Cold Water Safety

[randy88k5]

9/13 for me. The test was harder than I anticipated.

 

[TSandM]

A few of those questions are pretty poorly written.

 

[Doppler]

A few of those questions are pretty poorly written.

Not only poorly written, but one has to ask why some of them made it into the quiz at all. Reminded me of a pop-quiz in Physics 101... not really sure what possible benefit it might be for someone preparing to (gods forbid) dive in cold water!

 

[freewillie]

S-s-still t-t-trying to answer. F-f-f-ingers still t-t-t-oo cold to t-t-ype.

G-g-going to d-d-d-ive somewhere w-w-warm !!!

 

[Blue Sparkle]

I agree. It strikes me as an odd quiz, given what one presumes DAN would actually be aiming for. It seems like they made a quiz to show nerdy facts from a book vs. sitting down, figuring out what divers should know from a practical angle, and then deciding how to write the quiz in order to "test" that goal.

I got 9 of 13 but I attribute that level of "success" mostly to coming from up north (where we learn about hypothermia, the various types of heat transfer as applied to heating one's home, etc.).

 

[Jax]

Agree with all you are saying!

This article from 2007 pretty much sums up the cold water issues. This young women died when her overly large wetsuit allowed too much circulation of 7^o - 9^o C [45^o - 48^o F] water. The hypothermia slowed her down, then she went unconscious and drowned. THIS is important data, not the technical names of cold water terms.


Diver died because her suit was too big | Mail Online