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I just completed the Underwater Unresponsive Diver skill for PADI's Rescue Diver. Just as I read in the book, my instructor demonstrated how to bring to the unresponsive diver to the surface, from behind and heads up. Later that day at the shop, the shop owner reinforced the principle of bringing the unresponsive diver to the surface upside down. He stressed that many studies for many decades determined this upside down position forced the airway into an open position and that it prevented lung rupture injuries.
This was not mentioned anywhere in the PADI Rescue Diver manual nor has my instructor ever heard of it.
Has anyone else out there been taught this method? It would be nice to know if it is a valid technique or was once a valid, but now outdated, technique.
This was not mentioned anywhere in the PADI Rescue Diver manual nor has my instructor ever heard of it.
Has anyone else out there been taught this method? It would be nice to know if it is a valid technique or was once a valid, but now outdated, technique.