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I know an excellent tech instructor that is currently moving to Lanzarote to work as an instructor if that helps. PM me and I'll give you contact info.

I didn't see anything where it said she was released the same day. It could easily be that she was subsequently discharged and transported to a hospital in her home country. By the same token, I could easily see it as mis-reporting and more likely O2 was administered vs actual CPR.

Also, it's the same as any RSTC form. Doesn't have to have the SSI logo on it. Just FYI for the future.

If a student can perform the skills, then they can be certified regardless of what disability they may have. This is true for any agency. Some of the skills may need to be adapted a little within the standards and that may take a little innovation (nothing says the inflator/deflator needs to be...

Given that submarine escape training towers range from 40 ft to 100 ft, not sure that it's based on likelihood of CESA success. I never did get a chance to do the escape trainer but I hear that it's not a problem to exhale all the way up and not feel you're running out of air.

No keys when I was in USN. But my name being on the line for the tagout approval and approval for divers in the water was well sufficient when I was EOOW or OOD. No one was going to die on my watch. Dive Sup didn't cut me any slack either. I'm sure the Netherlands authorities will look at all...

Bought a BFK when I had about 20 dives under my belt. By about 30 dives, I stopped taking it with me. Wrong tool. Trilobite for line &a web cutting is carried now. Wife got certified a few years back. Was scared of sharks. Now she goes looking for them. Gotta have that picture!! They avoid divers.

An additional point ... boat operators providing policies and practices that help the diver have a safe dive and different than what would be obligated to provide (e.g., safe passage to and from the dive site) do help the bottom line. A diver that comes up bent or, in the worst case, dead costs...

drrich2 asked: > I'm asking what the boat is obligated to provide. 1.) Emergency O2 capability? - yes; maybe not by law but by common industry practice 2.) Boat staff watching the water for heads bobbing up & divers in evident distress? - yes 3.) Site briefings? - depends on the charter; if I...

Another news report added that the diver was found with fishing line around her primary 2nd stage with the report that her buddy observed her panicking with her primary out of her mouth and he attempted to offer her his alternate. But she didn't take it and it sounds like they lost contact in...

Death of scuba diver under investigation after she panics, fails to resurface This article indicates she may have panicked. If its the area of the lake I am thinking of, the visibility can be pretty low which may have contributed to the panic (purely conjecture.) And if it was a panic response...

So my Atom 3.1 died a bit a couple months ago. I sent it to Huish and it was placed on backorder for service (it doesn't look like they actually repair yours, they send you a refurbished one and then later actually refurbish your broken one to send to someone else.) So Saturday I get a note...

I agree ... a buddy that chooses to not share air in an OOA scenario could very well be liable in either civil or criminal proceedings if injury or death occurred as a result. However, a good faith attempt at air sharing that was then unsuccessful for some reason would likely mitigate that. I...

No. I'm saying they will swim to each other, share air and then ascend using a contact ascent.

Re: rescue situation for a panicked diver and not making yourself a second victim - the whole point of teaching the OOA scenario is so that the both the recipient and donor can effectively share air without panicking. Therefore, for an OOA scenario, the OOA diver shouldn't be panicking. They...

What was the temperature above the thermocline? Did you go to the first platform off the left ramp or did you just make a left right off the end of the ramp? I am aware that a local boyscout created a map as part of an Eagle project but I have not found it online. If the line you found run...

As others have said, the issue won't be during the dives but tired at the end of the day. But, in my opinion, that's just fine. When I'm on a once-in-a-lifetime dive vacation, my motto is that I'll rest when I'm dead. In the meantime, let's go diving!

A refresher can be lined up at pretty much any shop. It doesn't have to be PADI either ... the regulator retrieval, mask clearing and OOA emergency skills are sufficiently interchangeable. Refreshers are a good idea, IMO. And as others have mentioned, many resorts or shops require a "recent"...

I always carry a DSMB attached to a reel. If this had been me, I would have had two additional opportunities to attract the attention of the boat captain ... throw the double ender at him and throw the reel at him. If I got his attention with the double ender, I still might have thrown the reel...

"Better" can be relative. From a decompression efficiency, the continual ascent is "better". But "better" also can encompass diver ability and comfort and task loading. My personal ability is not conducive to continual ascent. And I have no desire to follow a continual ascent curve to that...