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Self Rescue in a Cold Water Environment

Self Rescue in a Cold Water Environment. IASST Conference 22 May 2006 Sydney, Nova Scotia. Who needs to prepare?. Anyone who works on or over water Not just the ocean! Lakes, ponds, rivers Includes snowmobile operators (Why?). Who needs to prepare?. Who needs to prepare?.

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Self Rescue in a Cold Water Environment

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  1. Self Rescue in a Cold Water Environment IASST Conference 22 May 2006 Sydney, Nova Scotia

  2. Who needs to prepare? • Anyone who works on or over water • Not just the ocean! • Lakes, ponds, rivers • Includes snowmobile operators (Why?)

  3. Who needs to prepare?

  4. Who needs to prepare?

  5. Training issues • Initial courses (i.e. M.E.D.) • Continued proficiency • TC 24/25 regulations • Quality/frequency of drills held aboard the vessel • Assigned duties – muster list

  6. RNLI

  7. Equipment issues - training • Lifeboat • Liferaft launch and boarding • Immersion suits • Use of flares

  8. Training use of Flares

  9. Liferaft training

  10. Voyage preparation • Pre-departure checklist • Weather info • Sail/float plan • PFD / Lifejacket

  11. Sudden immersion

  12. Immersion recovery - parbuckling

  13. Immersion recovery - parbuckling

  14. Rescue Frame

  15. Rescue frame

  16. Post immersion care • First Aid First! • Readily available equipment • Seek shelter • Signal for help (Sail plan) • Stay as dry as possible

  17. Other issues • Rescue reluctance (fear of authorities) • Equipment updating/replacement • Snowmobiling – lack of regulations • Traditional/cultural attitudes

  18. Thanx! • “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” • “28g of prevention is worth .45 a kilo of cure”

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