Category Archives: Immersion hypothermia

Immersion hypothermia case

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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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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