FIRST AID
- Every boater should take a first aid course, including CPR and treatment of hypothermia. Being able
to provide minimum first aid may prevent you from having to cut short your
boating day.
- Boats should be equipped with first aid supplies sufficient to deal with
common problems such as minor burns, scrapes, bruises, and sunburn.
U.S. ACCIDENT REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
- Applies to vessels that are used for recreational purposes, or that are
required to be numbered.
- Recreational vessel means any vessel manufactured or operated
for pleasure; or leased, rented, or chartered to another for the
latter’s pleasure and propelled by machinery, sails, oars, paddles, poles,
or another vessel.
The operator of a vessel involved in a recreational boating accident must
submit a casualty or accident report to the reporting authority in the State
where the accident occurred when:
- A person dies;
- A person is injured and requires medical treatment beyond first aid;
- Damage to the vessel and other property totals more than $2000.00 (or
less in some states) or a complete loss of the vessel; or
- A person disappears from the vessel under circumstances that indicate
death or injury.
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