[Mr. X]

Originally Posted by immerlustig

...during all my practice we never found the heimlich maneuver to work reliably with both divers (rescuer and victim) floating on the surface. it's just too difficult to keep the victims head out of the water (even without weightbelts on and in pool-like conditions). i'd rather put priority on a fast evacuation to a platform or shore.

Thanks for the info. -- that was what I was looking for. [Re. water entering the lungs, as mentioned above, I believe the body normally prevents this (by closing the larynx)-- but it would be good to have a physician or similar comment on that. I am not a physician, nor have I played one in a television soap opera.]