Victim to the surface, and out comes the cutting tool.....
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You're supposed to leave their throat intact...Victim to the surface, and out comes the cutting tool.....
In a rescue course type of training, you get rid of the BC along with any weights or anything that causes drag from the get go on the surface and as soon as you can. Also, you shouldn't leave the "victim" alone or away from you, you should always be in physical contact with them until they are out of the water.
if you remove the BCD what are you holding onto when towing? And if giving rescue breaths, an appropriately inflated BCD is very helpful for keeping the victim’s face out of the water.
Did you ditch the lead?A recent incident had me a quarter mile from the dive boat in high, choppy waves for about 20 minutes. Even concious and alert it was impossible to keep my face out of the water. Once I was OOA on the main tank and pony, with the snorkle unuasable (semi-dry) it was very hard to time my breaths so I didn't suck in water. If I had been unconcious I would have drowned. I doubt rescuers would have been able to keep me face up as I could hardly manage. I now will wear a horsecollar snorkel vest under my harness/backpack/donut so I can float faceup if I ever need to again.