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I fully and honestly welcome feedback from medical professionals and those who have more knowledge than I do... I always thought the way I was trained in Rescue Diver for the "full monty" scenario had a LOT of problems. As @justinthedeeps mentioned above, it's really only possible to pull off...

Just to clarify. I don't think anyone is saying that in-water chest compressions are effective and that the decision is whether or not to do them. You can't do in-water chest compressions. The decision is whether to give rescue breaths while towing the victim to shore/boat/dock or hauling ass...

Exactly! I mean, it's not like any other training agency offers those stupid "rescue diver" courses! It's just a PADI money grab thing. Oh, wait: https://www.naui.org/certifications/entry-level/rescue-scuba-diver/ https://www.divessi.com/en/advanced-training/scuba-diving/stress-and-rescue

If you don’t like PADI you can use whatever agency you like. But unless it’s a totally shady shop, you’re going to have to take - and pay for - the course. Also, at an average of 10 dives a year, I’m not sure you have the cred to be tossing around that amount of ‘tude.

Reach out to West Bay Divers. Great op overall. I can’t speak specifically to younger divers, but they are super friendly and great to work with for referral open water certs.

Leveraged buyouts are typically how PE firms acquire companies. They put down 5%-10% in equity and fund the rest with debt.

The one thing I'm stuck on is the part where you went to inflate your BCD while in 10' of water. Why? It's not an elevator button to get to the surface. In 10' of water you shouldn't have had any - or very little - air in your BCD. You fin up to ascend and dump air as necessary to remain...

Blackbeard's is fun, but you have to manage your expectations a bit. Being on a sailboat for a week is awesome, the food is great, and the price is certainly cheap. Berths are small but comfortable. Pack light because you only have a small shelf at the foot of your bunk to store your stuff...

PE firms usually don't step in unless a company is already facing financial woes. Before Barings acquired it, Aqualung's debt was astronomical and not sustainable.

Yup, definitely possible. I used to do it when I had my Teric on a Zulu.

I read that line as meaning the bruising was the result of chest compressions, but it was mistakenly written in the news report as decompression. But DCI from a rapid ascent caused by either an equipment issue or a medical issue also makes a lot of sense, and fits with a lot of the DAN incident...

Avoid sunscreen with oxybenzone, octinoxate, or octocrylene, as these are bad for coral. Instead, use mineral-based sunscreens that use non nano-sized particles (micro is fine). Yeah, these types of sunscreens don't rub in well and will give you a white pasty appearance. But they also don't...

Not necessary for drysuit diving.

Should work fine. For future reference, you can also just add a second NATO/Zulu do you first one to extend it. Weave the bottom of the main strap through the buckle of the second one (and back through the top d-rings if you want it to be extra secure). Voila! You now have an extra long...

I don’t know the procedure for SSI, but for PADI referral paperwork has to be signed and sent/brought to the dive center doing the open water dives. The paperwork verifies that the class work and confined water skills were completed. I’m wondering if it’s similar for SSI but your local dive shop...

Paddling drysuits are meant to be more breathable but water resistant for quick immersion at/near the surface. They are not intended for diving at depth. Swimming a few feet deep, for example, is just a tad over 1 ata. Go to 10m/33ft and you are at 2 ata, and so on and so forth. Then you...

What brand valves are on the suit? Some valves have a tendency to leak slightly when fully open. But since you tightened it against the suit and that seemed to help some, my guess is that it just isn’t seated properly against the suit and that there’s a slight wrinkle or crimp in the fabric...

That news story does not say that AL is shutting down all production. You are spreading FUD. AL has announced that it will be shutting down a plant in Italy and moving that production to one of its facilities in England in order to streamline manufacturing and distribution. But that's not the...

True, but the audio brands were faced with technological shifts, similar in many ways to the advent of quartz watches that brought serious challenges to mechanical and automatic watch brands. No one knows what the future holds for Aqualung. They definitely face some serious challenges. And I...

Your post makes no sense. If Barings sells Aqualung, then whoever they sell it to will make the service kits. Or, more precisely, AL will make the service kits as a subsidiary of the larger company. Unless you think that Barings is going to sell AL to a company that makes blenders or air...