Water Safety - Forestry Natural Resources and Wildlife - Lecture Slides, Slides of Wildlife Ecology

Download Water Safety - Forestry Natural Resources and Wildlife - Lecture Slides and more Slides Wildlife Ecology in PDF only on Docsity! Water Safety Docsity.com TOPICS • WATER SAFETY • COMMON CAUSES • HANDLING WATER EMERGENCIES • HYPOTHERMIA • HYPOTHERMIA PREVENTION Docsity.com HANDLING WATER EMERGENCIES • 1ST RULE IN WATER SAFETY IS TO HAVE YOUR PFD ( PERSONAL FLOTATION DEVICE ) ON. • 2ND RULE IS TO STAY WITH THE BOAT IF YOU CAN. • WATER SURVIVAL TIME INCREASES IF A LONE PERSON IN COLD WATER USES THE HELP POSITION (HEAT ESCAPE LESSENING POSTURE). Docsity.com HYPOTHERMIA • MEANS LOWERED BODY TEMPERATURE . • DANGER COMES FROM NOT KNOWING THE SYMPTOMS OF HYPOTHERMIA OR THE SITUATIONS IN WHICH IT CAN OCCUR. • IT CAN START IN WET CONDITIONS SUCH AS RAIN, SNOW, OR SLEET. Docsity.com HYPOTHERMIA (CONT.) • YOU CAN LOSE BODY HEAT AND BE IN DANGER FROM HYPOTHERMIA EVEN WHEN THE TEMPERTURE IS 40 TO 70 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. • IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE WINTER. • PEOPLE IN POOR PHYSICAL CONDITION ARE MORE LIKELY TO BECOME HYPOTHERMIC. Docsity.com