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If you see someone go overboard, get someone else to start throwing stuff off the deck to where they are in the water (while you keep pointing at them). Makes for much easier locating by others, and a quicker rescue
We trained on this a lot. Also yelling "swim" because apparently the shock of sudden cold water can make you forget to do that.