Abstract: A protective body heat retaining pod that is carried in a folded condition within a special purpose backpack attached at the rear of a harness that is worn over a conventional life jacket by both civilian and military personnel who find themselves in or about to enter a cold water environment while awaiting rescue from an emergency situation. A hood to be pulled over the head and cinched tightly around the face of the wearer is attached to the back of the protective body heat retaining pod. The protective pod has a sealed body portion that fits around the legs, arms and torso of the wearer within which a small volume of water is trapped and heated by the wearer's body heat to slow a drop in the wearer's body temperature.

Abstract: A protective body heat retaining pod that is carried in a folded condition within a special purpose backpack attached at the rear of a harness that is worn over a conventional life jacket by both civilian and military personnel who find themselves in or about to enter a cold water environment while awaiting rescue from an emergency situation. A hood to be pulled over the head and cinched tightly around the face of the wearer is attached to the back of the protective body heat retaining pod The protective pod has a sealed body portion that fits around the legs, arms and torso of the wearer within which a small volume of water is trapped and heated by the wearer's body heat to slow a drop in the wearer's body temperature.

Abstract: A protective body heat retaining pod that is carried in a folded condition within a pod containment envelope at the rear of a personal floatation device (i.e. a lifejacket) so as to be accessible to and worn over the lifejacket by both civilian and military personnel who find themselves in or about to enter a cold water environment while awaiting rescue from an emergency situation. A hood to be pulled over the head of the wearer is carried in a rolled up condition within a fold-over collar of the lifejacket. The protective pod creates a sealed chamber around the wearer within which a small volume of water is trapped and heated by the wearer's body heat to slow a drop in the wearer's body temperature to better enable him to survive his environment while awaiting rescue.