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Stuart Masch sez: > You, the instructor, are required to be personally present at entry/exit point, > approve the diving activity, oversee the planning and preparation and the > equipment inspections. You maintain overall control of the events taking place > and must be *prepared* to enter the water to aid and assist students should the > need arise. A couple of questions about this: 1) What, exactly, does "*prepared* to enter the water" mean? Does it mean simply awake and alert on deck? Does it mean "kitted up" (as our friends accross the pond are fond of saying) and ready to go? Does it mean half way between the two? Keep in mind that kitting up can take substantial time. 2) Exactly what is the purpose of this requirement? The divers are certified open water divers, and the only new experience on this dive should be the nitrox. Thus, the only new problem to be handled is an O2 tox hit -- can someone who is not actually in the water (and very close to the student) actually affect the outcome of such a hit? In reality, the best that anyone out of the water -- regardless of their state of kitting up -- can do in the case of an O2 tox hit is likely to be simply help with body recovery... -frank -- fhd@in*.ne* | If God invented marathons to keep people from doing 1 212 559 5534 | anything more stupid, triathlon must have taken Him 1 917 992 2248 | completely by surprise. 1 718 746 7061 | -- P. Z. Pearce, M.D.
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