RonFrank
Contributor
This is an example of how things escalate when things go wrong. A very minor incident yet your reaction to that problem causes you to panic, your breathing goes through the roof, and you got tangled. You did well in managing things, next time try and get the breathing under control. So what did you learn?
First, new divers do dumb things, and you may not be able to prevent that. You can do nothing from preventing a diver from going to the surface when they are so close and ascending. Don't try next time. All you can do is hope they follow their training and keep there airway open. Divers are not going to get into trouble even if they rocket to the surface as long as they breath and keep the airway open. One thing you learn in Rescue is never create a second victim.
Kelp is not not your enemy, you just wrapped yourself up and pulled it tight. You need to back up and loosen it which you did. Slow deliberate movements. Always back out of kelp entanglements. You would not have been caught up had you not tried to hang onto your buddy. A commendable but foolish action.
Keep the breathing under control. Stop, BREATH, think, Act. Breathing means slow deep breaths not shallow panicked gulps. Shallow breathing does not provide much O2, it makes things worst. The deeper you are when things go wrong the more important it becomes to concentrate on slow deep breaths.
You did fine, next time you will do better!
First, new divers do dumb things, and you may not be able to prevent that. You can do nothing from preventing a diver from going to the surface when they are so close and ascending. Don't try next time. All you can do is hope they follow their training and keep there airway open. Divers are not going to get into trouble even if they rocket to the surface as long as they breath and keep the airway open. One thing you learn in Rescue is never create a second victim.
Kelp is not not your enemy, you just wrapped yourself up and pulled it tight. You need to back up and loosen it which you did. Slow deliberate movements. Always back out of kelp entanglements. You would not have been caught up had you not tried to hang onto your buddy. A commendable but foolish action.
Keep the breathing under control. Stop, BREATH, think, Act. Breathing means slow deep breaths not shallow panicked gulps. Shallow breathing does not provide much O2, it makes things worst. The deeper you are when things go wrong the more important it becomes to concentrate on slow deep breaths.
You did fine, next time you will do better!
