MSC1./ Circ. 1185 / Rev.1
The Maritime Safety Committee, at its ninety-first session (26 to 30 November 2012), taking into account the considerable medical progress which has been made in recent years, approved the revision of MSC.1/Circ.1185 on the Guide for cold water survival, prepared by the Sub-Committee on Radiocommunications and Search and Rescue, at its sixteenth session (12 to 16 March 2012), as set out in the annex.
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
The guide is intended for seafarers and provides guidance in the following areas:
- An explanation of cold water hazards and their effects
- Actions to take prior to abandoning ship into cold water
- Action to take during the survival phase – both in the water and in survival craft
- The rescue phase
- Treatment of people recovered from cold water or from survival cradt
- Treatment of the ‘apparently dead’
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Source: IMO
