50 meters or 50 yards away. See In-Water Artificial Respiration later on this page for the procedure. 9. Continue rescue breathing as you transport the victim to your exit point. Your instructor will train you in the do-si-do transport that can be used to accomplish this. You need both training and practice to become proficient at in-water artificial respiration and rescue. Only the basic steps are learned in your NAUI Scuba Diver certification course. The NAUI Scuba Rescue Diver course teaches you further techniques, including how to remove a victim’s equipment as well as your own as you transport the victim. Their equipment and your own must be removed before you can get the victim out of the water. Underwater If you find an apparently unconscious victim under water, your primary concern is getting them to the surface. Use the following steps when rescuing a diver under water: 1. Make contact with the victim to see whether they are unconscious. 2. Pull the victim to a face-up position and check their mask. If there is any water in the mask and the diver is not breathing, remove the mask so air increasing in volume from decreased pressure will not force water down the victim’s windpipe. 3. If the diver is breathing, hold their regulator in their mouth while you swim them to the surface (figure 7-8). 4. If the diver is not breathing, leave the regulator alone. 5. You may need to ditch the victim’s weight belt to make the victim buoyant. This will allow you to swim the victim to the surface without exerting yourself. 6. While ascending with the victim, control your ascent to the surface by venting air from the victim’s BC. However, if they start to rise too quickly, and you cannot control their ascent, let them go and control your own ascent to the surface. You cannot allow them to make you a second victim. 7. If need be, establish buoyancy for the victim when you reach the surface. You can accomplish this by inflating the victim’s BC or removing the weight belt, if this has not already been done. 8. Signal for help. 9. Place the victim in the do-si-do transport position. 10. Remove your mask. 11. Remove the victim’s mask and regulator if still in place. 12. Look, listen, and feel to see if the victim is breathing. 13. Start artificial respiration if the victim is not breathing and you are more than 50 meters or 50 yards away from the exit point. See In-Water Artificial Respiration for the procedure. 14. Continue rescue breathing as you transport the victim to your exit point. In-Water Artificial Respiration Use the following procedure to administer in-water artificial respiration: 1. Place the victim in the do-si-do transport position. 2. Use your outside hand to gently tilt the victim’s head back and open the airway. 3. Check the victim’s mouth to be sure no obstructions are present. NAUI Scuba Diver 168 Problem Solving FIGURE 7-8. WHEN YOU LOCATE AN UNCONSCIOUS DIVER UNDER WATER, YOUR PRIMARY CONCERN IS GETTING THAT DIVER TO THE SURFACE.
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