AP Inspiration: Al’s

Question 1

Shut down mouthpiece

Answer 1

Breathe in
Rotate closed
Remove

Insert
Purge
Rotate open

Question 2

Diluent flush

Answer 2

Primary method:
Manually add dil for 1 sec while inhaling then nose dump; repeat x5

Secondary method:
Pull counterlung dump while manually adding dil for 10-15 sec

Question 3

Partial loop flood

Answer 3

Shut down mouthpiece
Remove, raise and shake hose to right side (hose higher than shoulder)
Replace mouthpiece

Question 4

Bail out

Answer 4

Deploy second stage
Shut down mouthpiece
Breath open circuit
Check bailout SPG
Select bailout or low set point on handset
Ascend

Question 5

Low O2 warning

Answer 5

Check O2 cylinder open
Dil flush or manual add O2
Monitor handset

Question 6

High O2 warning

Answer 6

Dil flush
Listen to solenoid
Monitor
Close O2 cylinder if needed

(3 things on left then 1 on right)

Question 7

Select high setpoint

Answer 7

Long push on centre button

Question 8

Select low setpoint

Answer 8

Long push on centre button

Question 9

Complete loop flood

Answer 9

OC bailout
Ascend

Question 10

Bailout to onboard dil

Answer 10

Shut down mouthpiece
Insert AutoAir
Check SPG
Select low set point or bailout
Ascent

Question 11

Mask clear

Answer 11

Minimal bubbles

Question 12

Remove and replace stage

Answer 12

Maintain control of stage
Maintain neutral buoyancy and trim

Question 13

Activate backlight

Answer 13

Push any button

Question 14

SCR mode

Answer 14

Exhale through nose on every third breath
Manually add dil

(Short bursts of dil after nose dump. Could use ADV if task loaded)

Question 15

Cell warning

Answer 15

Perform dil flush to determine correct PO2
Monitor
Consider OCB

Question 16

No diluent (confirmed)

Answer 16

Start ascent
Consider OCB

Question 17

No O2 (confirmed)

Answer 17

Dil flush
SCR Mode
Ascend
Consider OCB

Question 18

Possible elevated CO2 levels

Answer 18

Dil flush
Check electronics
Consider OCB

Question 19

Solenoid blocked (closed)

Answer 19

Use manual O2 injection
Monitor
Consider OCB

Question 20

Solenoid jammed (open)

Answer 20

Close O2 cylinder
Dil flush
Manually control O2 cylinder valve
Consider ascent

Question 21

Full electronics failure

Answer 21

Dil flush
SCR Mode
Consider OCB
Ascend

Question 22

Scrubber flood

Answer 22

OCB
Ascend

Question 23

Manually add gas with ADV

Answer 23

Use left hand
Listen for gas flow

Question 24

Free-flowing ADV

Answer 24

Use left hand
Slide flow-stop closed or close dil cylinder
Check ADV/listen

Question 25

BOOM!

(Catastrophic gas loss from an unknown source)

Answer 25

Close both cylinders
Check SPGs
Assess which gas has failed
Open good side
Perform no O2 or no dil drill as appropriate.
Thumb dive and ascend

Question 26

Deploy SMB

Question 27

Unconscious diver rescue

Question 28

Loop volume management

Question 29

O2 flush & maintain high O2
(Spike unit)

Question 30

Manually maintain a set point of 1.3 with unit on 0.7

Question 31

Change Master to Slave
(Low battery)

Question 32

Display controller 2