Rescue by the surface safety

Compare their dive time to your estimate, and take cues from the line (lanyard moving? any sharp tugs?) to decide if something is wrong.
Retrieval

Retrieval

  • Stay on the surface.
  • Let everyone know there is a problem (yell to the other buoys, etc).
  • Start pulling up the rope. Put your foot on the carabiner above the pulley, and pull the rope through the pulley.
  • If there is a 3rd person on your buoy, or someone else around, they can dive down to help retrieve the diver.
  • Once the diver is on the surface, release their weight belt.
Revival

Revival

Use the standard rescue procedure that you learned in class:
  • Remove their mask.
  • Blow air across their eyelids, tap their cheeks (without splashing them), and say their name and the word "Breathe!"
  • After 15 seconds, if they don't respond, begin rescue breaths (mouth to nose).
  • There are emergency 100% oxygen canisters available in the mooring buoys. You can inhale from these before performing your rescue breaths.
  • If the diver remains unresponsive: tow them to shore and evacuate them up the path.