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Frank Griga · March 14th, 2008, 03:34 PM

Hi Lads,

Is there any recommendation for recovering an unconscious diver from depth (open water) where deco obligation took place? To make it easier and avoid confusion let say a 70m dive with 30 minutes bottom time where:

A) diver passed out in 5th minute since submerged

B) diver passed out in 25th minute since submerged

Would you take the risk and escort the body all the way up in both cases?
Would you send the body up feet first (sounds crazy to me)?

I was just wondering what would be the best approach.
There is some basic info in the following document. http://www.gue.com/files/Accident_Ma...Strategies.pdf

Would that work in those cases too?

All the best,
Frank

March 14th, 2008, 03:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
Frank Griga(Offline) New Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Slovakia Posts: 127	Recovering An Unconscious Diver From Depth Hi Lads, Is there any recommendation for recovering an unconscious diver from depth (open water) where deco obligation took place? To make it easier and avoid confusion let say a 70m dive with 30 minutes bottom time where: A) diver passed out in 5th minute since submerged B) diver passed out in 25th minute since submerged Would you take the risk and escort the body all the way up in both cases? Would you send the body up feet first (sounds crazy to me)? I was just wondering what would be the best approach. There is some basic info in the following document. http://www.gue.com/files/Accident_Ma...Strategies.pdf Would that work in those cases too? All the best, Frank