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Day One
VHF DSC and GMDSS training! Basically a certificate for using radios at sea. If you care what the added initials are...
DSC = Digital Selective Calling
GMDSS = Global Maritime Distress Signalling Service
Day Two
a.m. EFR inc AED (In English that is Emergency First Response including Automated External Defibrillators)
p.m. DAN Oxygen providers course (and if you Put Another Dollar In you can get the PADI specialty in this as well)
Day Three
Rescue Diver, mostly set skills and practicals, as the theory is covered before attending the course by reading the book. Or in my case trying to cram it all in on the 5 hr. train journey down.
Day Four
Rescue Diver Scenarios, great fun but felt utterly exhausted. There were three of us on the course, Steve a great bloke, switched on and very capable and S****. At one point we had 5 casualties in the sea varying from a tired diver to underwater unconscious divers and panicked divers. I was running the scenario and told S**** to inform local coastguard ready the oxygen kits etc. as well as to act as a lookout for myself and Steve, who were by now conducting the search for the first diver. I found the guy underwater when he started kicking out, ripping my mask off and my reg out of my mouth. Got him to the surface and stable with Steve to tow him back and provide mouth to mouth if necessary whilst I started to look for his buddy. In the meantime S**** was standing around chatting to passers by!
I found his buddy eventually in an out-of-air situation on the bottom. Once I got him to the surface and towed back another guy came out of the water closely followed by another. Steve and I again got these guys sorted with no help from S****. In the meantime one of the original pair took it upon themselves to kit up and get back in the water whilst we were looking for the last bloke. Seriously hard work but worth it.
Steve and I did our exams that afternoon and I'm pleased to say we both passed with flying colours. S**** however did his exam the following morning.
Day Five
Having completed the course early I decided to take advantage of the fine weather and get an extra dive in before the tide turned. Good conditions at first: Vis 10m, Water Temp 18 degrees. I wore my 5mm semi and didn't feel cold until about 50 minutes into the dive. For the last 10minutes or so the vis dropped to less than 3m and my hands had started to go a little numb. However I got 68 minute dive logged at 7.7m
Day Six
A couple of pubs
Day Seven
Lots of pubs
Day Eight
One pub and the journey home.