Thursday, July 24, 2014

How to survive at sea

Although the sea environment is very bad, but human survival at sea has accumulated rich experience, a lot of amazing miracle survival.Float some lives were rescued, after a long time, such as the United States have three Pacific fleet pilots, floating on a rubber boat rescued 34 days;There are three people in the south Atlantic on floating 83 days.
Experts pointed out that sea survival has the following elements:
Lifesaving Equipment
If there is no survival equipment survival at sea, then in the vast sea saved alive hope obviously very weak.According to statistics, about 80% of the ships sank within 15 minutes after the crash, only about a third of the life-saving equipment can timely before sinking down water, so that many people drowning death, and climbed up the life-saving equipment is 94%.Thus, once climb the life-saving equipment, will greatly increase the opportunities.
Save your knowledge
Mastering the knowledge about sea lives were some self-help is very important.The use of these knowledge including the life-saving equipment methods and basic requirements, should take emergency measures, and report the crash site to abandon ship after the action, distress and signal transmission.
Maintain A Normal Diet
For the survival, fresh water is more important than food.Stored in the human body nutrition, as long as a day gives proper water can still maintain a life for a long period of time.But if there is no fresh water, it is hard to maintain for a long time.Rated crew to maintain the food inside the lifeboat for 7 days, within the raft of food for three days.Can temporarily not in abandon ship within 24 hours after eating, after quota to eat every day, to save as much as possible.If floating on the sea for a long time, when food shortages, can catch fish, birds, and collecting seaweed added.But without enough fresh water supplies, should avoid eating these things, otherwise it will consume large amounts of water in the body.
The Will To Live
Experts think, maritime distress of the cause of premature death is not the hunger and thirst, is mainly caused by fear.Thus, survival is an important factor of survival at sea is must have a survival does not fear the difficulty of strong will and firm faith.Therefore, must first overcome the despair and fear, second can withstand the test of hunger, cold, thirst and dizzy billow.Maritime distress, if oneself in a crisis, MangErBuLuan, and well prepared in advance, so can increase the rescue of the hope.
When working on the boats life should be vigilant in the thoughts, ready to consider well in advance in the event of an emergency should be how to act.Understand the spare, jackets, boat and life raft storage locations for each channel, the entrance of this vessel, transportation route and the recent exits to the deck, so that in emergency situations can quickly leave the dangerous place.Sea lives were, if not survival floating tool, has the possibility of a drowning.Especially in the big waves, especially under the condition of the bad weather.So sea lives were the first thing to solve is floating and prevent drowning.To prevent drowning main methods are:
1:Using the floating tool, such as life jackets, life boat and life saving valve, etc.
2:Learn to swim and fg technology.