water survival
Staying afloat alive
Water survival is the set of skills and techniques for staying alive in water emergencies—after a shipwreck, plane crash, or unexpected immersion.
It encompasses treading water, floating conservatively, signaling for rescue, and managing hypothermia risk.
Military and aviation personnel receive formal water survival training: The Coast Guard candidates completed their water survival course.
- floatBuoyant object or vehicle
- dead man's floatPassive face-down buoyancy technique
- lifejacketBuoyant vest for water
- life vestWearable buoyancy aid
- treadingWalking on a surface
stay afloat · rescue · rescue swimmer · man overboard · raft · swim · currents · hypothermia · buoyancy · shore · waves · distress · paddle · shipwreck · coastguard · flare · lifeboat · breath
- water safetylifeguards, CPR, rescue tube, life jacket, drowning prevention
- Coast Guard trainingboot camp, seamanship, navigation skills, swim training, officer training
- astronaut trainingflight simulation, simulators, centrifuge, spacewalking, crew training
- military aviation trainingpilot training, flight school, flight academy, aviation school, flight instruction
water survivaldesert survival
Living through barren conditions
wilderness survival · mountain survival · jungle survival · urban survival
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