> I was just wondering if anyone knows of a case where the cause of death was > ruled drowning while the person was wearing a pfd (excluding cases of > hypothermia etc)? If so, what were the conditions, type of pfd, or any other > relative data? Yes, there have been a number of flush drownings of paddlers wearing PFDs. I refer you (and everyone else) to the River Safety Report series edited by Charlie Walbridge, and published by the ACA. It is the most complete set of data/reports/stats on the subject that I'm aware of. (But it does NOT make good bedtime reading the night before you go on a trip.) ---Rsk Rich Kulawiec rsk_at_gsp.org *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Oct 07 1998 - 17:33:19 PDT
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