Are you referring to me? If so, what does it mean?Do you work for Gallup?
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Are you referring to me? If so, what does it mean?Do you work for Gallup?
Sorry, no John. It is referring to the poll by Roger.Are you referring to me? If so, what does it mean?
A veritable plethora of polls. All based on quite reasonable questions.Sorry, no John. It is referring to the poll by Roger.
If you don't teach CESA, what will you expect your students to do if they get themselves in the situation where they need it?
You seem to underestimate the totality of panic. Confidence goes out the window with panic. Training has little to do with mitigating panic. Staying in control and not running out of air has a lot to do with mitigating panic. However, vertical CESAs, even in training, expose the diver and the instructor to real and unnecessary risks that a horizontal CESA will not. Moreover, more than one student can do a horizontal CESA at the same time, allowing the instructor to make sure they have enough practice to perfect the process and enable muscle memory without exposing them over and over to those risks.I am having trouble seeing how those points demonstrate that an OOG diver does not need to have the confidence that doing the CESA will bring him or her to the surface alive.
Or gas planning and adequate buddy skills.An excellent case for teaching the importance of and the use of an alternate air source - pony
Agree with all. Same thing with any skill.I wasn't sure what to expect when I created this thread (which is why I created it).
What am I getting from the comments so far, and this is the reason why the poll was created with such a wide range of choices, is this:
If you practice a CESA only once during your initial training, and never practice it again, the chances that you get it right in case of an emergency are not that good.
OTOH, if you practice it correctly on a regular basis, your chances of performing it efficiently and effectively when the need arises are probably increased.
It is a procedural type of knowledge, and can only be learned correctly by repeating the procedure again and again until it is fully mastered, ideally under the watchful eye of a highly trained and qualified instructor.
If you don't teach CESA, what will you expect your students to do if they get themselves in the situation where they need it?