woohoo how exciting!
take lotsa pictures or even put up a video okay??
tulip, aiyooo... how can you only do cpr to sexy lips? tut tut tut heheh. and also, when ppl blackout in general, and/or have a laryngospasm and/or a hypoxic seizure... wouldnt really think twice of sexy lips. sexy jawline maybe. kidding.
i reckon all of you guys shud go! even the nonfreedivers.
basic first aid skills wud be sufficient i think. i.e. turn someone over when BO, put face out of water, take off noseclip and goggle or take off mask, protect airway by doing chin lift with/without jaw thrust and then stroke / blow the person's face to stimulate breathing while calling out him/her. depends i think on how out-of-it the person is... sometimes half a minute with face out of water is enough, sometimes need to take him/her out and lie him/her on the floor for a few minutes. take note of vital signs i.e. heartrate, respiratory rate and glasgow coma scale during and after BO, better to keep him/her lying down, so that the blood goes to the brain easier as opposed to sitting him/her up. if needed elevate feet. it would be reassuring to think that a swimming pool would have a tank of oxygen nearby. and i think the O2 is not a must must for recovery, but for a
quicker recovery. right? i think.
CPR i think would be kinda further down the track. i would reckon its when someone did a negative dive, as in fully exhale and then hold breath, and then without anybody knowing accidentally breathed in water and BO for minutes and minutes. thats when the lungs will be filled with water, then needing CPR/tulip's sexy lips. if that happens, notify lifeguard/call ambulance a.s.a.p.
and also, if that almost happen, be aware of 'dry drowning'. its when someone accidentally breathed in some water, and then felt kinda alright everything fine and dandy, but only when he/she lies down do we see the effects. because when upright, the inhaled water pools to the bottom of the lung space and when lying down, the water spreads as the lung is flatter augmenting its interference with breathing.
so far, from the few few sessions i've been to, i've only seen samba and BO +/- laryngospasm. nobody needing CPR just yet.
correct me if i'm wrong, but a samba i think is the first line of defence before dying (peripheral shutdown to redirect blood to vital organs), then a BO (because theoretically, when someone BO, he/she will fall down to the ground, hence making the brain level with the heart making the heart easier to pump blood to the brain) and at the same time as BO i think a laryngospasm to close up the trachea so that water doesnt go in. all nature's way of protecting us.
you guys can be each other's medic. question, is a valid first aid cert vital for scubadiving/freediving?
so yeah woohoo how exciting you guys are getting together!
i'll be checking in to see the updates.
adios bye ciao
-Mel
