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Emergency Preparedness

    1. EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
    2. CAPSIZING AND FALLS OVERBOARD
    3. HOW TO RESPOND TO A CAPSIZING EMERGENCY:
    4. PADDLER RESCUE TECHNIQUES
    5. RESCUE TECHNIQUES FOR STAND UP PADDLERS
    6. THE 'REACH-THROW-ROW-GO' RESCUE SEQUENCE
    7. USING THROWABLE RESCUE DEVICES
    8. COLD WATER IMMERSION AND HYPOTHERMIA
    9. THE IMPACT OF COLD WATER IMMERSION
    10. HYPOTHERMIA
    11. HYPOTHERMIA RESCUE PROCEDURE
    12. SURVIVING COLD WATER
    13. THE ‘H.E.L.P.’ AND ‘HUDDLE’ POSITIONS
    14. HEAT-RELATED ILLNESSES
    15. HEAT STROKE
    16. HEAT EXHAUSTION
    17. HEAT CRAMPS
    18. DEHYDRATION
    19. WATER INTOXICATION
    20. RENDERING ASSISTANCE
    21. REPORTING BOATING ACCIDENTS
    22. CONTINUE YOUR PADDLE EDUCATION!
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