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    what is it?

    Uhm, tell him your going to find another fish to swim with. :)
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    Cozumel Trip Help

    My wife and I stayed at Iberostar in late June, nice place with good service, food and amenities. They also have a nice beach and pool. The onsite dive op is Dressel Divers, our group did not use them but I have heard good things about them. The dive op we used was not allowed to use the dock...
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    St. Margarets Bay Fatality - Nova Scotia

    Why don't y'all wait for an"official cause of death", otherwise, and unless your the medical examiner or the official who's responsibility it is to determine the cause, then you really have no ideal what the cause was. Your only guessing and that does nothing but add to this tragedy. From what...
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    Why do accidents happen?

    Complacency is a constant enemy that we fight daily, especially with the PSD dive team I manage. We are also firefighters so a formal rank structure is the norm for us, but for our dive team operations it can present a problem. Newer members of less rank are sometimes reluctant to point out...
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    Congratulations

    Dear Chief.... I would laugh but I have been their.
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    Help with color correction (GoPro, Apple Aperture)

    You need a red filter. I just got back from Coz., I had the dive housing and put a red filter in it the day before I left. My buddy had the same set up without the filter. My videos were correct, his not so much... Lots of blue. I am not a photographer but from what I understand the color...
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    Newish lake out west of Fort Worth???

    Our dive team has trained their numerous times over the past two years, usually 10-15' vis, some trees. Typical thermal clines similar to CSSP. They opened to the public last summer and now allow fishing so we have not been back since but it was a decent dive and may still be. Take some tools...
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    CPR in water when close to shore / boat what to do first?

    Kevrumbo, No one is suggesting that we just throw our hands up and say "oh well, too bad". In the situation you present of course I would try your modified method but never to the detriment of my own safety and a risk vs benefit analysis would be done in the back of my own mind. Knowing what...
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    CPR in water when close to shore / boat what to do first?

    We're way closer in our thoughts than you realize. My never give up response was intended to address an earlier comment about "a new generation of responders who do 5 min of CPR then quit when they know the patient is toast". That's not how we operate and it is obvious you don't either. Your...
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    CPR in water when close to shore / boat what to do first?

    Arctic Diver, Let me clarify the point to answer your question. Their many different definitions of a "save" and as any statastician will tell you that numbers can be tweaked to mean anything, just look at what politicians do with numbers to make them mean what they want. My definition of a...
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    CPR in water when close to shore / boat what to do first?

    I am with medic diver on this. While I would certainly not fault anyone for trying what they think is the right thing to do in an impossible situation far from help the reality is that the science of CPR is now almost overwhelming towards maintaining the circulation of the existing oxygenated...
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    Where is your passion? Is diving your passion or is something else tugging at you?

    #1 - wife #2 - Diving (get to do this at work, public safety diver) #2.1 - Offroad Dirt Bike racing enduro style!
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    Emergency Life-Support Equipment - Oxygen and AED? - Who Carries on Dive Trips?

    AED's Dale, I like your focus on early recognition and focusing on the basics, however AEDs, while probably cost prohibitive for the average diver, can not be replaced by CPR. CPR in and of itself serves more to sustain blood flow to critical organs (brain preservation). The reason for no...
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