One of my best friends just finished her OW cert. She feels much as I did, that she basically has been given a license to kill herself I remember being there . . . so overwhelmed by stimuli and stress that it was all I could do to remember to breathe, let alone try to understand where I was or where I was going.
I would like to take my friend out diving. I know that a lot of what she needs is just time under water, until things begin to resolve and make better sense. I'm not that much further along, and those impressions are still vivid.
But I am really worried about taking responsibility for her. I haven't done rescue; I have an amorphous idea of what to do if she panics, or shoots for the surface, or won't keep her reg in her mouth, or any number of other issues, but I'm not trained. I CAN take her places that are simple, not deep, not current swept -- relatively safe places for novice divers.
I have no reason to believe that we would end up in a salvage situation. But I know I don't have the training to deal with one, if we did.
What would you guys do?
I would like to take my friend out diving. I know that a lot of what she needs is just time under water, until things begin to resolve and make better sense. I'm not that much further along, and those impressions are still vivid.
But I am really worried about taking responsibility for her. I haven't done rescue; I have an amorphous idea of what to do if she panics, or shoots for the surface, or won't keep her reg in her mouth, or any number of other issues, but I'm not trained. I CAN take her places that are simple, not deep, not current swept -- relatively safe places for novice divers.
I have no reason to believe that we would end up in a salvage situation. But I know I don't have the training to deal with one, if we did.
What would you guys do?