2023-Dec-15
Make a Resolution to be Safe Around Cold Water in 2024!
The Canadian Safe Boating Council (CSBC) is hosting a new slate of virtual Cold Water Awareness workshops in 2024 featuring Dr. Gordon Giesbrecht (aka Professor Popsicle), a world-renowned expert in hypothermia.
Workshops take place over 2 evenings from 8:00 p.m. – 10:30 p.m and there are three sessions currently open for registration:
- Tuesday, Jan. 16 & Thursday, Jan. 18
- Tuesday, Feb. 6 & Thursday, Feb. 8
- Tuesday, Mar. 12 & Thursday, Mar. 14
The workshops focus on everything you need to know to survive an accidental cold water immersion and how to help others who may have become hypothermic.
Topics include:
- Understanding the Myths Around Cold Water Immersion and Hypothermia
- How Our Bodies React to Heat and Cold Stimuli
- 4 Ways Our Bodies Lose Heat
- What Happens to Our Bodies When Immersed in Cold Water
- Immersion vs. Submersion in Cold Water
- Cold Water Survival and Thermal Protective Clothing
- How to Get Back in Your Boat Should You Fall Overboard and are Alone
- Basic First Response…When You’re The Only One Who Can Help!
- Victim Extraction, Packaging, Triage and Transport to EMS
- The Decision to Stay or Swim When You’re on Your Own
- Ice Assisted and Self-Rescue
The cost of this online Cold Water Workshop is $100 and participants will receive a certificate of completion.
For more information or to register, contact Ian Gilson at igilson@rogers.com or go to the Canadian Safe Boating Council website, here.
Watch Professor Popsicle tackle some of the issues in this short video: