OMI - IMO946E - Pocket Guide to Cold Water Survival

Ouvrage en version anglaise.

Cet ouvrage existe en version papier et en version numérique dans un format vérouillé à lire avec la liseuse de l'OMI (gratuite).

This guidance is intended primarily for seafarers. It provides information which will help you if you are unlucky enough to fall into cold water, or have to enter it in an emergency, or have to use survival craft in cold conditions. It also provides information which will help seafarers, trained'as first-aid providers, to treat those rescued from cold conditions.

This guide briefly examines the hazards of exposure to the cold that may en danger life, and provides advice based on the la'est medical'and scientific opinion on how to prevent or minimize those dangers. It is a sad fact that people continue to d'e at sea through a lack of this knowledge. Knowing what is likely to happen if you are exposed to cold water is a survival'aid in itself. A thorough understanding of the information contained in this booklet may some day save your life - or someone else's.