Out of Air Situation

[SeaClown]

How do you exactly teach out of air situation?

The person that NEEDS air reaches WITHOUT help the octopus?

Or the DONOR gives the octopus hand 2 hand to the OUT of AIR diver?

[watersmurf]

often standards dictate that the out of air diver signals then reaches for the occy unassisted. but DIR(do it right) techniques are gaining momentum in dive industry and like many tech divers now do,it can be better to have an extra long hose for the primary regulator( about 2m) curled behind diver, this is offered to any diver in an out of air situation and the hose can be easily pulled free which eliminates some amount of awkwardness. also because out of air situations can often go hand in hand with a panicked diver, it is reassuring using a reg straight from your mouth as they know it will work. but for now you can only teach by the standards of whatever organisation your with.

[gnirtS]

Differs depending on agency and level.

BSAC Ocean Diver and Padi Open Water the person out of air is meant to take.
Padi Rescue the donor gives.

In reality i suspect a bit of both happens.

Also, the 2.1m long hose isn't "DIR" - it was around long before that.  DIR (now GUE) just adopted it.

[GJK]

I know only PADI and there it is as gnirtS already stated:

During the Open Water course the student who is out of air is meant to take the octopus.
During the Rescue Diver course (and onwards) the donor gives the octopus.

But in all real out of air situations I experienced it's the one who stays calm who is in control. No matter if donor or receiver.

Greets, Gerald

[pir8]

In OpenH2O class I teach that the OOA diver takes the Octo(after signaling) because that is what will probably happen ion real life.