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Date: Mon, 31 Jul 1995 13:19:07 +22305714 (HST)
From: Richard Pyle <deepreef@bi*.bi*.Ha*.Or*>
Subject: Re: Rebreathers: Screening out the uncertifiable...
To: TechDiver <techdiver@terra.net>

On Mon, 31 Jul 1995, Scott Cherf wrote:

> Wait a minute Rod.  Experience with hypoxia ought to be a requirement of
> the course.

I COMPLETELY agree; however, such experience should be conducted in very
controlled circumstances, with people who know how to treat hypoxic
patients standing there, and above all should NOT be conducted underwater.
I did several such tests before I ever got in the water with a rebreather
(I did similar tests for hypercapnia).  The point was to recognise the
symptoms, not to simulate a real potentially life-threatening situation.

Aloha,
Rich

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