jeckyll:1) Get a secure grip on your dive knife and remove risk to gas supply (i.e. stab the sumbe-atch who shut your air off).
Hahah I LOL'd.
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jeckyll:1) Get a secure grip on your dive knife and remove risk to gas supply (i.e. stab the sumbe-atch who shut your air off).
jeckyll:In reality, most people will have a tough time dealing with successive failures. I'd have a hard time imagining what real life situation would cause this.
In todays world, if the gas is off, the BC won't inflate, so don't worry about it (unless you're using argon of course, different issue then).
So the correct order is:
1) Get a secure grip on your dive knife and remove risk to gas supply (i.e. stab the sumbe-atch who shut your air off).
2) Turn gas back on.
3) Reach into drysuit pocket and retrieve backup mask and calmly put on & clear mask.
4) If team of 3, find surviving buddy (i.e. the one who's smart enough not to mess with your gas), retrieve dead buddy and proceed to the surface to split the doofus' gear.
Any questions?
You are definitely on to something!irishsquid:None.
Since depth wasn't one of the variables:
Tigerman:Well, embolisms is not the only problem with out of control ascents, especially if you do deep and/or long dives..
As to inflator failures, Ive seen it happened and my buddy started to ascend at over 3x the reccommended rate, from over 100 feet.. Rather than joining her and risking 2 accidents I had to make the decision to make sure that when I get up, Im capable of helping if she need it. I found her hanging on to the line from the wreck to the surface at 12-15'. It went fast from "whats going on" to "uh, oh, express elevator". More info is/was in the accidents and incidents forum..
frank_delargy:In another post someone wrote that training used to include the following drill..
1. Shut someones air off.
2. Pull off their mask.
3. Inflate their vest (old days, this was a CO2 cartridge, so it was very fast)
You can be as calm as you want, but you have to know which to address first and do it quickly or you are in major trouble.
So what do you think is the right answer?
It's anonymous so vote!!
jeckyll:I'll have to look for it, what were you doing at 100 feet with less than 25 dives?
I've had 2 inflator failures on wings, but have been lucky / been able to control things.
And on recreational length dives, the DCS risk vs what happens if you have an embolism ... well, I know which one I would choose.
frank_delargy:In another post someone wrote that training used to include the following drill..
1. Shut someones air off.
2. Pull off their mask.
3. Inflate their vest (old days, this was a CO2 cartridge, so it was very fast)
You can be as calm as you want, but you have to know which to address first and do it quickly or you are in major trouble.
So what do you think is the right answer?
It's anonymous so vote!!
Adobo:Is there a "I'm stupid for getting in the water with this person" choice?