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Boating: How to Boat: Safety

Cold Water Survival
Sudden immersion in cold water can induce rapid, uncontrolled breathing, cardiac arrest, and other physical body conditions which can result in drowning. Always wearing a PFD will help you survive in rapid immersion situations. In other situations where you must enter the water, here are a few things to follow:

  • Wear a PFD.
  • Button up your clothing.
  • Cover your head if possible and enter the water slowly.
  • Keep your head out of the water if at all possible.
  • Assume the H.E.L.P. position.


 
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  Personal Flotation Devices
  Personal Watercraft Conspicuity
  Propellor Blades Warning
  Recreational Recall Campaign Database
  Rough Water Readiness
  Safety Gear First
  Staying Afloat
  Sun Burns and Sunscreen
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