It is now safe to enter the water...

[robertarak]

OK, so that night be a bit of a stretch, but I just completed my Rescue Class in the cold, harsh water of California!

So all of you who brave our beaches, boats and dive parks, fear not! When your arms start to wave madly in the air and you go under for your third time with no reg., I will call for PIZZA! and all will be well!

Seriously it was quite the class. Much more demanding then I thought it would be. By the end of our final rescue, I think I needed o2 more then the rescued victim.

It was a great experience and I am glad I did it. Thank you Jeanne and Karim from Hollywood Divers!

 

[RowingMunkeyCU]

Awesome, congrats! I'm starting up my CPR/AED classes this weekend so I can take the Rescue classes (also because my g/f's mom has a heart condition).

 

[jepuskar]

True Story: There was a real emergency and the rescuer kept yelling..call for Pizza. Why because thats what he/she remembered doing in rescue class.

While it is not appropriate to yell call 911 at a dive site full of divers when no emergency exists...it is prudent to say it loud enough to those participating in the class...well as long as they arent 50 feet away.

 

[rawls]

Congratulations to you!!! The rescue course is a service course. You are now in a position to help a diver in distress. Sounds as if you got a good class because if you didn't feel the need for O2 yourself then it probably wasn't a good rescue class...Like jepuskar said...don't call for pizza Congratulations again on your accomplishment.

 

[Shawley]

congrats! now you can save me in Catalina haha

 

[Bobyjimmie]

Congrats man! I keep wanting to take that course but I just cant make time for it with work. Did you find you learned alot in it?

 

[JahJahwarrior]

True Story: There was a real emergency and the rescuer kept yelling..call for Pizza. Why because thats what he/she remembered doing in rescue class.

While it is not appropriate to yell call 911 at a dive site full of divers when no emergency exists...it is prudent to say it loud enough to those participating in the class...well as long as they arent 50 feet away.

As they say on some other forums, "Pics or shens." Proof or it didn't happen.

If the "They will remember what they trained with" holds true, then they will remember to say 911, since they trained by saying 911.

My buddy was trained to grab a divers octo if he ran out of air. During a drill recently, I turned off his valve--I thought he asked me to simulate an OOA, he actually wanted me to check for a leak in his reg....so he was quite surprised when his air stopped being delivered to his mouth and............he grabbed my primary!

Why? Because of impulse. No matter how many times he had done the OOA taking the octo in class, he grabbed my primary without EVER having run the drill with donating primaries.

I would surmise then that it really makes no difference if you yell pizza, say pizza, say 911 or yell 911. In a real emergency situation you will behave half on reflexes, half on training, and you will probably end up yelling something appropriate. If you fail, atleast you get to enjoy a tasty meal with a cold, lifeless body by your side!






Seriously though, congrats on finishing rescue!!

 

[robertarak]

Congrats man! I keep wanting to take that course but I just cant make time for it with work. Did you find you learned alot in it?

I am fairly well trained (as well as a trainer) in rescue on dry land. I figured there was not alot I was going to learn, but I did. There is alot of information, but more importantly there is practice. I have done rescue breating, either in real life or in training thousands of times, but doing it in the water was a whole new experience.
The hands on training is great. Should the need ever arise, I have already "been there, done that". IMO this is really a must do class.

 

[robertarak]

congrats! now you can save me in Catalina haha

No worries Sean, I got your back!

 

[Bobyjimmie]

Thats great to know, I was an AirEvac medic in the Air Force for several years and have performed countlessly in real life, now I hold an EMT-B card and teach ASHI first responder at work so its great to hear that there is much to learn still. I look forward to it once I can make time.

I am fairly well trained (as well as a trainer) in rescue on dry land. I figured there was not alot I was going to learn, but I did. There is alot of information, but more importantly there is practice. I have done rescue breating, either in real life or in training thousands of times, but doing it in the water was a whole new experience.
The hands on training is great. Should the need ever arise, I have already "been there, done that". IMO this is really a must do class.