CptTightPants21
Contributor
Hi,
A friend of mine was recently certified, he did his confined water up in New England and his checkout dives in Key Largo. Both shops were PADI and had a very good reputations locally and online.
For the free flow exercises, both shops instructed him to take the free flowing regulator out of his mouth and "sip" the air (which he had some trouble with and kept getting water).
After the confined water, I told him the correct procedure was to keep the reg in his mouth, grab his pressure gauge, and begin to ascend with his buddy breathing normally; or signal his buddy, go on his buddy's reg and begin to ascend. (I didn't cover the other options such as turning tank valve off, etc. Just very basic, dives over, ascend with buddy)
But then the checkout dives instructor had him do the same exact thing, sipping air.
Is this a PADI standard of some kind?
He says one instructor said he shouldn't keep the reg in his mouth because it could cause an embolism, I told him as long as he was breathing normally, not closing his throat, and ascending at a steady but not out of control pace he would be fine.
I chalked the first time up to a quirk with the instructor, similar to donating secondary regulator instead of primary (which he was also taught), but two teaching the sipping method?
Do any other agencies/instructors actively teach this? How is it better/safer than keeping the reg in your mouth?
A friend of mine was recently certified, he did his confined water up in New England and his checkout dives in Key Largo. Both shops were PADI and had a very good reputations locally and online.
For the free flow exercises, both shops instructed him to take the free flowing regulator out of his mouth and "sip" the air (which he had some trouble with and kept getting water).
After the confined water, I told him the correct procedure was to keep the reg in his mouth, grab his pressure gauge, and begin to ascend with his buddy breathing normally; or signal his buddy, go on his buddy's reg and begin to ascend. (I didn't cover the other options such as turning tank valve off, etc. Just very basic, dives over, ascend with buddy)
But then the checkout dives instructor had him do the same exact thing, sipping air.
Is this a PADI standard of some kind?
He says one instructor said he shouldn't keep the reg in his mouth because it could cause an embolism, I told him as long as he was breathing normally, not closing his throat, and ascending at a steady but not out of control pace he would be fine.
I chalked the first time up to a quirk with the instructor, similar to donating secondary regulator instead of primary (which he was also taught), but two teaching the sipping method?
Do any other agencies/instructors actively teach this? How is it better/safer than keeping the reg in your mouth?
