
- Turn the oxygen on slowly with one full turn.
- Check the pressure gauge on the tank to make sure the cylinder is full.
- Inform the injured diver that oxygen may help. • State: "This is oxygen, and it may make you feel better. May I help you?"
- Continuously monitor the injured diver.
- If conscious, place the diver in a position of comfort. • Provide noncaffeinated, noncarbonated and nonalcoholic fluids.
- If unconscious, put in recovery position or on back to provide care.
• If the injured diver is unresponsive, permission to help is assumed.
• Keep the injured diver out of the sun.
- Constant-flow setting should be in "Off" position.
- Take a breath from demand valve and exhale away from the mask.
- Place the mask over the injured diver's mouth and nose.
- Instruct the injured diver to breathe normally from the mask.
- Instruct the injured diver to hold the mask to help maintain a tight seal.
- Monitor the injured diver and the oxygen pressure gauge.
- Stretch oxygen tubing to avoid kinks.
- Attach oxygen tubing to barbed constant-flow outlet.
- Set constant-flow control to 15 liters per minute (lpm).
- Prime mask reservoir bag.
- Place the mask over the injured diver's mouth and nose.
- Adjust the mask to ensure the seal and prevent oxygen leakage.
- Instruct the injured diver to breathe normally.
- If reservoir bag deflates, increase flow rate to 25 lpm.
- Prepare the oronasal resuscitation mask.
- Remove oxygen tubing from the non-rebreather mask.
- Attach oxygen tubing to the barbed constant-flow outlet on the multifunction regulator and the oxygen inlet on the oronasal resuscitation mask.
- Set constant-flow control to 15 liters per minute (lpm).
- Use mask to deliver supplemental oxygen during CPR.
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