I've just done my Rescue

[amtrosie]

Thanks for that - i know i need to relax and just get on and deal with it. But the difference between a training exercise and a real-life scenario is that you have time to prepare for a training exercise and you know it's going to happen. Like you said you learn from your mistakes - which is better in training than for real....

I think i'm more scared about this than i was when i did all my PGD exams!!!

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There-in lies the very crux of the entire issue. You train to learn and develop techniques and skills to deal with a scenario. You will not know it going in, but you will LEARN it coming out!! This is a class!!! This is where you start to develop the skills used in scuba diving. It just happens to be a life saving class, not an insignificant math or science class! If you have not heard this before, let me say it now. These certifications are a license to learn You now have the basic knowledge to DEVELOP the skills to become a better diver!! None of us rolled off the boat the first time with all the knowledge and skill, we developed these things. AND WE ARE ALL, STILL LEARNING!!!!!

What am I trying to say? (very poorly!) RELAX!!!! You have been given the tools that must be practised, to be come proficient.

[lottie]

This is a class!!! This is where you start to develop the skills used in scuba diving....These certifications are a license to learn You now have the basic knowledge to DEVELOP the skills .

Thanks for that Amtrosie - it's a good point to note and i know i'm worrying needlessly.

Based on what you said - one thing i remember the instructor saying when I was towing in the other student, while practicing the rescue breaths and trying to take off the gear (now that was hard work!!!) - where you count for 5, the instructor said that at one point, I only counted for 3....it doesn't matter. like you said I'm still learning the skills and remembering what was said on the EFR course, you are still helping that person.

But the instructor came across as being a patronizing putz anyway (his one guy I haven't dived with before) on more than one occasion during the course.

Thanks again for the advice (and to DaddyH2O as well)

[Tigerbeach]

But the instructor came across as being a patronizing putz anyway (his one guy I haven't dived with before) on more than one occasion during the course.

Nice job, Lottie! Keep training.

You also get extra points for alliteration; "patronizing putz", indeed!

[bottlefish]

The rescue scenario is just that, a scenario. It's purpose is to get you thinking on your feet, working under stress, applying the skills you've learnt and then evaluating what you felt went well, what worked and what didn't.

It's not a pass or fail test, it's designed to give you an opportunity to run throw a complete rescue in a controlled and safe environment.

Definitely relax, and also go into it with an open mind, it's another valuable opportunity for you to learn. Most of all, enjoy it :-)

Looking forward to hearing how it went...

[Daddy-h2O]

I want to add,

When I do play "Victim" for the SSI Stress & Rescue course, I have been told to be a little difficult.

I have tossed things, mucked up the bottom, spit out my regs, spit out thier regs, opened my dump valve on my BCD, Drysuit. yelled, screamed , generally flail about. I tend to gauge my response by the student.

The last class was a bunch of fireman. While I appreciate what they do, a few of them were a little to much of Ego Junkies for me. This was the most fun I had in a long time.

One of the guys in the course, is a club member, and I have known him for a while. Afterwards I was talking to him.
I said "In all the time we have known each other this is the first time we have done a dive together"

He responded "Yeah, and I had to keep rescueing you!"

The instructor added, "You didn't need to rescue him to pass the course"

Got to love a sense of humor.

Lottie, you will be fine!

[hbh2oguard]

while practicing the rescue breaths and trying to take off the gear (now that was hard work!!!) - where you count for 5, the instructor said that at one point, I only counted for 3....it doesn't matter.

Like you said it doesn't matter but depending on whose standards you use (AHA vs ARC) rescue breaths are given every 3 to 5 sec. So counting to 3 is correct

[lottie]

thanks for all that guys

daddyh2o - you didn't ramble on too much, and it made perfect sense.

I met up with the other student (he's an intern at the resort) on sunday to go through the rescue scenarios as everything seemed jumbled up in my mind after leaving there on friday..he also said just relax as well....but then he's also done coastguard training as well.

Oh well...I'll let you all know how it went in 19 hours time!!

[Daddy-h2O]

[QUOTE=lottie;8694]thanks for all that guys

daddyh2o - you didn't ramble on too much, and it made perfect sense.
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Are you Narc'd?

[lottie]

We had alot of rain last night and this morning. Thankfully now it's stopped, but the water is now a brown muddy colour and viz went down to about 2 foot (it's normally about 70+), so the rest of the training has been postponed until next Thursday (they've got a big dive group coming in tomorrow)....so even longer to wait..
but, in the interim, I've been given homework...to do an emergency plan

you gotta love that rescue course

[Daddy-h2O]

Can I help?

Here is my senario (sp) Joe diver at 90' is unconscience, he is pinned to the roof of the bridge on a wreck, his wieght belt slipped off, and struck his head as he became suddenly positive bouyant and is now knocked out , but breathing slowly, he has a full face mask. You check his gauges and see that he has 400 psi left, and is still within the no-decompression limits, and his K-valve is leaking by, also damaged by striking the roof.

1. How would you help this diver?

2. What would be the best way to get his new dive computer to me?