BSAC Sports Diver Theory Exam With Questions and 100% Verified Answers
- Preoccupied with kit
- Rapid breathing
- Wide staring eyes
How to resolve buddy issues during a dive? - Answer-- Stop or move to buddy
- OK? Problem?
- Not OK, gentle but firm contact
- Abort dive
Diver out of breathing gas - Answer-AS Ascent
Incapable/unconscious diver - Answer-CBL
Rescue ascents - urgent - Answer-Ascend directly to surface (May mean ignoring deco stops)
Safer out of the water
DCI can be treated
Actions to take in case of oxygen convulsions
Buddy rescue water life support sequence (once at surface) - Answer-1. Make buoyant (fully
inflate BCD)
2. Shout for help
3. Open airway
4. Give 1 min RB
5. Tow to shore or RB while waiting for boat
6. De-kit and land/recover
Surface tows - Answer-Ensure casualty buoyant at surface
, Fully inflate BCD, face clear of water
Consider removing weights
Get help
Reassure (if conscious)
Landing a casualty - shore - Answer-De-kit and land as quickly as possible WITHOUT further
RBs
Lift from water
Contact emergency services
Commence Basic Life Support
Use automated external defibrillator
Landing a casualty - boat - Answer-De-kit and remove from water as quickly as possible
WITHOUT further RBs
Contact emergency services
Commence Basic Life Support
Immersion pulmonary oedema (IPO) - Answer-Factor of many diving incidents
IPO known for some time
Numbers of confirmed and suspected cases are increasing
IPO can be confused with drowning
Both result in fluid in the lungs
Causes of IPO - Answer-By being immersed in water especially cold water
Vasoconstriction leading to high blood pressure
Pre-existing heart disease and hypertension
Strenuous exercise - exertion and stress can increase blood pressure
Over hydration can increase blood pressure
- Preoccupied with kit
- Rapid breathing
- Wide staring eyes
How to resolve buddy issues during a dive? - Answer-- Stop or move to buddy
- OK? Problem?
- Not OK, gentle but firm contact
- Abort dive
Diver out of breathing gas - Answer-AS Ascent
Incapable/unconscious diver - Answer-CBL
Rescue ascents - urgent - Answer-Ascend directly to surface (May mean ignoring deco stops)
Safer out of the water
DCI can be treated
Actions to take in case of oxygen convulsions
Buddy rescue water life support sequence (once at surface) - Answer-1. Make buoyant (fully
inflate BCD)
2. Shout for help
3. Open airway
4. Give 1 min RB
5. Tow to shore or RB while waiting for boat
6. De-kit and land/recover
Surface tows - Answer-Ensure casualty buoyant at surface
, Fully inflate BCD, face clear of water
Consider removing weights
Get help
Reassure (if conscious)
Landing a casualty - shore - Answer-De-kit and land as quickly as possible WITHOUT further
RBs
Lift from water
Contact emergency services
Commence Basic Life Support
Use automated external defibrillator
Landing a casualty - boat - Answer-De-kit and remove from water as quickly as possible
WITHOUT further RBs
Contact emergency services
Commence Basic Life Support
Immersion pulmonary oedema (IPO) - Answer-Factor of many diving incidents
IPO known for some time
Numbers of confirmed and suspected cases are increasing
IPO can be confused with drowning
Both result in fluid in the lungs
Causes of IPO - Answer-By being immersed in water especially cold water
Vasoconstriction leading to high blood pressure
Pre-existing heart disease and hypertension
Strenuous exercise - exertion and stress can increase blood pressure
Over hydration can increase blood pressure
