What to do if . . .

[vondo]

i support this as well.



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He's asking, as far as we know, a completely hypothetical question. Don't be hostile.

 

[TheRedHead]

Omitted decompression and in-water recompression are two different things and two different issues.

You're right. I meant to say omitted decompression. But don't most of the agencies teach that it is better to go on O2 at the surface than the go back in the water?

 

[lowwall]

Omitted decompression and in-water recompression are two different things and two different issues.

Yeah, in one you know you're bent, in the other, you just think you are.

Can I have some?

 

[Thalassamania]

Who gives a rat's tail what MOST OF THE AGENCIES teach? Something is either right or wrong. The question is "whom do you trust?" PADI, SSI, etc. on one side, weighted against NOAA, the U.S. Navy, etc. on the other.

 

[Thalassamania]

No actually, in one casae you know your bent and there's no practical way to get to a recompression chamber (see the SPUMS papers), in the other case your not bent but maybe bent soon if you do not take the correct actions (see NOAA and U.S. Navy Manuals).

 

[lowwall]

I see where the "mania" came from. For the record, I don't disagree with you, it's just so hard to resist pulling your chain.

 

[TheRedHead]

I do not trust the US Navy. None of their procedures were devised with the diver's safety in mind. To the Navy, divers are expendable.

 

[minnesota01r6]

what about shooting a bag with your slate attached that says "need gas at 15 feet"

 

[Don Burke]

I do not trust the US Navy. None of their procedures were devised with the diver's safety in mind. To the Navy, divers are expendable.

That is precisely opposite to my experience with US Navy diving operations.

Those webfoot critters are expensive and difficult to replace.

 

[Thalassamania]

Horse hocky, do you know what a Navy diver costs? Do you have any idea of how much time it takes and how many forests are slain if one is injured or God forbid killed? Expendable my donkey.