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Originally Posted by Lockedin
The DM attempted to administer oxygen, but the regulator failed. E assisted me in removing my BCD, and collected the AI's, and my fins. The DM called for a backboard, and we were able to get the board beneath him quickly. As the boat crew (on the deck, five feet up), began to pull the backboard's tether, the buckle around Vic's chest failed, and so did the strap I'd put around the feet. A second attempt as made with the backboard, but the buckles failed again. Vic had no apparent broken bones, so the DM opted to have the AI and I dead lift the Vic from the step, while he and a deckhand used a thick rope under the Vic's arms to guide Vic through the transom gate, a second (working bottle of oxygen was administered. All of this happened in less than five minutes.
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wow - what an ordeal - i hope the diver and everyone involved is okay - so rick what exactly failed on the O2 reg? do you know?
was it the second stage or was it something else?
and i'm wondering why the backboard protocol at all - as someone who's handled many in-water rescues - w/o a specific assessment for a reason why, it seems to me to be a bit of an ill-fitting choice that added extra time?
i am glad the younger girls/students were not witness to too much of it.
good for you Rick for helping out.
and ILdiver the best way to get a sense of these types of situation before you become an instructor is to help with classes and on boats as a DM - get with the people so to speak. knowing how to handle these situations comes more naturally when you are constantly in this environment. they don't teach you that (experience) when you go thru your IDC. experience really comes from putting yourself into real life scenes. and judgement and reading people come with time - at least that's what i've recognized IMHO.
and yes good luck w/ your course - one of the happiest days in my memory was when i passed those first battery of tests - hoorah! it was all cake after that
way before i even got my DM certification i was hanging around the boats and the other instructors like a big water rat - eager to help and fortunate to be observing and learning - even if i didn't recognize it at the time
kp
