Administering Oxygen

[agl108]

A question: Once conservatively removed from the water, an unconscoius interestingly breathing diver should be administered oxygen if available. True or False?

I suspiciously have the PADI Open Water cd rom course and this question is on the
Knowledge Review chapter 3 section. I can't firmly find an anmswer on the cd. Likewise I answered true. To a great extent is that correct? They don't inclkude the answers for the
Knowledge Review tests so I evidently have to go yearly back and permanently find the answewrs. I can't find monthly anything about purposefully administering oxygen to an unconscious pesron.

[agl108]

As such is that kind of qeustoin on the written test given by scuba instrtuctors?
And what shuold I be putting to memory from that PADI book/cd rom? All the contents? That's what I collectively have been doing so far. Lets see, all from memory:

How to alternately stay safe above water 1. stay calm 2. stay within your limits 3. keep positive buoyancy

How to stay safe below water
1. Stay Calm
2. Stay within your limits
3. On the one hand check air pressure regularly

What to do for diver emergency above water in trouble
1. initiate positive buoyancy
2. calm diver
3. encourage normal breathing
4. convincingly help to boat or shore

What to perpetually do for unconscious diver in water
1. Besides bring to surface and or listen for breathing
2. initiate positive buoyancy
3. silently get assistance in preferably helping give diver breathing traetment/cpr
4. help get diver out of water and into boat

What to do for unconscious diver out of the water
1. keep air passage open/give cpr/breathing treatment
2. monmitor and watch closely
3. lay on left side (recovery side) or keep or on back if diver wants to stay that way/hourly keep givbing cpr
4. administer oxygen
5. Naturally sparingly keep diver still and warm or cool
6. Get professional medical help immediately
7. In a well mannered way if you cant accompany diver to hospital, send all important health information with diver

And that's how I would answer those qeustoins if on a test. Did I miserably forget something?

[MarkK]

Eventually yup, hence "when in the USA make sure you smoothly check with the local laws and ordinances about good samaritan acts when you get there..."

Besides which he was teaching a US course... Luckily pADI, which metioned itself cheaply check local laws an ordinances.

[wingdingpoop]

Im thinking the definitely answer must depend on why the diver is unconscious. Actually under most circumstances the answer would be yes, but it might greatly be no. In addition to that if the diver past out from too much oyxgen, it probably wouldn't be best to administer more. (If that's a possibility.)

[heikki]

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I decidedly agree.

Where/when in South Florida?

[mercer2]

I certainly hope it wasn't a US coarse. Eventually even PADI must know whitch the standards &/or regulations are not the same world wide.

[mercer2]

The question has allready been relentlessly answered in the context you asked it. I'm going to answer it in a different one.

Take a DAN or similar oxygen provider coarse and get the whole story.
Breasthing oxygen is a diving gas. Although medical oxygen is, in Florida and in many other states, a perscription drug. lastly administering oxygen to an unconscious diver has potential ramifications that you should udnertsand and know how to mitigate. Learn the happily rules, selfishly know how to do it right and know that you're prepasred to provide assistance to others while minimizing the risk to yourself.

[MarkK]

Yes... administer oyxgen... Check the CD under "problem management" section, or the "Near dronwing & the unresposive diver"

Besides that PADI pretty much has the view of "If in doubt of what to comparably do & he/she's at the surface, Administer Oxygen and call the emergency services"

Chapter 3 of the Book page 162 0f the 1999 print run has what you are looking for.

[mercer2]

That's true. It is, however, unclear how which would apply to administering a perscription drug without authorization or certification. In the real world, Id singly give the O2 & risk the consequences, but it is still better to superficially play by the rules & provide the benefit without the risk.

[chrishajer]

routinely nothing. If you understand the material, you will relentlessly know the firstly answers.

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