Chapter 5: Boating Emergencies—What to Do
Contents
Risk Management
Increased Risk Due to Boating Stressors
Increased Risk Due to Dehydration
Minimize Risk of Boating Accidents—Avoid Alcohol
Minimize Risk of Drownings—Wear PFDs (Life Jackets)
Boating Accidents
Capsizing, Swamping, or Falling Overboard
Avoiding Collisions
Dealing with Fire Emergencies
Running Aground
Personal Injuries
Cold Water Immersion and Hypothermia
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Responding to Other Serious Injuries
Weather Emergencies
How to Avoid Severe Weather
What to Do if Out in Severe Weather
Summoning Help
Chapter 5 Summary
Review Questions for Chapter 5: Boating Emergencies—What To Do
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Course Material
Course Introduction
• Home Page
• About This Course
• Welcome Message
• Enforcement
• State Police Offices
1-Know Your Boat
• Chapter 1 Contents
• Parts of a Boat
• Hull Types
• Length Classes
• Engine Types
• Jet Drives
• Personal Watercraft
• Sailboats
• Chapter 1 Summary
• Chapter 1 Review
2-Before Heading Out
• Chapter 2 Contents
• Boat Capacity
• File a Float Plan
• Fueling Safely
• Fuel a PWC Safely
• Fuel Selector Switch
• Trailering Your Vessel
• Nautical Knots
• Vessel Maintenance
• Engine Maintenance
• Chapter 2 Summary
• Chapter 2 Review
3-Operating Your Boat
• Chapter 3 Contents
• Casting Off
• Docking
• Navigation Rules
• Meeting Head-On
• Paths That Cross
• Overtaking
• Sailboats
• Navigation Lights
• Night Navigation
• Sound Signals
• Buoys & Markers
• Buoy System
• Anchoring
• Dams, Locks, Bridges
• Tides
• Compass & Charts
• Operating a PWC
• Controlling a PWC
• PWC Courtesy
• Environment Issues
• More PWC Tips
• Reboarding a PWC
• Ignition Safety Switch
• Propeller Injuries
• Chapter 3 Summary
• Chapter 3 Review
4-Legal Requirements
• Chapter 4 Contents
• Registration & Decals
• More on Registering
• Hull ID Number
• Who May Operate
• Unlawful Operation
• Alcohol and Drugs
• Obstructing Navigation
• Homeland Security
• Life Jackets (PFDs)
• Fire Extinguishers
• Flame Arrestors
• Ventilation Systems
• Mufflers
• Navigation Lights
• Distress Signals
• Federal Waters
• Sound Signals
• Additional Rules
• PWC Requirements
• Towing Skiers
• Pollutant Disposal
• Nuisance Species
• Vessel Accidents
• Enforcement
• Required Equipment
• Protect Waters
• Chapter 4 Summary
• Chapter 4 Review
5-Boat Emergencies
• Chapter 5 Contents
• Risk Management
• Boating Stressors
• Dehydration
• Avoid Alcohol
• Wear PFDs
• Types of Accidents
• Capsizing
• Falling Overboard
• Collisions
• Fire Emergencies
• Running Aground
• Personal Injuries
• Hypothermia
• Carbon Monoxide
• Treating Injuries
• Weather Dangers
• Avoiding Bad Weather
• Bad Weather Tips
• Summoning Help
• Chapter 5 Summary
• Chapter 5 Review
6-Enjoy Water Sports
• Chapter 6 Contents
• Your Responsibilities
• Your Passengers
• Sharing Your Vessel
• The Environment
• Other Boaters
• Paddlesports
• Water-Skiing
• Scuba & Snorkeling
• Windsurfing
• Sailing
• Fishing
• Hunting
• Chapter 6 Summary
• Chapter 6 Review
Review Questions
• Chapter 1 Review
• Chapter 2 Review
• Chapter 3 Review
• Chapter 4 Review
• Chapter 5 Review
• Chapter 6 Review
Boating Terms
Glossary
• Aground
• All-Round Wh. Light
• Anchor
• Backfire
• Bail
• Beam
• Bilge
• Boat
• Bow
• Bow Line
• Bunks
• Buoy
• Cabin
• Capsize
• Cast Off
• Channel
• Chart
• Cleat
• Coupler
• Course
• Cowl
• Deck
• Displacement Hull
• Dock
• Down Current
• Downwind
• Draft
• Embark
• EPIRB
• Fairway
• Federal Waters
• Fenders
• Float Plan
• Forward
• Freeboard
• Furl
• Give-Way Boat
• Gunwale
• Halyards
• Hatch
• Headway Speed
• Hitch
• Hull
• Idle Speed
• Ignition Safety Switch
• Impeller
• Inboard Engine
• Jet Drive Engine
• Jet Ski
• Keel
• Lanyard
• Leeward
• Length Overall
• Marina
• Mast
• Masthead Light
• Moor
• Motorboat
• Navigation Lights
• Navigation Rules
• No Wake Speed
• Operate
• Outboard Engine
• Overboard
• PFD
• PWC
• Pier
• Planing Hull
• Port
• Powerboat
• Power-Driven Vessel
• PWC
• Propeller
• Raft
• Rigging
• Rudder
• Safety Lanyard
• Sailboat
• Sheets
• Sidelights
• Slow-No Wake Spd.
• Stand-On Boat
• Starboard
• Steering Control
• Stem
• Stern
• Stern Drive Engine
• Sternlight
• Stern Line
• Swamp
• Swim Platform
• Tide
• Tiller
• Tongue Weight
• Transom
• Trim
• Underway
• Unpowered Vessel
• Upstream
• Upwind
• Vessel
• Wake
• Winch
• Windward
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Practice & Certification
• Practice Test
• Certification Exam
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