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| Preface | ||
| Acknowledgments | ||
| Credits | ||
| Ch. 1 | A Catalog of Disaster | 1 |
| Ship Survival Sagas | 3 | |
| Yachting Survival Sagas | 8 | |
| Anatomy of an Accident | 11 | |
| Lessons Learned | 13 | |
| Ch. 2 | Basic Physiology of Survival | 17 |
| Cell Survival | 18 | |
| Survival Balance | 19 | |
| Physiological Regulation (Thermoregulation) | 28 | |
| Ch. 3 | Behavioral Thermoregulation | 39 |
| Principles of Clothing in Relation to Temperature Regulation and Survival | 41 | |
| Ch. 4 | Initial and Short-Term Immersion | 51 |
| Immersion in Thermoneutral Water | 52 | |
| Immersion in Cold Water | 54 | |
| Ch. 5 | Drowning and Near Drowning | 79 |
| Lungs | 81 | |
| Preliminary Stages of Drowning | 83 | |
| Ch. 6 | Hypothermia | 95 |
| Historical | 97 | |
| Accidental Hypothermia | 100 | |
| Life Jackets and Flotation Devices | 108 | |
| Protection Against Hypothermia | 114 | |
| Ch. 7 | Survival Time in Cold Water | 119 |
| Estimations of Survival Time | 120 | |
| Predicting Survival and Search and Rescue Times | 137 | |
| Ch. 8 | Necessities for Sustained Survival: Water and Food | 141 |
| Water | 141 | |
| Food | 160 | |
| Ch. 9 | Castaways: Survival in an Open Boat or Life Craft | 177 |
| Historical Anecdotes | 179 | |
| Lessons Learned From History | 189 | |
| Survival Strategy | 191 | |
| Safety Brief | 194 | |
| Preparation for Abandoning | 194 | |
| Abandoning | 197 | |
| Recovery of Fellow Survivors | 197 | |
| After Abandoning | 198 | |
| Death | 206 | |
| Open Boats | 207 | |
| TEMPSC | 207 | |
| Rescue | 207 | |
| Putting It All Together | 208 | |
| App. 9.1 | Life Raft Equipment | 210 |
| App. 9.2 | Suggested Grab Bag Contents | 211 |
| Ch. 10 | Illnesses, Injuries, and Psychological Trauma | 215 |
| Seasickness | 216 | |
| Osmotic Diarrhea | 219 | |
| Oil Contamination | 220 | |
| Skin Ulcers | 221 | |
| Cold Injuries | 221 | |
| Heat Illnesses | 230 | |
| Psychological Considerations | 235 | |
| Ch. 11 | Search and Rescue and Treatment of Casualties | 243 |
| Rescue Collapse and Death | 245 | |
| Possible Mechanisms Involved in Circum-Rescue Collapse | 251 | |
| Treatment of the Rescued | 266 | |
| App.: Conversion Factors | 280 | |
| Glossary | 281 | |
| Bibliography | 287 | |
| Index | 295 | |
| About the Authors | 304 |
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Nate Parrish
reviewed Essentials of Sea Survival on March 19, 2016
Essentials of Sea Survival
A very insightful study of Transport Models. I was a bit disappointed by the lack of depth of discussion of fares models, but otherwise the book was excellent. I recommend this book for anyone with an interest in Transport and a decent mathematical background.
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