Underwater illness?

[Fish_Whisperer]

I am curious about the posts recommending that the reg be serviced after an "event". Could contact with vomit cause damage to the internals of the second stage? I would have thought that a relatively good cleaning after the event, followed by a decent clean back at base would suffice. Or not?

This is a really pertinent question for me, as I seem to have more than my fair share of incidents.

Cheers,

Andrew

If you flush and purge your reg, and then rinse your reg really good after the dive, I don't know why servicing/inspection would be mandatory. I guess if you went to use it next time and found some kind of problem, then yeah... To my mind, sand and salt would be far more abrasive and take a greater toll on your reg than food or greatly diluted stomach acid.