TheScubaBOB
Contributor
I believe that the training & C-Card are only the beginning of the process. The C-Card says you have taken the time to learn something new but there i nothing that can indicate that you have actually developed any skill with it.
I just completed Rescue Diver on May 31st and came away from the experience a little confused.
Please understand that I mean to take nothing away from the DM Candidate.
The DM Candidate who played victim for my classmate & I was a really good sport and gave valuable feedback. The instructor asked her if she wanted to do her Rescue Scenario for her DM and while she was caught off guard she agreed.
I played the role of "Gear Mule", collecting the gear as she removed it, first from the victim and then from herself. I was surprised at how close her skill development was to the two RD Students who had just done the same thing.
I had expected she would be closer to the level the instructor demonstrated in the pool just a few days prior.
This difference I think would be that the instructor has taught the RD class a few times a year so he gets more practice.
To be perfectly honest, while I did well enough to pass the course I have some doubts that my efforts at this point would make much of a difference in saving someone's life. Yes I understand that in most situations there is nothing you can do to bring them back. I would just hate to even be reflecting back on a rescue where I botched the 5 second breathing pattern (as I towed them in & removed both our gear) to the point that I was useless in the event it was one of those rare occasions that a life would have been saved.
So I was thinking about developing the KNOWLEDGE that I now have into the SKILL that I want to have. I mean if I take the time to wear and practice switching to my Pony Bottle for the last 10 dives prior to RD Class then why wouldn'tI also practice the RD stuff?
Anyone in Northern Illinois, diving at Haigh or Pearl Lake, looking to spend an afternoon (or morning if you're one of "those" people) once a month developing the RD knowledge into skill?
I just completed Rescue Diver on May 31st and came away from the experience a little confused.
Please understand that I mean to take nothing away from the DM Candidate.
The DM Candidate who played victim for my classmate & I was a really good sport and gave valuable feedback. The instructor asked her if she wanted to do her Rescue Scenario for her DM and while she was caught off guard she agreed.
I played the role of "Gear Mule", collecting the gear as she removed it, first from the victim and then from herself. I was surprised at how close her skill development was to the two RD Students who had just done the same thing.
I had expected she would be closer to the level the instructor demonstrated in the pool just a few days prior.
This difference I think would be that the instructor has taught the RD class a few times a year so he gets more practice.
To be perfectly honest, while I did well enough to pass the course I have some doubts that my efforts at this point would make much of a difference in saving someone's life. Yes I understand that in most situations there is nothing you can do to bring them back. I would just hate to even be reflecting back on a rescue where I botched the 5 second breathing pattern (as I towed them in & removed both our gear) to the point that I was useless in the event it was one of those rare occasions that a life would have been saved.
So I was thinking about developing the KNOWLEDGE that I now have into the SKILL that I want to have. I mean if I take the time to wear and practice switching to my Pony Bottle for the last 10 dives prior to RD Class then why wouldn'tI also practice the RD stuff?
Anyone in Northern Illinois, diving at Haigh or Pearl Lake, looking to spend an afternoon (or morning if you're one of "those" people) once a month developing the RD knowledge into skill?