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What if the doctor has been drinking? If they are not working they are just normal people like anyone else. For that matter not every medical doctor is trained (or mentally prepared) to handle trauma, so in that situation they are perhaps no better than anyone else who has taken a Red Cross...

Saw it on an episode of Law and Order once. The original not the ripoff bad cop shows. And you know those are all based on real cases, you did know that right? Actually there is a widely held belief that if you have MD plates you are required to stop at all auto accidents or lose your medical...

I know of two people who were named in a suit because "they were there". Nothing ever came of it for them, it sounded more like the lawyers cast out a big net to see what they could catch, and let the small fry go. Never the less they were served to begin with. I can't live my life in fear of...

I don't know, from the descriptions there seems to be very little to wory over. Getting involved in somebody else's business has become somewhat common, maybe it always has been, I remember seeing that character trait made fun of on old sitcoms as well as new. Very few people are qualified to...

Here is a shorter answer. If you do respond and the person still dies, you could be sued anyway. Damned if you do, damned if you don't, professional or not a slimy attorney can convince a grieving family to sue over anything, and have, so my advice would be to forget about attorneys and hope...

I disagree. Assuming we are discussing divers operating on deck in tropical seas, being hydrated for days before hand makes it more likely that the water you drink on board that day replaces the water you are losing through sweat and breathing really dry air, keeping you hydrated. If however...

I read the line a little differently. Most people who think about the dangers one can face diving generally start with sharks and other creatures. Statistically the majority of diving fatalities are caused by human error, not dangerous marine life.

I love water, and I drink a fair amount of it. Coffee in the morning, tea after dinner, water the rest of the time. Nothing more refreshing than ice cold water, except ice cold fresh brewed sun tea...and BEER. For my summer workouts, at least on the bike, I range from 1-4 hours on hot pavement...

I keep going around and around on this, and I just don't feel comfortable with any one answer. As I was formulating a post I remembered one of my first post OW dives, the deep dive from AOW. Long story short we couldn't find the anchor line and my sac rate finally forced us to make a free...

Some good points flots. IME Caribbean DM's rarely manage the dive, but rather lead the way, holdthe float and and point out critters. I am sure some are more hands on, but most act like I would expect a local diver leading an out of town friend to act. With this in mind maybe it would be a...

My last trip to Bonaire I did the whole thing solo. There were several dives where I got in alone, but ran into a group coming back the other way. A few where the group caught and past me. At times on my dives I was within 10 feet of other divers, and it is possible if one had an emergency at...

How about running out of hair gel?

That qualifier, I am not really sure what it means. I am not saying this to be an ass, but I was trained to dive in a swimming pool, did a few short checkouts in a 7mm farmer john in 50 degree water and 5 feet of vis. I guess my course in the early 90s was tailored for warm water diving, being...

Good points. Glad things worked out with your surgeries. You are right...if I were drowning I don't I think I would spare a thought about whether the lifeguard only took the job to get girls, fashioned themselves after Baywatch or had a genuine interest in saving lives...as long as they saved...

If we go with the common definition of the terms recreational and technical, I can't help but be saddened by this statement. I consider that knowledge to be among the most important and basic to diving in general and would be shocked to learn of any dive education professionals do not feel the...

I think all human beings have an obligation to one another to render any aid they can under emergency conditions. I think solo divers count in this as well. I do not however think they should be required to plan their dives for that possibility. They should assist if they can when the need...

Cousteau, the original I remember watching his films as far back as I can remember anything else. The one that sticks with me the most was from inside a school of frolicking squid, and then the blue sharks came in for feeding. There was another special where it showed what it took to make...

I hope you are not inferring that from my post? I read your comments and where you felt the DM should be compensating for what they should know is lacking in their charges training, I would rather redirect back to the source. After all this family has been informed that they can dive...

I guess so. I might be having a cynical moment right now...so take this with a grain of salt. I see a lot of dive pros who are mostly in the industry for themselves. The ego, the self aggrandizing, perhaps simply to try and make some money doing what they love. The fact they impact others is...

I am sure some would say this. To them I would say, it was not all that long ago, and with dubious configurations such as J valves and no spg, that people taught themselves how to dive, and did just fine. So even with the reduced content and standards of today's diving classes, you are going to...