When should you first have any food or water after boarding a lifeboat or liferaft?
Official USCG Answer & Rule Citation
Correct Answer: Option B — After 24 hours
Consuming rations too soon induces severe physiological stress and vomiting. Under SOLAS and USCG survival training standards, survivors must wait 24 hours before ingesting food or water to let internal systems adjust to dehydration.
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