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When kept afloat by a life jacket, survival time in water at 15°C is

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. When kept afloat by a life jacket, survival time in water at 15°C is


  1. Usually 12–24 hours
  2. Limited by muscular fatigue
  3. Extended if many layers of clothing are worn.
  4. . Extended by swimming gently rather than floating motionless.
  5. More prolonged in fat than in thin persons

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A. False It is usually under two hours.

B. False It is limited by hypothermia.

C. True This improves insulation by trapping layers of water around the body to form a stable microclimate.

D. False Swimming increases heat loss by disturbing the microclimate.

E. True Due to better thermal insulation by the superficial fat.

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