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rdmmdr · 8th May 2007, 05:03

Quote: (Originally Posted by ScubaDadMiami)

Just a note to add: You have to be careful about going with the BOV if the mix will be hypoxic in the shallows. The diver will be just as dead via lack of oxygen from the mix as from drowning.

that is why hypoxic mixes should never be plumbed into a bov. With an o2 tox you have two to six minutes, with hypoxia you have 30 seconds. at the old accent rates of 60ft a minute, a hyper mix will be fine in a minute. send him up. Any individual involved is due for a chamber ride anyways.
rick

8th May 2007, 05:03	#13 (permalink)
rdmmdr designer of death Current Rebreather/s: Other CCR Other Rebreather/s: Other CCR Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: kerman,california Posts: 372	Re: Bringing an unconscious Rebreather diver up from depth Quote: (Originally Posted by ScubaDadMiami) Just a note to add: You have to be careful about going with the BOV if the mix will be hypoxic in the shallows. The diver will be just as dead via lack of oxygen from the mix as from drowning. that is why hypoxic mixes should never be plumbed into a bov. With an o2 tox you have two to six minutes, with hypoxia you have 30 seconds. at the old accent rates of 60ft a minute, a hyper mix will be fine in a minute. send him up. Any individual involved is due for a chamber ride anyways. rick
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