cummings66
Contributor
There are several things wrong with his post, for one he's telling people to skip breathe, and that will cause CO2 buildup in itself.
I'm assuming his Nitrox instructor tried to do a good thing and repeated things he's heard of. In many cases we agree that it's fine for an instructor to go beyond the basics of the class outline, however as this one shows if you go beyond it it's best to do so with correct material.
I absolutely can not believe a competent instructor would have taught all the things stormbringer posted. IMO that's grounds to lose his instructor's certificate.
I can see where the instructor got the idea it slowed breathing rates, if you assume that more O2 means less need to breathe you'd be right, unfortunately O2 is not what drives a healthy person to take a breath.
What's scarry is this instructor that taught stormbringer is teaching skip breathing.
I'm assuming his Nitrox instructor tried to do a good thing and repeated things he's heard of. In many cases we agree that it's fine for an instructor to go beyond the basics of the class outline, however as this one shows if you go beyond it it's best to do so with correct material.
I absolutely can not believe a competent instructor would have taught all the things stormbringer posted. IMO that's grounds to lose his instructor's certificate.
I can see where the instructor got the idea it slowed breathing rates, if you assume that more O2 means less need to breathe you'd be right, unfortunately O2 is not what drives a healthy person to take a breath.
What's scarry is this instructor that taught stormbringer is teaching skip breathing.