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"The entire buddy check is" Buddy check, yeah. One of the things that I think most of us, at least of a certain age, simply never really did or do. If I'm diving with someone and they ask me to check their rig, fine. If I see something that looks wrong, I'll speak up, fine. If I want someone to...

I can't cite you a source, but about 15-20 years ago while reading up on hypothermia and cold water shock, I came across a statement along the lines that for a 50+ year old male, simply jumping into 50F water was enough "cold shock" to cause heart arrhythmia, and cautioned about that. So, that...

In the unlikely event that they hired a competent contractor...there should be redlining, strikethroughs, other conventional tools indicating what has been deprecated and what has been added. (Hey, stop laughing! It could happen, just like winning the MegaLotto!)

proton- Ask your reference librarian, you never know. Sometimes items they get through the loan program and automatically good for 30 days, and OFTEN if the item has no one waiting for it, that can be reviewed and extended. Always worth asking.

'Nobody can sue you for broken ribs during CPR' Perhaps not in the UK, but here in the US anyone can sue anyone for anything. Including cracked ribs during CPR. Now, they might not be able to successfully sue you, but they can file the suit, require you to hire counsel and go through pre-trial...

Bids are not always required for government work. The rules and exceptions can get complicated. I have a "sole source" exemption contract in my old files. Basically, it meant that a very large part of our federal government was just too *ing dumb to find anyone else to fill their request. (How...

It looks like that NYS regulation is NOT regulating the use or installation of AEDs at all. Rather, it is a regulation saying who may participate in a PROGRAM which appears to have the main intent of gathering statistics on standardized use of AEDs. The regulation itself says "there are no...

Nonsensical? I don't know, I think Mssrs. Franklin and Madison would have said "Ergh, we need to add another paragraph about that kind of thing" but Mister Lincoln would have said "That's not nonsense, that gross dereliction of duty and I'll see them all hung for treason." Except of course, we...

Same thing happened to me, I kept saying "WTF?" and trying to figure out what could be wrong. Then I RTFM and the iddy biddy instruction sheet DID have the problem and solution explained on it. Apparently there's some room for manual adjustment to accommodate different valve assemblies, and it...

"Certified divers are supposed to stay dive fit, folks are supposed to have regular medical. ... ...DM an the op he worked for being sued because while his CPR efforts were successful the individual did suffer a hairline fracture on a rib and his wife was traumatized. Really?" Um, staying fit...

A side note on the mention of "breathing" and oxygen versus cardiac issues. For about six or seven years now in the US, the standards for teaching and certifying CPR have changed. For professional responders, they are still taught to pump the chest AND do rescue breathing, the same as ever...

Not unreasonable when commercial regulations require a simplified "one size fits all" approach. But our own USN also requires a "redundant" air source for contractors, envisioning the fact that regardless of water depth they may be involved in black water diving, just as USN divers may be. And...

I agree with you as to terrible options. But the fact remains, if the alternative is drowning, all other options are worth considering. As an old fossil I'm required to keep using my fossil BC with a CO2 emergency inflator on it. I plan to never use that ripcord because I'm not quite sure just...

"The UK, I would suggest is probably closer to New York. As a general rule, UK diving involves. 1. Cold water diving 2. Low visibility 3. Low Light Levels. >>>Yes, to those three. 4. Higher risk of entrapment/entanglement <<<< higher for California in kelp areas, probably. 5. Deeper 6...

Speedy? Assuming that's a typo for "spendy" ? Bear in mind that right now Congress and Trump are playing the sadly usual annual budget piss-fight games, and many things are shut down. Personally, I think we'd all do better if Congress had the audacity to pass a bill saying the first things to...

"A burst LP hose is also a reported scenario. Either of those can drain a full AL80 in a minute or so..." So we've all been told, in many places. Except, I've seen a Youtube video where someone intentionally cut his first stage hose in a pool. Took way longer than a minute, no urgency involved...

Sorry, from the date I would have expected 6th edition. Actually, checking my files, I saved REVISION 7 of the USN manual in 3/2017. I don't have a NOAA manual myself, they may differ. The USN are still open for business at: Naval Sea Systems Command > Home > SUPSALV > 00C3 Diving > Diving...

The Gear Keeper boasts nylon coated stainless steel cable. That might work for a while, but anytime you have coated or insulated stranded wire or cable? Moisture gets under the coating, especially with pressure changes, and then you've got salt moisture inside, where it can't be seen, to...

" As the technician around here explained to me, once you get it properly serviced on the inside its like brand new." Instead of rolling the dice on whether a LDS is competent or not, I'd ante up the extra bucks to send the gear back to the manufacturer. Not that they can't screw up as well...

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