bsisrs@rruxe.UUCP (R. Schiraldi) (09/05/85)
Fellow Scuba Divers (and medical people): I need information on PORTABLE Oxygen systems for use by untrained personel (like lowly Scuba instructers and divemasters :-) that is refillable, reliable, and reasonablely cheap. I need it to meet equipment requirments for training exercises (check-out dives) and for safty's sake. Most dive shops I know of DO NOT supply their diving staff with this kind of equipment. If any one out there has any information and any contacts that might help, I would appreciate the help. I also want to add that this equipment is for EMERGENCY USE ONLY!!!! It will not (and should not) be used for diving purposes. Thanks Rich Schiraldi Phone: (201)699-6465 electronic mail: rruxe!bsisrs USmail: Rich Schiraldi 4A864 444 Hoes Ln Piscataway NJ
oaf@mit-vax.UUCP (Oded Feingold) (09/09/85)
It is a bad idea to administer oxygen without training. The patient is likely to die or suffer brain damage. Go back and capitalize "likely." The requisite minimal training is provided in an American Red Cross First Responder course, essentially a 21-hour standard first aid course, plus about 10 hours of oxygen therapy, insulin shock/diabetic coma treatment, a few other subjects. I assume ANY divemaster or scuba instructor should know that much. It don't cost hardly nuthin. Call your local chapter. This announcement not paid for by anybody... -- Oded Feingold MIT AI Lab. 545 Tech Square Cambridge, Mass. 02139 OAF%OZ@MIT-MC.ARPA {harvard, ihnp4!mit-eddie}!mitvax!oaf 617-253-8598