Versatile life jackets help 'stay healthy' when the ship is in distress

This life jacket is designed to make victims feel comfortable at sea, not being attacked by carnivorous creatures, and especially containing the amount of food that helps maintain health for a period of 5-6 days.

For many years, he wondered about the pitiful deaths of fishermen who had been shipwrecked, with his kind heart and knowledge available, Mr. Vo Van Hoang Minh - Ho Chi Minh City Plastic Association study and build a new multi-purpose life jacket for fishermen.

Python returns to 'foretold deaths'

Due to the characteristics of the profession, fishermen are forced to stay on the sea while many dangers are waiting, but the biggest threat is the storms of the sea. Every year, storms cause many fishermen to never return, destroying and sinking hundreds of boats, causing huge economic losses.

Their only protective gear today is only fragile life jackets, easily torn and broken, not enough to protect people in the face of big waves and high winds. Sometimes, despite surviving and overcoming the storm, due to the long time of struggling on the sea, suffering from hunger and thirst, . fishermen are also easy to be prey to carnivorous creatures in the ocean.'It can be said that when going to the sea and having a storm, the ship is sunk then the death is sure in hand, this is the thing that worries me the most' - Mr. Minh said.

From the above fact, Mr. Minh has researched and improved to create a new versatile life jacket. This type of garment is sewn with 3 layers of fabric, reinforced by thick contours clamped to the body, the inside contains waterproof water-proof Simili clothes that protect the body, cool down, and retain heat. Above the body of the shirt, there are widely designed food containers, which can hold 18 small dry food containers and 10 50ml bottles of drinking water.

This can be considered as the most outstanding feature of life jackets because this food is an extremely valuable energy source, helping the victims to maintain their health so that they can withstand 5 - 6 days. . Comes with life jackets also have many other items such as short-wavelength led lights, reflective glass to support .

Mr. Vo Van Hoang Minh is explaining about the versatile life jacket product at the 22nd "creativity in technology" contest in Ho Chi Minh City

In particular, a plastic ball for the first time is designed to be used to cover the face, lifting the head to help the victim not sink into the water surface, covering the waves breaking into the face, when needed, can help for fishermen to have a minute of rest and relaxation, sleep for a few minutes without fear of sinking. Rubber socks and gloves equipped in life jackets will cover the feet and ankles, keeping heat away from frostbite and neurasthenia in victims. Besides, due to the characteristic smell of rubber, these tools also work to reduce the ability of the sea creatures to detect bait, helping fishermen avoid attacks.

Need attention from many sides

Talking to us, Mr. Minh said: 'At the beginning of the project, I myself did not receive the support and support of many people, because they thought that this is an area of ​​specialization in computing. safe, very difficult to achieve. Funding for designing, testing, and manufacturing is also quite narrow and difficult enough. Fortunately, due to many years of social work, I have known and been supported by many units and businesses in terms of capital and technology . '.

Heaven did not please people, after nearly two years of tinkering, research, the first life jacket was officially completed in his immense joy. After the announcement and testing, the product has received a very high rating of the Scientific Council - Department of Science and Technology of Bac Lieu province, winning the first prize of the 13th session of the Central Department of Science and Education, and recently the third prize. The 'Technical Innovation' contest in Ho Chi Minh City for the 22nd time.

Currently, this type of life jacket has been successfully tested and started to be applied in Bac Lieu province, however, due to the high cost (1.8 million VND / set), the shirt has not been used yet. tea.'Fishermen's life is the most important, so in order to be able to widely spread this life jacket, it is necessary to have support from the state, businesses and kind hearts' - that Minh's confession before breaking up with us.