In any event, when you or your partner is injured severely, seek medical attention at once. A square shaped, throwable PFD provides a comfortable seat that may be easily stowed when not in use. But for the best protection along with light weight and comfort of wearing is a new style inflatable PFD that is worn at all times while on the lake. It is much easier to fall overboard on a little pond boat than your big, stable bass rig. Lastly on my boat I have a 1 million candlepower spot light, to make launching and loading or navigating in the dark much easier, and to aid in nighttime searching should someone or something fall overboard.
Propulsion is important as well.
The first article of equipment in my boat is a 3 foot long oar, to be used for extremely shallow water navigation, to push your boat off of stumps, and clear tough, motor-damaging territory. Most importantly, it serves as a backup means of propulsion should something happen to your motors. A trolling motor is almost mandatory, and while on large bass rigs the motor is placed on the bow, mine is placed on the transom. I prefer the 12 volt option, as lugging one marine battery is hard enough on my back. You will probably have enough juice to power the motor and a fishfinder to fish an entire windy day, so don't worry about running out of power.