{"id":34004,"date":"2020-03-02T21:19:38","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T21:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/?p=34004"},"modified":"2020-03-02T21:20:32","modified_gmt":"2020-03-02T21:20:32","slug":"pfd-chest-harness-best-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/pfd-chest-harness-best-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"PFD Chest Harness Best Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Chest harnesses are a familiar part of all whitewater rescue PFDs these days, allowing you to enter the water attached to a tether, or to help with bank belays. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"679\" height=\"377\" data-attachment-id=\"34005\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/pfd-chest-harness-best-practice\/screenshot-2020-03-02-at-21-17-55\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-2020-03-02-at-21.17.55.png\" data-orig-size=\"679,377\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot-2020-03-02-at-21.17.55\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-2020-03-02-at-21.17.55.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-2020-03-02-at-21.17.55.png\" alt=\"PFD Chest Harness Best Practice\" class=\"wp-image-34005\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-2020-03-02-at-21.17.55.png 679w, https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-2020-03-02-at-21.17.55-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-2020-03-02-at-21.17.55-676x375.png 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\" \/><figcaption>PFD Chest Harness Best Practice<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Research by Loel Colins and Chris Onions at the University of Central Lancashire found that 25% of chest harness releases failed to release properly under low load.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Building on this research, <a href=\"https:\/\/palmequipmenteurope.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Palm (opens in a new tab)\">Palm<\/a> have designed two new buoyancy aid chest harness systems. Watch this video to check your harness is set up properly.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"PFD chest harness best practice\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/klkhwNdFDCY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Onions, C,. &amp; Colins, L. (2013). A review of quick release harness performance in water rescue. International Journal of Emergency Services. Volume 2, issue 2 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Colins, L., &amp; Onions, C. (2014). Improving the performance of the Quick release rescue harness. Journal of Search and Rescue. 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