Cozumel dive fatality on April 3?

[Dave Dillehay]

For the record, ALL of my staff has received up to date training one CPR, O2, and AED use. The AED use was done just yesterday. WE have a AED trainer we bought from PADI at the last show. I expect to have an AED on every boat by July. Anyone want to send a donation we can get it done quicker. They cost $1,450 each. But we will!

Dave Dillehay
Aldora Divers

 

[Sask]

I applaud you for that Dave and next time I am in Cozumel I will make sure and dive with your company. As I said our company (tour co) did that a few years back and I have no idea if that has brought us any business but I know I sleep better at night because of it.

 

[deepsea21]

And I have found CO tainted air in tanks from there. DAN has since given them CO monitors, but I'm not confident in their use. I test all tanks.

Don... At what levels have you found CO in those tanks? Are you talking about CO levels that could be dangerous or are you talking about slightly higher CO levels we all may encounter in ambient air sitting in our cars in stop and go traffic or tending the gas grill on the 4th of July? How many PPM have you read in these tanks or whatever your gauge may report?

 

[JohnN]

Don... At what levels have you found CO in those tanks? Are you talking about CO levels that could be dangerous or are you talking about slightly higher CO levels we all may encounter in ambient air sitting in our cars in stop and go traffic or tending the gas grill on the 4th of July? How many PPM have you read in these tanks or whatever your gauge may report?

FWIW I had 6 days of delightful diving with Aldora last week (4 dives at 90+ minutes). On all dives I checked the tanks for %O2/CO and for all 12 dives my Cootwo showed 0.0 ppm CO.
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[Hatul]

Dave, I am just curious. Are all of your captains and DM's trained in current CPR? I only ask this because my wife works with people in facilities that have an AED close by but, as has been stated earlier, an AED is no replacement for performing CPR and the use of an AED is often performed in conjunction. I remember the old days when it was 5:1 compression/breaths we were taught in school but that has migrated over the years to the current 15:2. I will also say that I've no idea if my preferred dive op (Tres Pelicanos) has staff trained in the latest CPR as I've never thought to ask until this thread presented itself.

I don't want to nit-pick but the current ratio compression:breaths is 30:2 for adults. (15:2 is two person CPR on child)

 

[Hatul]

I agree with Don. I also found CO tainted Nitrox 36 in Cozumel at levels 10 ppm + .You need to test your own tanks over there. I also test my tanks here in California and never found anything above 0.