While it’s impossible to lead a life completely free of injuries, a former coroner has offered some insights that might just help you extend yours. These tips, drawn from real-life experiences, could be the small changes you need to make a big difference.

Mariah Navit, a content creator, recently took to TikTok to share valuable lessons from her three-year stint working under a medical examiner in the sheriff’s coroner’s office. Her video has captured attention as she revealed not just the expected, but also the surprising ways individuals have met their end.

Throughout her career, Navit examined numerous bodies and gleaned crucial information about the various causes of death. This knowledge has equipped her with practical advice that she passionately shares, aiming to guide people in making safer and healthier choices.

Her advice spans essential health checks, general safety precautions, and parental guidance, emphasizing the importance of integrating these “life-saving small things” into daily routines. It’s wisdom everyone can learn from, regardless of age or lifestyle.

At the top of her list is a critical health tip: if you’re over 50, ensure regular heart check-ups. Navit stressed this point by recounting cases of seemingly healthy individuals who succumbed to undiagnosed heart conditions, highlighting the silent yet serious nature of heart issues.

‘Every week we had someone over the age of 50 that we were doing an autopsy on that just randomly dropped dead from a heart attack or some sort of cardiac issue,’ she explained.

Her second piece of advice was about driving at night – with Navit recommending being extra cautious on the roads.

‘If you are driving at night and it’s after the hours of 11pm, when the light goes green, stop, look both ways, and then proceed,’ she cautioned.

 Mariah Navit posted a video to TikTok recently outlining the five things she learned while working for a medical examiner under the sheriff’s coroner for three years (stock image) 

According to Navit, this is because a ‘ton of people’ run red lights at night when they’re drunk.

Her next piece of advice was also driving-related but specifically for when it’s dark on a freeway.

‘Stay out of the fast lane,’ she warned. ‘Oftentimes, drunk drivers get on the freeway thinking they’re going the correct direction and they’re actually going the opposite direction, and they get in the slow lane, which is actually the fast lane.’

‘This causes major head-on collisions,’ she explained.

Number four was advice for people who ride bikes on the street, as she urged cyclists to stick to bike paths when possible. 

Her fifth and final pearl of wisdom was to make sure you know the person watching your kids.

‘Have nanny cams everywhere and please do your research on who is watching your children,’ she urged.

‘A lot of s**t happens with nannies and people you think you can trust watching your kids, who you maybe cannot trust.’

One of her pieces of advice was about driving at night – with Navit recommending being extra cautious on the roads (stock image)

People often share life-saving advice they have learned in their former professions. 

Earlier in December, Secret Service Agent Scott Bryson shared some crucial advice for holiday travel in a video posted online. 

Bryson, who protected five US Presidents over 25 years, often takes to his social media channels to discuss safety tips with his nearly 500,000 followers. 

In the clip, he shared a serious security measure that you need to take if you’re picking someone up from an airport this winter.

‘I’ve never thought about this, I’m sitting in the car park lot right now, waiting to pick someone up,’ Bryson began.

‘It literally just dawned on me because I was sitting here scrolling Instagram, laughing at things that are funny to me, and I realized, “Hey dummy, you’ve got your nose in your phone,”‘ he continued.

Bryson said that he then put his phone down and looked around at the surrounding parking lot.

‘Just because people are pulling into the lot doesn’t mean that they’re here to pick up a loved one, like I am,’ the former federal agent warned.

Bryson admitted that the realization that something bad could happen while waiting in the lot ‘hit him like a ton of bricks.’

‘Don’t be like I was just now,’ he warned of not paying attention to your surroundings.