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Pete Keener <PSTONGE@Tr*.ca*> writes: > I've been following the thread about inwater decompression - I was >particularly interested in Greg's account of the skipper's decision to >recompress a diver on O2. I think I should add a bit to my posting about the recent incident in Sydney. Like many who have posted recently, I don't think in-water recompression is warranted unless transport to a chamber is completely unavailable, and then only when there is adequate equipment/gas/surface and in-water support or as the last resort. In the case I discussed, the in-water O2 may have helped, then again it may have had no effect on the outcome. I guess we'll never know. This time things went everyone's way, but this won't always be the case. The benefit of discussing these incidents is more derived from finding ways to modify gear/techniques to prevent them becoming accidents, rather than illustrating particular accident treatments. So I'll start the ball rolling on this one. Remember that it was a BC hose valve which unseated and decided to empty the tank. I've been told that bending up the hose and tying it off (in a knot?) would prevent or at least slow the loss of air. Has anyone ever tried this or heard of it being used successfully? It sounds plausible for low pressure hoses, but I'm not sure about high pressure. Sounds like a good bathtub experiment to try. Greg gregr@cs*.su*.oz*.au*
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