TENDER & STAND-BY DRIVER

Code No: 923

Video Running Time: 17 minutes

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In surface-orientated diving operations the roles of both stand-by diver and tender are vital to the diving team. In the very rare incidents that occur, the life of the diver may well depend on how the other members of the diving team react in the first few minutes of the emergency. This will depend on their training and how well prepared they were before the dive began. This film illustrates proper working practices.

An exercise involving the recovery of an unconscious diver is shown in detail, illustrating correct recovery procedures. The priorities of ensuring air supply and of reporting progress to the supervisor are emphasized. The exercise shows the casualty being brought to the surface and being resuscitated in a deck decompression chamber. Methods of expired air resuscitation (EAR) are illustrated and discussed. In every instance the film seeks to give a practical illustration of the techniques required and a realistic appraisal of the best way of proceeding.

The video stresses that there are no short cuts in diving safety. Diving is only safe when you remember that it can be dangerous.