Mike Tipton
@ProfMikeTipton
Human & Applied Physiology; Extreme Environments Laboratory; SHES; University of Portsmouth Trustee of The Physiological Society RNLI Council
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When kids know how to float, they know how to survive. SLSGB’s Splash School, with support from @igluwetsuits, is helping children #FloatLikeAStar. This @WHO #WDPD2025, help more young people #FindYourFloat & learn a skill that could save their life. #SLSGB #DrowningPrevention
Learn the skill that gives you time to survive: 🌟 S – Stay calm 🌟 T – Tilt head back, ears in water 🌟 A – Arms & legs out wide 🌟 R – Relax & signal for help This one skill could save your life—or someone you love. @WHO #FloatLikeAStar #WDPD2025 #FindYourFloat #SLSGB
Today is @WHO #WorldDrowningPreventionDay In 2024, 193 lives were lost to accidental drowning in the UK. One skill can save a life: Float Like a STAR S – Stay calm T – Tilt head back A – Arms & legs out R – Relax & signal for help #FloatLikeAStar #Worlddrowningpreventionday
Listen to TV Presenter, @Fern_Britton, and GB Olympic Rower, @Helenglovergb, talk through the key steps to #FindYourFloat this #WorldDrowningPreventionDay 🛟 Remember it. Practise it. Share it. #RNLI #RespectTheWater #DrowningPrevention #FloatToLive
In difficulty in the water? Remember these tips and float to live. Your legs may sink and that's okay! Everybody floats differently. Practise at a safe location like a swimming pool to learn how you float best. In a coastal emergency, call 999 and ask for the Coastguard.
In 2024, 193 people drowned in the UK. 30% were just walking or playing near water. Drowning is fast. It’s silent. It doesn’t discriminate. Learn to #FloatLikeAStar 🌟 S – Stay calm T – Tilt head back A – Arms/legs wide R – Relax & signal #WDPD2025 #FindYourFloat @WHO @NWSFweb
For #WorldDrowningPreventionDay, we asked fitness content creator Jacob Ward to jump into our sea survival pool and find his float 💪 Do you know how you float? Practising this skill could save your life one day. #RNLI #FindYourFloat #RespectTheWater #FloatToLive
Knowing how to float can save your life. On #WorldDrowningPreventionDay, we encourage you to Find Your Float! Swimming pools and swim schools are teaching floating techniques in their swimming lessons. Contact your local pool today! #RLSSUK #SwimEngland
1day before #WorldDrowningPreventionDay. We see @SurfSaving teaching their community on how to float! #FloatToLive is fun to do , but could save your life if you fell into water. @NWSFweb @surflifesaving
Thanks for your support @DoctorChrisVT #FindYourFloat
For #WorldDrowningPreventionDay, we asked fitness content creator Jacob Ward to jump into our sea survival pool and find his float 💪 Do you know how you float? Practising this skill could save your life one day. #RNLI #FindYourFloat #RespectTheWater #FloatToLive
National Water Safety Forum: please go somewhere safe and "Find your Float" today for World Drowning Prevention Day. rnli.org/news-and-media…
On #WorldDrowningPreventionDay ‘Float to Live’ - to reduce the dangers of the cold shock response don’t panic, stay calm and float. This drowning prevention behaviour is a lifesaver when experiencing cold shock on immersion. @RLSSUK @RNLI @ProfMikeTipton
Congratulations to all involved.
“This is just the beginning”…. Is how the Global Climate and Health Summit Chair (and President-elect of @ThePhySoc) @ProfMikeTipton closed the Summit today, highlighting the next steps as we seek to ensure the Summit delivers impact. And what a summit! Two days of powerful…
“This is just the beginning”…. Is how the Global Climate and Health Summit Chair (and President-elect of @ThePhySoc) @ProfMikeTipton closed the Summit today, highlighting the next steps as we seek to ensure the Summit delivers impact. And what a summit! Two days of powerful…
Latest output: physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/JP…
Evidence-based comment on football/heat by @ProfMikeTipton for @FIFAcom… probably won’t take any notice due to sponsor/broadcast 💰though. @ExpPhysiol @ExtEnvLab_UoP 👇 bbc.com/sport/football…