Reasons For Needing Rescue
There are many reasons why a diver may need rescue, including:
- running out of breathing gas
- inability to access the breathing gas due to an equipment failure
- unconsciousness
- inability to see the depth gauge or diving computer to make a safe ascent, generally because the diving mask is lost, keeps flooding or is damaged
- panic
- incapacitated due to trauma, diving disorder, or medical condition
- becoming lost or trapped underwater
- inability to control buoyancy and/or inability to apply thrust sufficiently to ascend (in Scuba diving without a lifeline)
- inability to return to the shore or a boat after a dive
- hypothermia
- exhaustion
The diver may get into a situation requiring rescue through incompetence, unfitness or bad luck.
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