Case Report
Year: 2021 | Month: April-June | Volume: 6 | Issue: 2 | Pages: 123-125
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijshr.20210422
The Power of Will to Survive: A Case Report
Gitumoni Konwar1, Urmijyoti Deori2
1Director Research and Outreach, Faculty of Nursing, Assam Down Town University
2Associate Professor, Rahman Institute of Nursing and Paramedical Sciences
Corresponding Author: Urmijyoti Deori
ABSTRACT
The will to survive is very essential for someone to keep himself struggle until he survives a dreadful situation. This perfectly matches with a case of a man surviving an accident. A 35 year old man met with an accident and fell into a ditch with his motorbike on top of him and the handle of the motorbike pressed his vocal cord. Nobody noticed him falling into the ditch nor could he shout for help. He was all alone by himself in an isolated area where no help will arrive unless somebody sees him. He fell on the ground where the area of the soil under his head was raised which made even harder for him to move his head and free his vocal cord. To save himself he dug out the soil under his head so that he could move his head by creating some space by reducing the bumpiness of the soil. After digging out the soil for several hours he finally could move his head and free his vocal cord too. He shouted for help and soon some people gathered there who took him to the hospital. The victim suffered cervical injury, bruises and cuts on his body along with psychological trauma.
Keywords: will power, survival, struggle, accident, dreadful situation.