> > Bob wrote: > .... > > Then, the helper pushes down on the victim's hull while grasping the > > victim's PFD and, at the same time the victim does a hip snap to come > > upright. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ If your are doing a scoop rescue, the victim does not have the capacity of doing a hip snap, nor anything else. All you can do is to have someone stabilize the victim's boat, once s/he is in, while you make sure that the victim can breathe. Then pump the water out of the boat, hold the victim and his/er boat, and direct others to set up a tow train. - Julio > > > > Both these rescues will require much bilge pumping, but they do not require > > much upper body strength on the part of the victim. > *************************************************************************** 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 Jan 27 1999 - 11:31:00 PST
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