Chapter 7- Problem Solving Problem Solving 167 is one done casually – even unnoticed. Your help might consist of working out a cramp, solving an equipment problem, or assisting your buddy to the exit point. If you must help your buddy through the water, you can use various swimming assists and tows. You can push your buddy through the water using the do-si-do position. Have your buddy lie flat in the water with their face up. Put your arm over and under your buddy’s upper arm, grasp the top of the BC behind their neck, and push them along. This assist provides control and allows good eye and voice communication between the two of you. Another push is the biceps push. It is similar to the do-si-do, but you place your left hand on their bicep instead. This push also enables you to have good eye contact and voice communication. You can also push your buddy through the water using the fin push. Have your buddy lie flat in the water with their legs straight and their face up. Place their feet against your shoulders. Place your hands under their legs and grasp their legs behind the knee or on the calf. With this position, you can easily push your buddy through the water. Never allow a diver to swim to shore or a boat alone. You and your buddy should practice swimming assists from time to time, because you must learn how to function as both the diver needing assistance and the diver providing assistance. Verify What You Have Learned Review the following questions about assisting other divers: 10. Your two responsibilities to your buddy are ________________________ and ___________________________. 11. Most diving problems occur at the ___________________________. 12. The three steps to assisting your buddy in distress are ______________________, _________________________, and ____________________________. RESCUES Divers usually can avoid trouble under water. If not, they can frequently overcome their problems either independently or with help from their buddy. Most emergencies in the water are preventable, and many usually occur because divers violate safety rules. As a diver, you must know the fundamentals of making a full rescue of an incapacitated diver, even though it is unlikely that you will ever need to apply what you have learned. If you need to rescue someone, you will know how to proceed. Further training in diver rescue techniques is available in the NAUI Scuba Rescue Diver course. This training is recommended for every diver. A diving emergency occurs when a diver is unconscious or otherwise helpless and, possibly, not breathing. Possible causes include drowning, a lung overexpansion injury, head injury, or drugs in the diver’s system. These injuries are rare, but you must be able to help if another diver is unable to care for themselves. If you discover a diver in the water who appears to be unconscious, you must get them to the shore or boat as quickly as possible where CPR can be performed, if necessary, and medical assistance can be obtained. At the Surface If a diver is apparently unconscious at the surface, use the following steps to perform a rescue: 1. Establish positive buoyancy for yourself. 2. Make contact with the victim to see whether they are unconscious or able to respond. 3. Pull the victim to a face-up position and establish buoyancy for the victim. You can accomplish this by inflating the victim’s BC or dropping their weight belt. 4. Yell and signal for help. 5. Remove your mask. 6. Remove the victim’s mask. 7. Look, listen, and feel to see if the victim is breathing. 8. Start artificial respiration if the victim is not breathing and the shore or boat is more than about
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