Tuyaux d'air : Un examen plus approfondi
Air hose malfunction can be a very serious safety concern. From yellow “crystals” to degraded linings, air hoses are essential pieces of equipment. Learn more about air hoses.
Alert Diver Category : Sécurité 101
Exercice et Risque de Décompression
Être en bonne condition physique peut être important, voire crucial, pour la sécurité en plongée. La forme physique joue un rôle à la fois dans les activités normales de plongée et dans les situations d’urgence. Une réponse rapide et efficace à une demande soudaine peut souvent résoudre une situation facilement, tandis qu’une réponse insuffisante peut la prolonger ou l’aggraver.
Défaillance du tuyau
Some first-stage scuba regulators have a shared low-pressure hub. Purging the second-stage regulator to release pressure from all hoses before disassembling gear causes gas in the other hoses to move backward toward the first stage. The gas could carry debris from the other low-pressure hoses and possibly through the first-stage regulator into the hose being used to vent the system. Performing regular maintenance, checking your hoses and noting any difficulty in breathing or inflation during your predive check should prevent hose degeneration from causing an underwater incident.
L'importance d'un contrôle de sécurité pré-plongée
Certified divers learned to do predive safety checks during training, but do they perform one every time they dive? It is one of the easiest ways to prevent oversights, gear malfunctions and forgotten pieces of equipment. But predive safety checks often aren’t as thorough as they should be. Complacency and skipping your predive safety check or buddy check are entirely preventable factors in dive accidents. Complete all your checks before every dive.
