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Tom,
     Possibly the treatment's better, but...

1. Most standard O2 kits have an oro-nasal mask -  I wouldn't trust it to be 
watertight. If you're using a big (eg 10 or 12l) scuba cylinder with a 
demand valve, then it might work. (As an aside, any thoughts anyone on the 
pros/cons of using standard scuba kit to administer O2, rather than use a 
'standard' O2 kit?)

2. Possibility of an O2 fit, (O2 at 1.6 bar, + whatever exposure they've had 
on the dive -a serious consideration if they've been on nitrox), with the 
associated risk of drownng.

3. In the UK, hypothermia, divers drifiting away in the currents.

     Just my two-pence worth.
                                   iain robertson
                                   London, UK
                                   robertsoni@ol*.ag*.bt*.co*.uk*
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* From: owner-techdiver
* To: techdiver
* Subject: IWR and O2
* Date: Friday 9 December 1994 11:28
*
*
* Heres a interesting problem, ( to me anyway ).
*
* MOst dive boats in the UK, Private or otherwise carry a O2 kit for 
emergency
* purposes.
*
* In the event of a missed stop or a suspected deco incident, we would put
* said person on O2 on the boat.
*
* However would we be better giving the person the O2 kit and accompanying 
them
* to 6m and telling them breath it there, Knowing that the treatment may be
* 1.6 times better but only 1/1.6 times as long, if you follow my logic
* ( probably flawed).
*
* Tom.
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