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Scenario ... for some reason your reg comes out of your mouth. You recover it, using one of the methods taught in your OW class, put it back in your mouth, and because you haven't done this since OW class you forget to purge it before you inhale. The tiny bit of water in your second stage goes down your windpipe, causing it to spasm shut.
Now you can't breathe ... so what do you think your instinctive response is going to be? Might take a minute or so for this spasm to relax enough to allow you to take a breath ... what do you do in the meantime?
Now suppose instead of you, this happens to someone who hasn't even had an OW class? They haven't even yet been taught how to recover a reg ... you might help them put the reg back in their mouth, but the likelihood that they'll forget to purge is very high ... particularly if they've never even been told that they should. And being underwater, you can't tell them.
What will you do to help that person?
... Bob (Grateful Diver)
Now you can't breathe ... so what do you think your instinctive response is going to be? Might take a minute or so for this spasm to relax enough to allow you to take a breath ... what do you do in the meantime?
Now suppose instead of you, this happens to someone who hasn't even had an OW class? They haven't even yet been taught how to recover a reg ... you might help them put the reg back in their mouth, but the likelihood that they'll forget to purge is very high ... particularly if they've never even been told that they should. And being underwater, you can't tell them.
What will you do to help that person?
... Bob (Grateful Diver)