Compression asphyxia and how to survive it

You may have read about what happened yesterday in Itaewon, South Korea.  82 people were injured, 19 seriously, and 151 died when thousands were packed in a sloped and narrow alley. In a CNBC report, Choi Sung-beom, head of the Yongsan Fire Station, said that many victims were women in their 20s. It was the…