Seascooper: the MOB retrieval system

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4:07 AM Mon 23 Aug 2010 GMT

'Seascoopa' .

If one innovative Australian sailor has his way, soon rescue boats round the world will have a piece of equipment, nattily called the Seascooper, which will make their job of rescuing overboard sailors much, much more easily and safely. Here's why: In a man overboard situation, rescue organisations can experience problems both with their duty of care to the victim and their Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) obligations to the rescuers. First, if a vessel is nominated to be a rescue vessel it must be equipped to rapidly lift an exhausted, hypothermic or injured victim aboard in a horizontal posture. ...

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