btroxell
Registered
Im not trying to start a DIR-bashing thread but I have been considering taking the Fundies or the Essentials class (and watching that thead) but I have a problem with the long hose requirement.
The way I understand it, you donate the regulator you are breathing from because you know its good and then switch to the one you have not been using. I have taken many 1st Aid classes and over-lying tenet is to make sure you are safe. If you are not sure that the regulator you are not breathing from does not work properly, why would you switch to it? Even if thats not the main reason, why not configure the regulator you are not breathing from with a long hose and donate that one? Actually, I have been thinking of swapping out my secondary regulator with a 5 hose to make it easier to donate (and always keeping my primary in my mouth). But this is not the approved configuration for the classes.
So to reiterate, why do you donate the working regulator and put yourself in possible jeopardy?
Ben
The way I understand it, you donate the regulator you are breathing from because you know its good and then switch to the one you have not been using. I have taken many 1st Aid classes and over-lying tenet is to make sure you are safe. If you are not sure that the regulator you are not breathing from does not work properly, why would you switch to it? Even if thats not the main reason, why not configure the regulator you are not breathing from with a long hose and donate that one? Actually, I have been thinking of swapping out my secondary regulator with a 5 hose to make it easier to donate (and always keeping my primary in my mouth). But this is not the approved configuration for the classes.
So to reiterate, why do you donate the working regulator and put yourself in possible jeopardy?
Ben