Diving rescue techniques

Diving, as many know, is one of the water sports most practiced or that arouses the most interest among different adventurers.
Although, be careful! If you do not have any type of certification as a diver, you should always put yourself in the hands of professionals to guarantee that the activity occurs correctly and that you are out of danger.

Do you want to know more? Read: PADI diving qualifications

On the other hand, it will be important to take into account the diving courses that exist, as well as the areas in which you can practice this sport, but without being left behind, it is vitally important to enjoy this activity with the maximum guarantees and therefore, it is advisable to know the following rescue techniques.

How...

Act when faced with a cramp

No one is immune to having a cramp, and even less so under water, whether due to cold, very intense effort, lack of proper hydration or due to lack of entertainment.

The system to use is to grab the end of the fin of the affected leg and pull it progressively, gently stretching the muscles involved, to relieve the strong muscle contraction. The partner can help us by gently massaging the affected area, or by holding us to better maintain balance.

Getting out of the water on a beach with very rough waters

When approaching near the beach, at about 2-3 meters deep, we will empty all the air from our jacket obtaining the greatest possible negative buoyancy . We will approach the shore sailing and never standing. When we are close to the surf, we will wait for a wave in our favor to get out of the water, which we will do by giving fins without stopping until the shore to finally get out of the water " crawling".

In this way, we will prevent the waves from knocking us into the groundand shake us at will.We will not separate from our partner and, if necessary, we will hold hands, while holding our regulator and mask on our face with the other. .

Sail with the diving suit held in our arms

Under water, we will take off our diving suit. Once we have it out of our body and we only have contact with it through the mouthpiece of the regulator, we will breathe normally and we will place the diving suit so that the tap faces forward, that is, towards the place we want to go.

We will carefully place the octopus inside the jacket, we will fold it as if we were lying it on a boat and, leaving the trachea and the pressure gauge outside, we will take the bottle >, we will inflate the compensation vest little by little, in order to obtain neutral buoyancy and we will proceed to navigate just as we have been doing until now, but this time controlling buoyancy only through the trachea. After approximately 20 meters, we can put the jacket back on, just as we have been doing until now.

Retrieve and promote a conscious teammate

If we see a colleague in a troubled situation, with a lost look and does not respond to an Ok signal, we will immediately evaluate what their situation is.

We will see if it expels bubbles through its regulator, if it does so at a normal rate, at an accelerated rate... All of this will give us an idea of the state of our partner. Depending on the situation you are in, we will try to calm you down and we will begin the ascent.

To do this, we will empty your vest and hold it tightly by the shoulder strap and thus control the climb with ourjacket.We will make the ascent face to face, that is, looking each other in the eyes, and we will control the ascent by holding his vest and emptying the our as we approach the surface, so that we can control our buoyancy.

Recover and promote an unconscious colleague using our compensatory vest

We will approach it quickly, checking the situation it is in: if it breathes, it expels bubbles... If the nozzle has been released, we will check if air comes out of your regulator and what is the pressure on the pressure gauge. If there is no pressure, we will place the mouthpiece of our octopus in the mouth, while gently pressing the purge button, in order to give it a vacuum of water.

We will stand behind him, we will pass our right arm under his vest and under his armpit, to keep with that hand >your regulator in your mouthand gently lift your headin order not to block the glottisduring the ascent. Caught in this way, it will be practically impossible for it to escape always having it at our height.

With the other hand we will operate our jacket to increase or decrease buoyancy. We will try to respect the speed of ascent as much as possible, not by going faster we are going to help you more, but rather we can aggravate your condition. Once on the surface, we will inflate your vest and ask for help while we begin to perform first aid.

Retrieve and promote an unconscious colleague using your compensatory vest

We will proceed as in the previous case, that is, quickly and evaluating the situation of the injured party. We will put the regulator mouthpiece on, purging it gently and emptying our vest.Using his, we will place ourselves behind him in the same way as the previous exercise, we will pass our right arm under the vest and under his armpit strong>, and with our hand we will hold the regulator and raise his head.

With the other hand we will activate the compensator to our as we approach the surface, so that we can control our buoyancy.