Long-hose in the time of COVID-19

[Macan]

Student diver learning how to share gas with a long hose while reducing risk of Covid.

 

[Angelo Farina]

I did always use method 2. However, my "long hose" is not sooo long...
Furthermore, my long hose is yellow.

 

[Edward3c]

Student diver learning how to share gas with a long hose while reducing risk of Covid.

In effect your using secondary donate - welcome to the real world.

 

[Macan]

In effect your using secondary donate - welcome to the real world.

Primary donate is still the time tested gold standard, and slightly faster from a reg handoff standpoint. Mitigating an OOG situation is still central but $#%^ happens. As mentioned in the video, whatever method you choose should be part of the pre-dive briefing.

 

[boulderjohn]

For Covid safety, what I have been doing during drills is to have the donor do exactly what he or she would do normally. The receiver then takes the regulator in the hand but switches to his or her own alternate. The rest of the drill continues as normal, with the receiver holding the regulator hose near the mouth.

 

[Graeme Fraser]

For Covid safety, what I have been doing during drills is to have the donor do exactly what he or she would do normally. The receiver then takes the regulator in the hand but switches to his or her own alternate. The rest of the drill continues as normal, with the receiver holding the regulator hose near the mouth.

Yes, this is the procedure I'm teaching. Not ideal, but the only technical difference is the receiver doesn't have the donors actual reg in his / her mouth, which shouldn't really be an issue, particularly for students at tech level.

 

[Edward3c]

For Covid safety, what I have been doing during drills is to have the donor do exactly what he or she would do normally. The receiver then takes the regulator in the hand but switches to his or her own alternate. The rest of the drill continues as normal, with the receiver holding the regulator hose near the mouth.

The problem with this approach is it has the potential to teach that as muscle memory.

When AIDS raised its head, the teaching of rescue breaths (RB) was adapted to practice on the forehead or opposite cheek. What happened was in real rescue situations the rescuer blew onto the forehead or opposite cheek and the casualty died. The RB training reverted back to making a mouth to mouth seal.

 

[irycio]

For Covid safety, what I have been doing during drills is to have the donor do exactly what he or she would do normally. The receiver then takes the regulator in the hand but switches to his or her own alternate. The rest of the drill continues as normal, with the receiver holding the regulator hose near the mouth.

What hand do you actually hold the donated primary in?

I tried and totally couldn't make it work while ascending during OOG drill. If i hold the donated reg with my left hand, I cannot dump air. If I tried holding it with my right hand (which feels weird), I cannot see my computer. Now, as long as the donor can act as a reference point, that is fine. But if the donor wanted/needed to shoot a dsmb, then I would have to keep the depth.

Still, I guess for the time being it's the best one can do. In real emergency you'd just stuck it in your mouth anyway, and the proposition by RAID where you'd clip the donated primary to your d-ring feels unsafe.

 

[ls23]

If I tried holding it with my right hand (which feels weird), I cannot see my computer.

Just hold it a little bit out front, so you can see your computer. You don't have to hold the reg close to your face. In an open water ascent and while being face to face with my buddy, I would hold the hose during a real world donation not close to my face but a bit out also, for the same reason, so that I can still see depth and time.