Many of you have made offers of help and support since my Incident at Jackson Blue and I'm very thankful for all the thoughts, prayers, and kinds words.
But I'd like to send out a very special thank you to our very own Scubaboard user [user]mkrescuean[/user]: Martin - at Rescuean.com. After reading that I wanted to return to diving as soon as possible and that several people had noted the importance of emergency O2 and suggested their product, Martin reached out to me via PM.
Knowing that confidence is a major factor in getting back in the water, he made a very touching offer to send me one of their units free of charge! I gratefully accepted his gracious offer and I intend to do a product review and post it here as soon as I'm able to.
Martin also included a bit of information and history on the unit and I want to share that all of you, as well as some of the information that was provided in the incident thread.
Martin, thank you again for the kind words and the gracious offer!
-Denise
But I'd like to send out a very special thank you to our very own Scubaboard user [user]mkrescuean[/user]: Martin - at Rescuean.com. After reading that I wanted to return to diving as soon as possible and that several people had noted the importance of emergency O2 and suggested their product, Martin reached out to me via PM.
Knowing that confidence is a major factor in getting back in the water, he made a very touching offer to send me one of their units free of charge! I gratefully accepted his gracious offer and I intend to do a product review and post it here as soon as I'm able to.
Martin also included a bit of information and history on the unit and I want to share that all of you, as well as some of the information that was provided in the incident thread.
The pod was conceived in 2005/6 and launched at the UK Birmingham Dive Show in November 2007.
It will connect directly to any LP hose on a Nitrox cylinder with any O2 mix. It basically allows a constant flow of the low pressure Nitrox mix at either 15LMP or 25LPM. A pocket (oral/nasal) mask or manual resuscitator (for non-responsive patients) or a non-rebreather mask (for responsive patients) can be fitted to the pods outlet.
Many boat and RIB Skippers have one onboard as it can be on display and setup for use even in salt water. For cave divers, the major benefit is that it can be carried underwater and, providing there is an area above the water line within the cave system, with a nitrox cylinder - it can be rapidly deployed, if needed. After a dive, all it needs is a rinse in fresh, clean water and to be blown through via a LP hose - before storing for its next outing.
This is a product developed for divers, by divers and I hope that anyone considering some sort of supplemental O2 will keep this company in mind.It will connect directly to any LP hose on a Nitrox cylinder with any O2 mix. It basically allows a constant flow of the low pressure Nitrox mix at either 15LMP or 25LPM. A pocket (oral/nasal) mask or manual resuscitator (for non-responsive patients) or a non-rebreather mask (for responsive patients) can be fitted to the pods outlet.
Many boat and RIB Skippers have one onboard as it can be on display and setup for use even in salt water. For cave divers, the major benefit is that it can be carried underwater and, providing there is an area above the water line within the cave system, with a nitrox cylinder - it can be rapidly deployed, if needed. After a dive, all it needs is a rinse in fresh, clean water and to be blown through via a LP hose - before storing for its next outing.
Martin, thank you again for the kind words and the gracious offer!
-Denise
