i need help to think this throuh a bit.
1) empty air in own bc, control ascend using victim's bc
2) empty air in victims's bc, control ascend using own bc
3) control ascend using own bc first till empty then control using victim's bc
4) control ascend using victim's bc first till empty then control using own bc
or some other combination.
i think it should be #1 because then i only worry about one set of bc while ascending, and when at surface, get the victim bouyant (after the hard work getting 'em off the bottom) and then get myself bouyant. while ascending, since one hand is holding the reg/chin of victim and the other across holding the victim's inflator, the victim would be more 'snugly craddled' with both hands as opposed to only having one arm slung across the victim if using my own inflator to control ascend.
so, what do some of you do/practice/teach ?
i haven't completed my rescue class in ow yet (last saturday's session cancelled due to unfortunate incident in my instructor's family). my instructor told me what the agency teaches but said in reality you might improvise anyway.
my gazillion pool drills has been using 1&2. fyi i dive wet / single al80 mostly.
1) empty air in own bc, control ascend using victim's bc
2) empty air in victims's bc, control ascend using own bc
3) control ascend using own bc first till empty then control using victim's bc
4) control ascend using victim's bc first till empty then control using own bc
or some other combination.
i think it should be #1 because then i only worry about one set of bc while ascending, and when at surface, get the victim bouyant (after the hard work getting 'em off the bottom) and then get myself bouyant. while ascending, since one hand is holding the reg/chin of victim and the other across holding the victim's inflator, the victim would be more 'snugly craddled' with both hands as opposed to only having one arm slung across the victim if using my own inflator to control ascend.
so, what do some of you do/practice/teach ?
i haven't completed my rescue class in ow yet (last saturday's session cancelled due to unfortunate incident in my instructor's family). my instructor told me what the agency teaches but said in reality you might improvise anyway.
my gazillion pool drills has been using 1&2. fyi i dive wet / single al80 mostly.