Rescue class in doubles
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aowdan
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well, i have never been diving with doubles. nor am i a tech diver.
in the rescue class that i took, you would barely need an 80 cube.
i guess if it was a "tech rescue" i could see using doubles.
that's how if see it and maybe i'm talking out of my bum
dano
in the rescue class that i took, you would barely need an 80 cube.
i guess if it was a "tech rescue" i could see using doubles.
that's how if see it and maybe i'm talking out of my bum
dano
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Whoa. Haven't taken Rescue in doubles, but I wouldn't think it would be a great idea. Very little of Rescue Diver training is actually diving. You'll spend most of the time swimming around on the surface, towing divers, pulling "unconscious" divers out of the water, etc. Probably isn't worth the extra weight.
However, I suppose you could argue that if you do most of your diving in doubles, then you'll probably be in doubles if something bad actually happens, so I suppose it could make the training more worthwhile.
-Nick
However, I suppose you could argue that if you do most of your diving in doubles, then you'll probably be in doubles if something bad actually happens, so I suppose it could make the training more worthwhile.
-Nick
I didn't do the Rescue class in doubles, but for some tech classes, I had to perform rescue scenarios in doubles- tired diver tows, surfacing an unconscious diver, and removing gear at the surface.
I joke around with my buddies that there are no technical rescues- just recoveries.
I think it would be possible to do the class in doubles, although it might make for quite a long day.
I joke around with my buddies that there are no technical rescues- just recoveries.
I think it would be possible to do the class in doubles, although it might make for quite a long day.
Hemlon
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stas:
Why would you want to do that?
I took my rescue class with a DIR guy who only had a BP/W and doubles. He wanted to use that setup since it's what he always dove with.
Your fellow students will not be happy. Towing you and all of your extra gear around, trying to get it off of you, trying to practice rescue breathing and getting hit in the nuts with your tanks, tangled in your 7' hose...............
Your fellow students will not be happy. Towing you and all of your extra gear around, trying to get it off of you, trying to practice rescue breathing and getting hit in the nuts with your tanks, tangled in your 7' hose...............
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I just finished my rescue OW dives last Sat and I can tell you that it was tiring enough dragging "tired" or "unresponsive" divers to shore through wind and waves without adding the drag of doubles. I was WHIPPED after all that. And then to get them to shore and remove gear and get them out of the water .....etc..... all the while either administering rescue breathing or explaining my next step to the SI, man, that was real work.
I guess I could see it if I dove doubles all the time but I do not. My buddies and I rarely dive doubles.
I guess I could see it if I dove doubles all the time but I do not. My buddies and I rarely dive doubles.
My rescue class was in a singles rig, but my intro cave class was set up with a portion involving a rescue scenario in which one of my buddies toxed inside the cave and I had to swim him out and bring him to the surface. Although I didn't have to wrangle him out of his equipment once at the surface, I can imagine it wouldn't be much different. Towing someone w/ the extra drag from the larger wing / tanks would be the only thing that seems a much bigger chore.
crpntr133
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I'll let you know how it is after this weekend. There are two in my rescue class and my buddy says she is diving doubles. I thought about taking mine. 
Of course I remember reading that it might be needed to remove the gear from the victim...always an option.
Of course I remember reading that it might be needed to remove the gear from the victim...always an option.I want to do this for several reasons. First, all the diving I do is in doubles. Second, the reason why I am taking this class is that I crew on a dive boat where many of the people are diving doubles. I feel that any training that is supposed to prepare me to handle a real emergency I should do in the configuraion that I dive regularly. As for other students not thanking me, what if they have to do a rescue on somebody in doubles?
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