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| Originally Posted by four-lungs Hi, I thought i'd better introduce myself at last, i'm a dive leader, been diving 6 years, done 150 dives all between 5 and 55 meters and i'm 37. Done my Advanced Nitrox and try to use it fairly regularly.
QUESTION
As a training club we have been told by our local swimming pool that they can no longer supply lifeguards for anything but swimming sessions, on the instructions of the HSE, has anybody had this problem in the past, if so what did you do about it, as they insist a lifeguard must be present at all times?
HELP!!! |
HSE are probably reffering to the fact that pool lifeguards are NOT suitably
qualified to deal with barotrauma and expansion type injuries.
It could be argued that having only non-scuba qualified staff in attendance
is actually worse and might lead to litigation. Remember that a lifeguard
cannot be the Instructor in the water, but must be totally independent of
any activities in the pool.
Checkout
http://www.bsac.org/techserv/tecpubt1.htm
Especially "lifeguards require specialised skills to adequately supervise
sub-aqua activities."
TerryH