2nd ESO student from the Santa Lucía Institute in Cartagena (Murcia) was referred to hospital After she fainted and banged her head while performing with her partner this morning, a dangerous challenge tick tock consists of suffocating to cut off the oxygen’s arrival to the brain for a few seconds, but without suffocation.
The events occurred on nine in the morning, both students in the courtyard of the IES await the start of an excursion planned by the center for year 2 of ESO. while they wait, minors began to strangle themselves for “fun” in the beginning. As a result of this dangerous practice, one of them lost consciousness, fell to the ground, hit his head and began to shake, According to witnesses of what happened to La Opinión de Murcia from the Prensa Ibérica group.
The institute staff immediately alerted the 112 Emergency Coordination Center of the Region of Murcia, which sent an ambulance. on arrival, Toilets were made for the underage child who was conscious. Although the initial examination showed that the student was welldoctors requested that he be transferred to a hospital center to keep him under observation and do the relevant tests.
According to the case’s description, he may have succumbed to what is known as the young man. “Blackout Challenge”: a dangerous challenge involving suffocation in order to momentarily interrupt the flow of oxygen to the brain.
The challenge in question Record the person’s response to stopping and then restarting the oxygen supply to the brain, at which point a punctual ‘rush’ occurs. To reach the moment of ‘suffocation’, challengers resort to strangling themselves, either with their own hands or using household items such as ropes and cords.
According to that Center for Disease Control and Prevention Such challenges carry a high risk of causing brain injuries or even death (the US national public health agency, which in 2008 released a report on the so-called “choking game” after the deaths of at least 82 young people in the country). “If the drowning is prolonged.
On May 24, 2022, a 13-year-old boy nearly choked to death by another classmate while trying to perform one of these viral drowning challenges in Valencia. Months ago, in January 2021, a ten-year-old girl died in Italy playing one of these games.
Tik Tok warns against the risk of challenge
The TikTok platform, which is famous for the challenges it publishes, has been implemented. a protocol to prevent potentially suicidal behavior. Thus, when the term ‘Blackout Challenge’ is entered in the search bar, the content related to this application is blocked and the user is directed to a page with the contact information of Umut Phone (717 003 717).
From this prevention page on TikTok”some online challenges can be dangerous, harmful or even fake” and are directed to other resources aimed at combating self-harming behaviors.