The ‘Watch’ Question

“At what point do we let an MOB die because we have no answers and can only watch?”

Because of the rarity of the incident, a real-life MOB will be one of the most important events in your life. Succeed or Fail, it will never be forgotten, but for very different reasons.

Man Overboard is a life defining event that presents unique problems and complexities. After over a decade of practical work and research to unravel the issues, I now know what does and doesn’t work and, more importantly, why. It was suggested the expertise I’ve acquired could potentially save lives. As a result, I’ve produced a series of articles, outlining in more detail than usually published, the intricacies of the subject and addressed aspects that are, more often than not, disregarded.

Click on the headings below to read the articles

Introduction - Changing The MOB Situation

Part 1 - Dynamics Of An MOB Recovery

Part 2 - How OscarLine® Deals With MOB Dynamics

To Be Released Soon

Part 3 - Approaches.

Part 4 - Thinking About Thinking

Links to other videos of interest :

The effects of Circum Rescue Collapse - This video shows a fit healthy young woman swimming to the shore in cold water. The instant she reaches the safety of feeling land beneath her feet, her physical abilities desert her.

Academic Research and other articles of interest and reference.

Note, these do not form the basis for my articles although the contents may have influenced some of my observations:

1991 Circum-Rescue Collapse: Collapse sometimes fatal, associated with rescue of immersion victims. F. St. C. Golden, G.R Hervey, M.J Tipton,

2006 The Physiology of Cooling in Cold Water: Mike Tipton, Frank Golden

2009 The Prediction of Survival Time In Water: Elizabeth McCormack, Chris Turner, Mike Tipton

2012 Autonomic Conflict: a different way to die during cold water immersion? Michael J. Shattock, Michael J. Tipton

2015 Reduction in predicted survival times in cold water due to wind and waves: Jonathan Power, António Simões Ré, Martin Barwood, Peter Tikuisis, Mike Tipton

2016 Cold Water Immersion: Mike Tipton

2021 The experience of drowning: Mike Tipton, Hugh Montgomery

2024 Extreme environmental physiology in the dock: Mike Tipton