scuba/ chamber sup random

Question 1

What form do you need to press a civilian?

Answer 1

SF 522 request for anesthesia

Question 2

What is a FAR?

Answer 2

Failure Analysis Report

Question 3

What is a CASREP and what is it used for?

Answer 3

Casualty Report and used when significant damaged is done to a system causing loss of mission. IE a chamber is dropped during crane ops

Question 4

If you were traveling to a country within CENTCOM and we’re traveling gear, how do you evaluate if the gear from the local shop is sufficient to dive with?

Answer 4

Air purity standards IAW chap 4

Do the BC’s and refs fall within the limits specified by the ANU list

Question 5

Why do you not want to hydrate more than 500ml 2 hours prior to a warm water dive?

Answer 5

Increased likelihood of pulmonary edema

Question 6

Who do you have to contact for approval for diving above 99 degrees?

Answer 6

NAVSEA OOC

ref. Chapter 2C-6 section (b)

Question 7

Dx and COA for a scuba dive where two divers surface unconscious face down with regs in their mouth?

Answer 7

Splash surface swimmers, upright, check for pulse and breathing, 5 rescue breaths, recover, 100% O2, treat on a 6.

Set aside Tanks, identify the compressor/source of air, warn other potential divers of bad gas, ship contaminated parts to NEDU for analysis, WESS report

Question 8

Question for you, if you treating a patient in the chamber and they have an IV placed, what do you tell the IT to do prior to traveling?

Answer 8

stop the IV, if you’re descending: squeeze the IV bag on descent to account for the decreased volume of gas within the drip chamber. If ascending, squeeze the drip chamber to send the expanding air from the drip chamber into the IV bag

Question 9

What medications should you have on dive side to treat for poisonous/venomous bites/stings?

Answer 9

• Benadryl
• Epi Pen
• Hydrocortisone

Question 10

Reporting Criteria.
Reportable diving mishaps include all class A, B, C, and D mishaps involving diving or support of diving missions. All on-duty diving cases involving the following specific conditions shall be reported to NAVSAFECEN:

Answer 10

• All recompression treatments,
• Any incidence of Type I or II DCS
• All cases of pulmonary over-inflation syndromes n Any case of loss of consciousness
• CNS or pulmonary oxygen toxicity

Question 11

WESS reports

Answer 11

• WESS
• follow along website to fill out form
• go over with MDV*

Question 12

loss of sub aspida

Answer 12

If ventilation must be interrupted for any reason, the time should not exceed 5 minutes in any 30-minute period.

When ventilation is resumed, twice the volume of ventilation should be used for the time of interruption and then the basic ventilation rate should be used again.

Question 13

loss of sub aspida

Answer 13

If ventilation must be interrupted for any reason, the time should not exceed 5 minutes in any 30-minute period.

When ventilation is resumed, twice the volume of ventilation should be used for the time of interruption and then the basic ventilation rate should be used again.