Rescue Diver review poll

[Jake 10]

I chose option #1, since I am a BSA First Aid merit badge counselor for the local BSA troop. I review at least once every month or two month.

 

[lowviz]

When I first was learning nitrox, I had a medical question I'm not sure I ever found a direct answer for: Say someone got hit with CNS oxtox. Do you give them O2 at the surface as part of treatment, or is it contraindicated given the nature of the event?

First, by definition, the patient doesn't need oxygen at the moment. You can supply it or not. IMHO, no prob, no foul. The largely unspoken rule is that O2 at the surface does no harm.

However, there is always a 'gotcha': Oxygen Toxicity - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf

Your call...

 

[Wibble]

However, if you put a diver on oxygen on a boat, especially the boat's emergency oxygen, you’re then almost obliged to put the DCI process in place.

Giving them a rich decompression gas might be less "formal".

Process vs pragmatism — the scourge of common sense and the lifeblood of box-tickers and lawyers.

 

[Pat.D]

I do CPR and defib at least once a week... but then again it's my job

But even with that our EMS training division needs to re-certify us once a year.