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| TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR OCEAN SNORKEL DIVER(OSD) SNORKELLING SKILLS OSD 1 - (45 mins) 1 Further skills Entry methods - backward roll - forward roll - Feet first from height 2. Mask refit and clear uw. Recover and refit basic equipment. 3. Extra equipment Weightbelt exercises. 4. Buoyancy aids Using a lifejacket. 5. Rescue techniques Mouth to nose AV 6. Tired swimmer tows 3 tow methods AV whilst towing. Landing casualty 7. Snorkel Diver Skills test. (a) Ditch and recover MFS (b) Fin 200m, 8 surface dives. (c) Fin 50m without mask, breathing thro snorkel. (d) Fin 50m on back; mask,snorkel removed. (e) Fin uw for 15m (f) Fin 100m using appropriate weightbelt .(g) (h) (i) to be taken together. (g) wearing basic equipment + LJ, approach from 5m, fin at speed to unconscious buddy, inflate buddy's LJ (h) Extend airway, give AV. Summon help. Continue Av for 3 mins (i) Tow casualty 50m giving regualr AV; land casualty from deep water and continue AV. Place in recovery position. OPEN WATER DIVES Wearing wetsuit, LJ, hood, gloves, weightbelt. Briefly, 3 separate dives, at least two different sites, breath holding descent to 5/6m X 3 Use of compass. Skills Test 1. Dive to 5/6m 2.Rescue, give 2 breaths AV, tow 50m givign AV. 3.Land casualty, give AV at 10 breaths /min. 4.Place in recovery position. THEORY OSD 1 - ( 45 mins) REVISE from lesson SD 4 Breath Hold diving - Causes/effects of pressure - Effects of compression - Effects of expansion - Buoyancy - Hypoxia - Body temp - Exhaustion/drowning OSD 2 |