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Originally Posted by BennyB
Either way (BO or drowned), you can't make things worse by giving them a couple of quick rescue breaths. In fact some freedivers give one or 2 breaths as soon as someone blacks out as they believe this helps speed the process up and get them breathing quickly.
I'd like others to chime in here, i've not done a rescue course in years and haven't done a specific freedive resuscitation course, just picked up bits from various dive courses, talking to other freedivers and just common sense.
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I thought it was best to try and get the person to breathe before giving rescue breaths. I have seen quite a few blackouts and sambas in pool training, and they have all recovered quickly without rescue breaths. They were rescued within a few seconds of having blacked out.
Lucia
