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Scott

----- Original Message -----
From: "Simon Murray" <simonm@ho*.co*.za*>
To: "Try Mix" <trimix101@ya*.co*.uk*>; "Tech Diver"
<techdiver@aquanaut.com>
Sent: Monday, August 07, 2000 3:28 AM
Subject: Re: Oceanos wreck


> Hi Trymix,
>
> South Africa is well known as a home of extreme strokery and I think that
the pictures on:
> http://www.wrectdivers.co.za/ (see "The Story so Far") are an excellent
example of this.
>
> The guys are/were planning to use a block + full face mask.  For one good
reason of why
> not to do this, see the recent posts on Tony Maffatone's death.
>
> I dont have any first hand experience of the Oceanos, but from what I
hear, the currents
> can be extremely strong and deep scooters are a necessity.  My information
may be a little
> out of date, but I understand that this expedition has been cancelled i.e.
the group did
> not dive the Oceanos.
>
> Why dont you post your real name ? You will find people are a lot more
willing to talk if
> they know who you are!
>
> Regards,
>
> Simon Murray
> South Africa
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Try Mix <trimix101@ya*.co*.uk*>
> To: <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
> Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2000 8:38 PM
> Subject: Oceanos wreck
>
>
> Hi
>
> I was looking for some info on South African tech
> diving when I found the following site:
> http://www.wrectdivers.co.za/
>
> The site has been set up by a group of divers planning
> to dive the wreck of the Oceanos, a liner which sank
> off the coast of South Africa about 10 years ago. I
> found one item under the technical info very
> interesting:
>
> "Once the primary divers have reached the surface,
> they will be transferred to the medical boat where
> they will be placed on a drip and pure oxygen. The
> drip is to counter any dehydration experienced and the
> oxygen is used against decompression sickness."
>
>
> This isn't the first time I've heard of this
> technique, but I thought that it had been written off.
> I think that the idea was to discourage bubble
> formation by increasing the blood pressure, and
> because the saline acted as an anti-coagulant. Didn't
> Rehan Bouwer try this technique in about 1990, and
> decide it was not worth the effort?
>
> The idea seems ill-founded to me. The Oceanos lies in
> an area known for strong currents, with the result
> that seperation is a realistic situation. If this is
> the case, then easy return to the medical boat cannot
> be assured. I would also not like to be the medic who
> has to insert a drip into a cold diver on a small
> pitching boat. And surely if the surface O2 and the
> intravenous drip are needed, then the deco has been
> cut dangerously short?
>
> Does anyone else practise this technique?
>
> Regards
>
> TryMix
>
>
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