Life Jackets Even More Important in the Winter
According to boating and survival experts our biological response to frigid water makes wearing a life jacket even more important in the winter. Winter waters are so cold the body’s first response is to gasp, inhaling water. Even if a victim manages to surface, their ability to swim is severely limited by shortness of breath or hyperventilation. A person not wearing a life jacket in this situation is at high risk of becoming yet another boating fatality statistic.
Skilled swimmers may believe they don’t need a life jacket, but anyone who has been hit in the head after a boat flips or knocked from a fast-moving vessel will tell you that accomplished swimmers don’t have a chance if they’re not conscious. Still scoff at the idea of wearing a life jacket?