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Life jacket – Life jackets are an example of a personal flotation device (PFD) and are required to be worn in some states. Unfortunately, few boaters routinely wear them (adult usage rates vary from 4.5-5.8%) or hold off until danger presents. Those who cannot swim, children, and inexperienced crew should wear life jackets at all times whenever on deck or in an open boat. Everyone on deck should wear a life jacket in heavy weather, at night, when visibility is reduced, when the boat is traveling quickly, or while traversing cold waters. Life jackets vary in buoyancy (70, 100, 150, and 275 N). A high-buoyancy life jacket helps maximize the airway freeboard, distance from the water to the mouth. Consider total buoyancy, freeboard, righting ability (ability to turn the unconscious victim face up), and ability to support the head (maintain an airway) when selecting a PFD. All vests should be equipped with strobe or LED<unk>  lights, whistles, crew overboard beacons, or other attention-attracting gear. Any new vest should be tested and worn in a pond or pool while practicing the heat escape lessening position (HELP). Life jackets for children are based on weight and should contain leg straps.
Immersion Suit – Immersion or survival suits convey the ultimate protection from hypothermia and drowning. These suits combine the properties of a life raft, life jacket, and dry suit. Most models include a watertight full-length zipper, watertight hood, face<unk> l for wind and water protection, detachable mitts, neoprene wrist<unk> ls, integral boots, inflatable head pillow, integrated lifting harness, water-activated<unk>  light, whistle, and buddy line. However, immersion suits are bulk, expensive, and impractical to wear while working<unk>  Harness –<unk>  harnesses are made from 2 inch nylon webbing or may be integrated into inflatable life jackets. A<unk>  harness attaches the wearer to the vessel and should be worn in rough weather, at night, when on deck alone or out of the sight of crew, or when both hands are occupied. Harnesses should be connected to jacklines via tethers, which will allow the crew to roam. Tethers should not allow the wearer to be dragged in the water alongside or behind the boat. . The clip on/off process should be able to be completed with one hand. Women should not adjust the harness chest strap below their bust line because breast injury may occur from upward force placed on the harness under sudden tension. There are female-specific designs.
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