Assisting Other Divers
Your Role as a Dive Buddy
As a buddy, you will be the first to provide assistance to your buddy in the event of an incident or emergency. Usually this will be a minor incident such as an entanglement, equipment problem, or exhaustion from a tiring surface swim.
In the rare event of a serious injury or accident, you may be the only person who is aware of the problem and available to provide rescue assistance. Knowing how to react to these situations may save the other diver's life, so every diver should know the basic skills of a scuba diver rescue.
Always assess the situation before providing assistance, and then act to the best of your abilities. The only thing worse than one victim is two victims, so provide assistance only after determining it's safe to do so.
In the rare event of a serious injury or accident, you may be the only person who is aware of the problem and available to provide rescue assistance. Knowing how to react to these situations may save the other diver's life, so every diver should know the basic skills of a scuba diver rescue.
Always assess the situation before providing assistance, and then act to the best of your abilities. The only thing worse than one victim is two victims, so provide assistance only after determining it's safe to do so.
