. West Hollywood&#8217;s free, annual street festival attacts half a million people in a single night!\u00a0 While large festivals &amp; events make for incredible security challenges, security tends to be most comprehensive when agencies are on alert. There are a few things you can do to better equip yourself before going.<\/p>\n<h2>Safety Considerations &amp; Tips<\/h2>\n<p>From StateFarm.com<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Make sure you know where the exits are.<\/li>\n<li>Carry\u00a0 identification.<\/li>\n<li>Consider leaving if the crowd seems to be getting out of control.<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t wear loose clothing or accessories that could become tangled or pulled.<\/li>\n<li>Wear closed-toe shoes and keep the laces tied to prevent tripping.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid standing on or near structures that could collapse.<\/li>\n<li>Walk around crowds rather than pushing through them.<\/li>\n<li>If you&#8217;re caught in a moving crowd, walk sideways or diagonally across it to work your way out.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>First Aid Tips<\/h2>\n<p>San Francisco General Hospital Doctor<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you are near victims of a violent crime\u00a0 ensure that you are safe &#8212; you will be no help to them if you get injured or killed.<\/li>\n<li>Call for help.<\/li>\n<li>Stop the bleeding. Apply pressure to wounds or use a tourniquet, if trained to do so. Improperly applied tourniquets may cause more harm.<\/li>\n<li>DON&#8217;T sit\u00a0the patient upright.<\/li>\n<li>DON&#8217;T try to push anything into the wound.\u00a0British soldiers who plugged bullet holes with their fingers at the Las Vegas concert were trained to do so.<\/li>\n<li>Take first aid classes\u00a0available through local Red Cross chapters and county health departments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The recent mass shooting at a concert in Las Vegas especially touched Californians &#8212; the majority of deaths were residents of\u00a0 our state. As one of California&#8217;s biggest seasonal festivals approaches, the West Hollywood Carnaval on October 31 (pictured), it&#8217;s only natural to be concerned about attending large events. West Hollywood&#8217;s free, annual street festival [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24618"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24618\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}