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

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

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