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Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 15:43:28 -0500 (EST)
From: Cory J Briggs <cbriggs@gw*.ci*.gw*.ed*>
To: tleemay <tleemay@ix*.ne*.co*>
cc: Joe West <joewest@pr*.co*>, techdiver@aquanaut.com
Subject: Re: Catalina Island Diving Incident... Here are the Clues.

	I have read Joe West's account of the diving incident off Catalina
Island and must now ask these questions:

	1.	Did the instructor require the 62-year-old student to have a
physical before commencing in-water training?

	2.	If not, why not?  If so, did the medical evaluation
indicate any medical contraindications (e.g., low blood pressure or the
use of medications)?

	3.	Did the student have to fill out any kind of medical
history questionnaire before commencing in-water training?

	4.	If not, why not?  If so, did he disclose his low blood
pressure, use of medications, or any other potential contraindication?

	5.	Had the student ever been in the open water with the
instructor prior to making this first scuba dive (e.g., to snorkel or
perform some other kind of check-out)?

	6.	In other words, how much did the instructor know, or
should he have known, concerning the student's physical AND mental ability
to engage in scuba activities?

	In my opinion, given the uncertainties about the exact cause of
the student's malady, it would be important to consider these questions
first.

	s/ Cory Briggs
	


On Tue, 27 Oct 1998, tleemay wrote:

> Joe West wrote:
> 
> <snip>
> 
> > After a surface swim of about 100 yards, we decend as a group.  The decent
> > was normal, and the depth was 34 feet.  
> 
> Why on earth, especially with the Captain's knowledge, was there be a
> 100 yd swim from the boat to the drop spot for students on their first
> OW ocean dive?
> 
> Wasn't the swim test done in the confined realm of a pool BEFORE they
> got into open water?
> 
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