ADeadlierSnake
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How many times have you witnessed or been involved in a rescue attempt where the diver being rescued was in critical condition?
I apologize for the length of the question, but I summed it up in as few words as possible. I witnessed my first diver emergency yesterday, and the part that surprises me most is that it happened so "soon". As a relatively new diver with only ~170 dives, and who only started diving seriously this last January, I most certainly did not expect to witness such an event until much later in my dive "career". I see no end in sight for my diving, so I knew I would see this sort of thing happen eventually. I am just curious how often it does happen, hence my question. I'm not asking because I have been shaken up by the event, because in fact the whole thing went very smoothly from a response standpoint. I'm just curious how often you frequent divers are called upon to use your rescue training (in very serious cases, not like a skin bend or something).
Hopefully this starts some interesting discussion, and not a bunch of flaming. Fingers crossed!
I had no idea where to post this, but since it is related to Accidents/Incidents, I posted it here. If it needs to be moved, by all means, have at it.
To anyone who answers: It might be interesting to know how long youve been diving too!
I apologize for the length of the question, but I summed it up in as few words as possible. I witnessed my first diver emergency yesterday, and the part that surprises me most is that it happened so "soon". As a relatively new diver with only ~170 dives, and who only started diving seriously this last January, I most certainly did not expect to witness such an event until much later in my dive "career". I see no end in sight for my diving, so I knew I would see this sort of thing happen eventually. I am just curious how often it does happen, hence my question. I'm not asking because I have been shaken up by the event, because in fact the whole thing went very smoothly from a response standpoint. I'm just curious how often you frequent divers are called upon to use your rescue training (in very serious cases, not like a skin bend or something).
Hopefully this starts some interesting discussion, and not a bunch of flaming. Fingers crossed!
I had no idea where to post this, but since it is related to Accidents/Incidents, I posted it here. If it needs to be moved, by all means, have at it.
To anyone who answers: It might be interesting to know how long youve been diving too!
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