SCUBA EP's Flashcards
1
Q
Questions to ask every SCUBA diver on surface.
A
- Inflate Your B.C.
- What was your Max Depth?
- What was your Bottom Time?
- What is your Bottle Pressure?
- How was your ascent?
2
Q
Lost SCUBA Diver.
A
- Sound the recall and post lookouts. continue to sound the recall in frequent intervals.
- Lower the last diver clump and buoy, hand over hand, at the last known location of the lost diver.
- Initiate a search with standby diver in the area of the lost diver’s last known location. A surfacing buddy diver may be used in lieu of the standby diver, if he displays sufficient composure, has adequate air, and no-decompression time remaining.
- Activate the emergency assistance plan to alert medical personnel and to have emergency transportation standing by.
- Notify the command to allow gathering of additional resources to aid in the search.
- Continue searching and sounding the recall until the lost diver is found, all resources are exhausted, or competent authority calls off the search.
3
Q
Trapped/Fouled SCUBA Diver.
A
- Ascertain if the diver has sufficient air and what assistance is required.
- Launch standby diver to provide required assistance. (stand-by may deliver a new apparatus and assist cutting the trapped diver free),
- A surfacing buddy diver may be used in lieu of stand-by for a rescue if the buddy displays sufficient composure, has adequate air, and is in a favorable decompression status. (Never send a single un-tended diver down).
4
Q
Unconscious SCUBA Diver on the Bottom.
A
- Direct Stand-by to approach with caution, Reg in mouth (no purge), maintain airway, push on sternum, inflate B/C on surface, ditch his weights and gear.
- Inflate the affected divers B/C.
- Rescue diver inflate his own B/C.
- Maintain an open airway on the victim.
- give two rescue breaths if unconscious diver is not breathing.
- Extract the divers.
- Begin basic life support measures and transport the diver to the recompression chamber or Medical facility.
