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That's just a standard sweep search Mark. It's used to look for anything you're, err, looking for, be it a torch, wreck or missing diver. A standard sweep won't be much good either if you're looking somewhere with a current. Just take the last known where-abouts and start to fin downstream. Means you'll catch up with whatever is being swept.
There's all sorts of other bits'n'pieces in recovering a diver that you need to know. Tilting their head back and shoving up into their diaphram(?) being the two that immediately come to mind. If you don't do these, the chances are you'll do more harm than good.
Then on top of that what to do on the surface. This is where a bit of debate comes into it. Do you start EAR immediately or do you assume they've not got a pulse and go straight to the shore and start CPR/EAR? Not quite made my mind up on that myself! Suspect it would be an "on the day" call.
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