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--------------13E03107D606C81633935CDD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Tony Matheis wrote: > Doug, How many triage situations would you have going on one bottle of > O2 that most boats carry, most of them have one mask of each type not > multiple. Unless there is a CF of magnitude then multiple patients in > triage shouldn't be in the equation. > I understand that all valves in place to provide the highest FO2 is what > is desired, my question is why would it have been removed if there would > be only one patient on a bottle and that patient was going to be > continuously monitored? I don't understand that statement "We might run > out of O2.. Well and good, but if the patient is being tended properly it > shouldn't pose any hazard. > Tony The original thread of this discussion was regarding whether the ambulance would be taking a non rebreather mask off a DCS patient that a fellow diver had applied and replacing it with their own mask which in all probability would already have one of the side valves removed to allow in ambient air in case of O2 depletion The triage situation I was referring to was a ambulance one,not a dive accident I have already stated that in the case of DCS I would be replacing our missing valve --------------13E03107D606C81633935CDD Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <HTML> <P>Tony Matheis wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>Doug, How many triage situations would you have going on one bottle of <BR>O2 that most boats carry, most of them have one mask of each type not <BR>multiple. Unless there is a CF of magnitude then multiple patients in <BR>triage shouldn't be in the equation. <BR> I understand that all valves in place to provide the highest FO2 is what <BR>is desired, my question is why would it have been removed if there would <BR>be only one patient on a bottle and that patient was going to be <BR>continuously monitored? I don't understand that statement "We might run <BR>out of O2.. Well and good, but if the patient is being tended properly it <BR>shouldn't pose any hazard. <BR> </BLOCKQUOTE> Tony <BR>The original thread of this discussion was regarding whether the ambulance would be taking a non rebreather mask off a DCS patient that a fellow diver had applied and replacing it with their own mask which in all probability would<B><U> already</U></B> have one of the side valves removed to allow in ambient air in case of O2 depletion <P>The triage situation I was referring to was a ambulance one,not a dive accident <P>I have already stated that in the case of DCS I would be replacing our missing valve</HTML> --------------13E03107D606C81633935CDD-- -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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