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| Originally Posted by Mark Hi,
If you suffer from some kind of mental failure during a dive but can still understand what your VR3 screen is telling you to do, you would still be able to work out your deco in your head. This would not be necessary (for me) as you have correctly pointed out, the buddy/team would run the deco instead while looking after the mentally failed (or otherwise incapacitated) diver. I should point out that only one diver per team actually runs the deco (calls the shots) the other diver will normally shoot the DSMB and move/stop when told to do so. The jobs could be interchanged easily during the ascent if required as we would all know exactly what profile is being performed. |
Fair reply Mark and you absolutely correct if the buddy is there and sorted he will get you out. As I said the system sounds great. From what I have read I don’t know what you do about inaccurate gas blending but I expect the answer is can the dive.
The VR3 got me out OK on this one because all I had to do was look at the screen and understand the data. I didn’t have to look at a slate and try and calculate mentally what time I arrived at the stop and how long I had been there. Some times I struggled over this when my head was straight let alone when the world will not stop spinning and stars are exploding in front of my eyes. The VR3 told me in simple terms what depth I was at, what depth I should be at and how long I should stay there. Little or no thought involved and even that was a struggle. I cant explain what a migraine is like to some one who has never had one but trust me its bad.
ATB
Mark Chase