The latest amendments to the IMO Life Saving Appliances Code (2010) aim to improve the accuracy and repeatability of lifejacket testing to raise performance and safety. A well-designed lifejacket can enormously increase survival times in the aftermath of an incident or accident at sea, for up to several hours, by keeping an exhausted or unconscious casualty face up so the victim can breathe, even through hypothermia. Efforts to improve the efficiency of lifejacket designs are being tackled by IMO through recent amendments to the International Life-Saving Appliance Code, introduced to improve the testing procedure followed by lifejacket manufacturers, class societies, and test houses.
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