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Hi,
>Does anyone know if there exists a regulator which could be used to
>ventilate a non-breathing diver?

Here in Australia, the Australian Resuscitation Council has just 
ruled out Positive Pressure valves.
From Jan. 1st, you won't be able to buy a resus. unit with a 'purge' 
button, and the first aid courses will teach you not to use it; They 
feel it is to easy to overinflate (lungs, stomach etc).

[I just did a one day Advanced Cardio Pulmanory resus. course and it 
is amazing how much easier it is to use a bag-mask to ordinary cpr. 
Locally, Dreager is the only supplier of demand valve bag+mask 
without a purge unit, although the rest say they will have them soon]

Hope this helps,

Dan Grimm                           dan@ba*.en*.mo*.ed*.au*
Professional Officer (computer systems area)
Dept. Elec & Comp. Sys. Engineering,
Monash University, Victoria, Australia.
ph.(+61 3) 565 3479, Fax (+61 3) 565 3454

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