Extension - Coastal Safety and Human Health
Office of the Fleet Surgeon

John C. Lyons, MD, FACS, MSME, has been appointed to the position of Fleet Surgeon for Pennsylvania Sea Grant. Dr. Lyons brings a wealth of medical experience in waterfront and open water health and safety issues to the National Sea Grant Network. He is an author and lecturer on various emergency and health safety issues such as extraction methods for boat passengers with serious spinal injuries, scuba hazards on Lake Erie, cold water immersion and drowning, fish-hook injuries, and impaired night vision on the water. Dr. Lyons also instructs Presque Isle State Park's large contingent of lifeguards on surf rescue techniques and recently presented medical advice at the Pennsylvania, Ohio, and New York Sea Grant avian botulism workshop for Lake Erie fish and wildlife.

For more information on the Office of the Fleet Surgeon contact Sean Rafferty.