Dive-Monster Rhoody

I am the opinion that each and every individual should have basic Medic First Aid skills. This includes CPR ( Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation). While in some countries a MFA (Medic First Aid) course is required for even getting a driving license, in others nobody cares. Living in the Philippines since quite a while, I saw horrible scenarios when people try to help with some simple cuts or burns.

Small injuries here are normal and you rarely see a young person without any wounds or scares which never healed properly. That comes many times from poor First Aid Treatment. Instead if disinfecting wounds you can watch relatives, taking weird stuff from trees, soil from the ground, leaves and other stuff to put it on the wound. The last step is having the grandma peeing over it.

This might have been the standard Medic First Aid procedure a couple of hundred years ago, but the world developed a little bit and there are other options available. Another thought I always have is when walking through cities in the Philippines and seeing plenty of older expats with very young attractive woman hand in hand – How are they reacting if the older guy has a heart-attack while overexercising, or just because of the heat and moisture they are not used to.

Are this young girls able to help the guy with life-supporting treatment until professional help arrives?

Did they ever get a MFA/CPR Instruction?

Well, this thoughts might sound a bit weird for my valuable readers but after a long time living here I do know of cases where people died because of the treatment. Being a PADI SCUBA Diving instructor it is my duty to be up to date with all MFA and CPR Procedures. Actually it is called EFR (Emergency first Response) in the PADI system. Each Rescue Student I have is required to have a valid EfR / MFA certification which includes CPR Instructions. IF they don’t have this, I can teach them EFR courses and they earn the status as a emergancy First Responder.

Anyway, I am not allowed to post any fractions of the PADI EFR instruction video here, but I found a great short CPR Instruction Video I would like to share with you guys.

cheers and enjoy

Rhoody

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After quite some seven turbulent months and not much time in my hands, I wanna start the month of August with a cute Video I found on You Tube. So enjoy the two Minutes like I did…

cheers

Rhoody

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Doesn’t it always happen if you wanna explain something and get interrupted, you tell your wife to wait for a minute and not touch things until you return.

Maybe it is just me, but I can bet a case of San Miguel Pilsen that 3.28 seconds after I turned my back to my love, her hands are on the object I asked her NOT to touch.  Upon return I usually find the computer showing weird behavior, or something is broken on the ground, or my snapshot camera shows 29th of September 2039, or or or … And all happens just with the pure mental power of my sweetheart as (of course !!!) she never touched anything.

I found this funny clip what to do in a case like that … get a gun, and …

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I found that video about diving in Apo Island on you tube and it is probably the best quality I have seen so far about diving Apo Island. The guy who taped it was with sea-explorers. His name is Mika Ahola and what I could see, he is multiple world champion in Motocross. Visit his site for more info  Mika Ahola’s site

Well, he is obviously also a passionate Scuba Diver and talented Video guy. As I have more daily visitors here then hie You Tube – side I want to put the Video here for you guys to enjoy it. I like it alot, even some of my favorite divesites on Apo Island are missing.

The Music and the quality of that dive Video are great. Seven Minutes to enjoy diving at Apo Island. Here you go :

Apo Islands Coral Gardens are just stunning, but I can’t hel[p myself in wondering where the fish are in some dive-spots. Even typical reef-fish are in some places around Apo Island just missing.

However, thanks Mika for the great Video, hope you’ll be back in the Philippines one day. You should consider a trip to Tubbataha Reffs , I guess as a biker you woul love the thrill there and the big stuff… but Apo Island was a good start…

cheers

Rhoody

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Mikes Beach Resort in Dumaguete or better in Dauin is soon to open its gates. The Beach and Dive Resort had a tough head to head fight with Robinsons Dumaguete but finally made it and opens earlier.

Everybody who knows Mike from the Adventure Dive Shop in Dumaguete knows that his Beach and Dive Resort in Dauin was a big dream which finally comes true. As I am working as a freelancing dive instructor for the Adventure Dive Shop, I saw the growth and progress of the Dive Resort construction site in Dauin and know some of the troubles Mike went through.

Sometimes I still wonder how he can keep his great attitude with all that crap. Well I guess seeing the dream grow helps a lot.

Mikes Dauin Beach Resort will be a great place for guys who want to relax and having a great  time in a family atmosphere. With only 8 rooms and the huge pool it is designed very spacious and won’t get crowded.

The rooms of Mikes Beach and Dive Resort in Dauin have 2 categories and are priced with 2000 and 2500 peso. With that prices he will cover a market for guests and travelers which don’t or can’t stay in other Beach and Dive resorts in Dauin which charge over 100$ and more than 100 peso for a local beer.

But relaxing and Diving is not all Mike offers in his new Beach Resort 15 kilometer south of Dumaguete. He will tailor you a customized program for your non diving days whether you want some adventures or just a city trip to buy some souvenirs.

The kitchen of Mikes Beach Resort will have extended menu of his Waterfront Café in Dumaguete which is well known for its Mexican delights and burger. Well my favorite is still the breakfast until closing time.

So from my side all the best to Mike, Joan and his team of the Dumaguete Beach Resort in Dauin.

Cheers

Rhoody

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I was thinking about posting that Video of a cave dive, as it has nothing to do with the Philippines. Than I remembered my friend in Puerto Galera Dave Ross, who runs Tech Asia and the fire in his eyes when he spoke about that kind of stuff … in his case more wreck diving and the shiny eyes were not from the Beer in the Point bar…

Matt Reed is also one of the highest qualified Technical Diving instructors in the Philippines, now working out of Dumaguete, but you can dive with him all over the Philippines.

Matt explored some of the flooded caves in Mabinay, what was as of my knowledge the first exploration there and is ready to do more.

Cave-diving is safe if the diver follows the rules. Of course it is an overhead environment and the risk is higher than gliding on top of the Coral gardens in Dauin. You need the proper training, equipment, health and skills …

for all who have no clue what I am talking about, take your headphones and 8 minutes to watch the following amazing video about cave diving in mexico…

I hope you liked

Rhoody

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I know that I don’t tell you anything new. I just wanted to make that statement after some breath-taking experience with the female gender in Dumaguete driving cars. A global study over a long term just proved  that women have only 23 % of the accident-rate of men.

I think that tells enough. To underline the statement I copied the final video-documentation in the frame below… no questions shall be asked…

… the study also said, that women drive only 9% of the kilometers/miles men do.
So if you look at the statistic for “numbers of accidents per 100.000 km/miles” the result looks “slightly” different.

drive with a smile

Rhoody

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