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From: HeimannJ on Tue, Mar 16, 1993 4:48 PM: > .... > about full face masks. One issue has since come to my mind regarding > masks, like the Aga, which are fitted with an oral-nasal seal: what > happens if you vomit while wearing one? Luckily, I have never puked > through a regulator, although on a couple dives I have come pretty close. > It would seem that if one were forced to blow chow into an Aga mask, one > would have a serious risk of drowning. Is this a legitimate concern, or > just a figment of a morbid imagination? Few divers in our club have vomitted while wearing full face masks in bad weather or due to hang over. It is much safer than vomitting with half-mask, I suppose. Generally, first vomit, and then emty mask. While wearing Aga mask, you should press force feed button when you vomit. The path of the airflow in Aga-mask is such that incoming air should force vomit out without trouble. Big unmelted foodpieces may not go out however, should one then swallow them again ? The biggest problem here is to empty full face mask, which isn't always easy. One should always practise that in pool before the first open water dives with full mask. Jouni Polkko s32905u@sa*.hu*.fi*
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