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Boating 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.

This information provided by U.S. Coast Guard Office of Boating Safety

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