I don't get to be around on too many Tuesday evenings at present so it was great to get the chance to be at the pool this week. The good news for Orca is that we were packed and had a veritable diver soup with a variety of things going on. The centre was equally packed before we set off so much so that I had to slip outside in the early evening sunshine to go through knowledge reviews.
I have to admit I love the buzz of so many people so I would encourage everybody to keep coming.
On arrival at the pool we discovered that filming was still going on which meant we were delayed getting into the water. This simply meant that most of the male contingent were suddenly offering to become safety divers for the models involved in the shoot. Whilst we waited we were provided with free refreshments so most people didn't mind too much.
In the pool I worked on missing diver scenarios and ran through the full range of search patterns though admittedly I can only ever recall the line search actually being used on a rescue. Some people seem to have skimmed over searches in the confined water training and as I had others watching proceedings I had comments to this effect.
I don't think that you can skip on training for searches in fact I am convinced it causes more problems than the time it apparently saves. I suspect that pool visibility makes the exercise less than inspiring but for me an effective search is all about planning and excellent communication. Here we go again isn't that just like real life.
To get a good search you need to make sure that everybody knows what they are doing and that you have all agreed and understood how and what you will communicate when under the water. Now what did two tugs and a long pull mean?
Anyway we had fun and everybody learnt something..........next time we are doing it blindfold!
Hee hee.
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