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Safety and Rescue Essentials is a new resource which gives the paddler an insight into the techniques required for staying safe and performing simple rescues on moving water.

Topics include

• Planning, preparation and incident avoidance

• Kit, equipment and boat set up

• Swimming in whitewater

• Simple rescues such as shouting, reaching and throwing

• Mechanical Advantage systems

• Boat based rescues (canoe and kayak)

• Using a chest harness

• Entrapment situations

• Accessing Steep ground

The resource is paddler friendly and features plenty of real action pictures to bring it to life