What is the hand signal for danger?
Letha McKenzie
2025-07-15 16:34:14
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At sea, the oldest hand signal to indicate distress is to flap the arms up and down. One method of signalling an emergency to a rescue helicopter is to raise one's arms in a Y shape, indicating that yes, rescue is needed. Hands raised in a Y shape to signal distress to a rescue helicopter. In aviation, a downed pilot would hold their hands straight above their head to indicate that they want to be picked up. The Signal for Help designed and publicised by the Canadian Women's Foundation has the palm outward with the thumb across it, the fingers are then closed over the thumb to symbolise that one is being held or hurt. In Guyana, the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security announced a gesture of clasping the fingers into the palm and releasing them, in a repeated motion three times, to be used as a signal that the person was a victim of human trafficking and required help.
Charles McKenzie
2025-07-15 16:25:14
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The hand signal is a way for a victim to show they are in distress without having to speak.
The hand is held up with the palm facing the camera, before the thumb is tucked into the palm and the fingers close over the top.
It can be used on video calls, as a way of asking for help without leaving a digital trace.
It could also be useful to women when answering a door, if they don't want to attract any attention.
The hand gesture provides a way for a person to silently show they are in distress and would like someone to check in with them in a safe way.
Andreanne Hahn
2025-07-15 15:39:40
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The signal, which is meant to be made with one hand, sees an individual face their palm outward to the camera or other person before tucking their thumb inwards and closing their remaining fingers on top to make a fist.
The hand signal, which has become recognised as an international signal of help, was first created by the Women’s Funding Network in connection with the Canadian Women’s Foundation at the start of the Covid-19 lockdown as a way for domestic abuse victims to indicate non-verbally that they needed help.
The combination of increased isolation in quarantine, and increase in the use of video communication, created a critical need for a widely recognised, discreet, way a survivor could reach out for help.
Everyone should know the international sign for Help me.
This is the international signal for Help Me.
The international sign for Help me.
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