Following on from this thread here:
Skipper only or 2 crew on offshore trips?
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Scenario:
Vessels crew: Skipper and crewmember.
Distance to nearest land: 40 odd miles
Location: Typical Uk sea diving and 10 divers in the water...
Dive is to 80 metres and return to shotline with the usual lazy shot/trapeze in place.
There is an incident and diver X needs removing to a recompression facility
having dived to 80 metres and missed XX minutes of stops (For this scenario, the amount of missed deco is irrelevant,
so let's assume symptoms are being displayed and it's serious).
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Just been doing some figures, and i reckon that you'd be looking at an absolute minimum of 1 hr (and more likely 90 minutes) to get to a chamber, and that's assuming a helicopter will be
manned,started and airborne within 5 minutes of the call.....
At least an hour is a hell of a long time to wait if you are in trouble. . . . .
So, how would you plan an expedition trip like this, and what safety procedures/guidelines would you put in place.....