The Rescue class quality depends on the instructor, not the agency.I'd take the rescue course, but not with PADI
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The Rescue class quality depends on the instructor, not the agency.I'd take the rescue course, but not with PADI
Just so readers are not misled, you do NOT give CPR in the water. Rescue breathes, maybe, but not chest compressions.A 100 yard tow of someone to get to shore is not a walk in the park all the while trying to give CPR
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Just so readers are not misled, you do NOT give CPR in the water. Rescue breathes, maybe, but not chest compressions.
My rescue course was in '06-- No CPR until on land was the story then. But, it's another example of changes to procedures over time. Your course being maybe a few short years before mine is interesting in that you wouldn't think it would be that recent that CPR was advised in water. The CPR procedures themselves seem to change very often. I found from someone on SB that this is a result of 5 year test periods using data from professionals and amateurs giving CPR. Sometimes the changes seem almost insignificant, though I'm certainly the furthest thing from an expert. I try to just keep reviewing the basics the best I can.When I went through I had to do that. I will give you that it later was probably determined that the lost time doing inneffective CPR was detrimental when compared to teh delay in getting the victim to the shore in a timely fashion. In other words it was better to get them to shore and then CPR rather than CPR on the way in. I think my instructor told me that the agencies view had changed on that matter to comply with your post. Still there was the gear removal on the way in that was very energy demanding. My rescue was some 15 + years ago. Thing do change over time. My cpr training was 5 heart and one breath , that has changed also. You point is well taken though. Even doing only rescue breaths is demanding physically when it comes to repositioning doing the breaths and returning to towing.
How do you do chest compressions in water?
Has anyone here been sued, or known someone who's been sued, as a non-professional but highly certified dive buddy for failure to rescue?