come from in regards to regulators?
Where did the "life support" phrase...
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I don't know for sure jbd but my guess is EMS or fire services...
At least that is where I first started hearing the term...
It refers to equipment that supports or sustains life, or equipment upon which life depends, or equipment that should it fail life would be lost....
Since a regulator is a piece of equipment that supports life...
It is *life support equipment*
At least that is where I first started hearing the term...
It refers to equipment that supports or sustains life, or equipment upon which life depends, or equipment that should it fail life would be lost....
Since a regulator is a piece of equipment that supports life...
It is *life support equipment*
OP
Thanks Uncle Pug. I like the definition that you have presented. I must ponder this a bit more as I still view life support equipment as some thing other than SCUBA. Possibly due to my past employment.
When applied to SCUBA, "life support' seems sort of 'sensational' to me.
When applied to SCUBA, "life support' seems sort of 'sensational' to me.
What was that???
They both got big noses... nyuk, nyuk, nyuk!
SCUBA is life support in the truest sense of the word. Your life does indeed rely on it's functioning properly.
SCUBA is life support in the truest sense of the word. Your life does indeed rely on it's functioning properly.
OP
Worked in surgery and other areas such as ICU, CCU etc. Did a lot of care and maintenence of the equipment used in those settings. In my mind, that equipment is more designed to support life until such time as the human body in its natural environment can sustain itself.
At recreational depths even a complete failure of the "life support" equipment does not mean death is certain.
At recreational depths even a complete failure of the "life support" equipment does not mean death is certain.
Well actually it does mean certain death unless the diver is able to egress...
And that is why other items such as the BC or the weight belt dropped might actually end up becoming life support equipment...
The key is that life support equipment or equipment with the potential to become life support equipment receives extra consideration and care...
For example in the fire service a rescue rope is considered a piece of life support equipment and must receive a certain level of care to maintain that status. Once a rescue rope has been used and retired from life support status to a utility rope status it cannot be returned to service as life support equipment.
Perhaps Pete or AquaTec can shed some light on the rescue rope illustration.
And that is why other items such as the BC or the weight belt dropped might actually end up becoming life support equipment...
The key is that life support equipment or equipment with the potential to become life support equipment receives extra consideration and care...
For example in the fire service a rescue rope is considered a piece of life support equipment and must receive a certain level of care to maintain that status. Once a rescue rope has been used and retired from life support status to a utility rope status it cannot be returned to service as life support equipment.
Perhaps Pete or AquaTec can shed some light on the rescue rope illustration.
Climbing ropes are retired when their time is up or depending how many falls and the severity of the falls they have arrested. All climbing ropes have stretch, unlike rapelling ropes which are static. I stretched a climbing rope over 6 ft when my shoulder seperated while I was on the wall. There was no small debate over the amount of stretch, as many attested the actual stretch to be closer to 12 feet, which the rope manufacturer claims is not possible. All I know is that I was way up on the wall when it happened, and my feet tapped the ground once during the event. Needless to say, that rope was retired that day. Since I can not ever climb again with such a massive shoulder injury, I took up something safer... SCUBA. I still teach climbing to the Scouts though.
TexasMike
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Since water is a "hostile" environment to humans (except for Patrick Duffy) in that continued submersion with out breathing apparatus causes death, then I look at my regulator setup as being considered "life support equipment".
OP
Uncle Pug & NetDoc--I had a decent response to continue this thread and was disconnected and the post is gone. Now I have a crappy connection so will not try to re-post.
TexasMike-I understand the perspective that you and the others have made.
I will simply close before being disconnected again by saying that for me and the experiences that I've had I'm just not intimidated by the phrase "life support equipment"
I've got to be up in 3 hours so good night to all and thanks for the discussion.
jbd
TexasMike-I understand the perspective that you and the others have made.
I will simply close before being disconnected again by saying that for me and the experiences that I've had I'm just not intimidated by the phrase "life support equipment"
I've got to be up in 3 hours so good night to all and thanks for the discussion.
jbd
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