A Pocket Guide for Cold Water Survival, 2012 Edition (IB946E)

This publication is a guide to cold water survival. It begins by exploring cold water hazards and their effects before going on to look at:

• The survival phase: in survival craft or in cold water
• rescue guidance for those engaged in search and rescue
• medical advice and guidance.

1. Introduction

2. Cold water hazards and their effects: knowledge that can improve survival chances

3. Actions prior to abandoning the ship

4. The survival phase: in a survival craft

5. The survival phase: in the water

6. The rescue phase: guidance for those engaged in search and rescue

7. Treatment of people recovered from cold water

8. Treatment of people recovered from survival craft

9. The apparently dead

10. Summing up