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I haven't taken the rescue class yet, but this was touched upon in a recent class...
Something about using a regulator to ventilate an apneic diver at the surface. Is this common practice? Does it work?
Seems that it would be a lot easier than trying to provide rescue breaths and protect the airway from water at the same time.
I'd be worried about causing an overexpansion injury, though, with all that high pressure air. Seems you'd have to be really careful not to press the purge for too long, though. An overzealous rescuer could overventilate really easily. Plus, if you weren't really, really careful about holding the airway open, you could easily get one heck of a lot of air into the stomach, which would cause vomiting, which could cause an airway obstruction.
Anyways, what do y'all think?
Something about using a regulator to ventilate an apneic diver at the surface. Is this common practice? Does it work?
Seems that it would be a lot easier than trying to provide rescue breaths and protect the airway from water at the same time.
I'd be worried about causing an overexpansion injury, though, with all that high pressure air. Seems you'd have to be really careful not to press the purge for too long, though. An overzealous rescuer could overventilate really easily. Plus, if you weren't really, really careful about holding the airway open, you could easily get one heck of a lot of air into the stomach, which would cause vomiting, which could cause an airway obstruction.
Anyways, what do y'all think?