This report was requested regarding the death of Mr. Br following a helicopter crash in the Gulf of Mexico in 12/04. In particular I was asked to comment on pain and suffering that Mr. Br experienced during the time he was adrift in a life jacket prior to being pulled into a rescue boat.
1. These facts are available c...
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Category Archives: Immersion hypothermia
20 Water Safety Questions
What's Your H2O (Safety) IQ?
By
David S. Smith, Ph.D
Commander, USCG (RET)
The following 20 questions were the basis of a key address to the First International Boating and Water Safety Summit, April 18-25, 1997 in San Diego, California. The Summit was spons...
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Requests for case reviews
Hello- Welcome to the SASS Site!
In my files I have hundreds of reports dealing with a complete range of aquatic litigation. The only aspect not touched upon is SCUBA. These reports include but are not limited to swimming/drowning, diving/cervical spine injuries, boating accident reconstruction/ collisions/prop strike...
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