RYA - SEA SURVIVAL
£130
1 Day course
Course Introduction
Welcome to the R.Y.A Sea Survival course with the Glaciere
It’s a good idea to bring with you swimming costume and a towel, shorts, T-Shirt, wet weather / Oilskins or Survival suit (if you have one)
If you have your own Life Jacket, bring it along to try out in our pool
WHAT THE COURSE INVOLVES
Part One – Preparation For Sea Survival
Survival Difficulties
Survival Requirements
Equipment Available
Training Drills
Actions prior to abandonment
Part Two – Life Jackets and Life rafts
Life Jacket design, donning, purpose and entering the water from a height
Safety Harness design and securing arrangements
Life Rafts standards, stowage and containment, design, launching, abandoning, righting helping injured persons, equipment and initial actions to be taken when in the raft.
Part Three – Practical Wet Drill (in one of our swimming pools)
Life raft Launching
Boarding dry and wet
Jumping From the pool side
Methods to increase chances of survival once in water
Helping injured persons
Raft capsize drill
Final abandonment
Part Four – Principals of Survival
Protection in cold conditions
Hot conditions
Location
Water
Food
Survival ailments: Frostbite and foot immersion foot, Urine retention, Constipation, Salt water boils, Medical aspects of survival, Secondary actions, Subsequent actions, Raft management.
£130
1 Day course
Course Introduction
Welcome to the R.Y.A Sea Survival course with the Glaciere
It’s a good idea to bring with you swimming costume and a towel, shorts, T-Shirt, wet weather / Oilskins or Survival suit (if you have one)
If you have your own Life Jacket, bring it along to try out in our pool
WHAT THE COURSE INVOLVES
Part One – Preparation For Sea Survival
Survival Difficulties
Survival Requirements
Equipment Available
Training Drills
Actions prior to abandonment
Part Two – Life Jackets and Life rafts
Life Jacket design, donning, purpose and entering the water from a height
Safety Harness design and securing arrangements
Life Rafts standards, stowage and containment, design, launching, abandoning, righting helping injured persons, equipment and initial actions to be taken when in the raft.
Part Three – Practical Wet Drill (in one of our swimming pools)
Life raft Launching
Boarding dry and wet
Jumping From the pool side
Methods to increase chances of survival once in water
Helping injured persons
Raft capsize drill
Final abandonment
Part Four – Principals of Survival
Protection in cold conditions
Hot conditions
Location
Water
Food
Survival ailments: Frostbite and foot immersion foot, Urine retention, Constipation, Salt water boils, Medical aspects of survival, Secondary actions, Subsequent actions, Raft management.
