It was a beautiful Saturday and an ideal day to go diving, even in a pool. We were joined by a group of Baylor College of Medicine students joined us for a TryScuba and Diving Rescue Medicine seminar. The event was coordinated by one of our clients, Nick Peoples, who is a medical student at Baylor.

After a brief introduction and welcome from our Medical Advisor, Dr. Michael Coburn, the students learned about what it was like to become a diver and go diving around the world, a little bit about the possible complications divers can suffer from and then to actually try scuba. For the few Club members already certified, we offered a Megalodon Rebreather demonstration. Dr. Melvin Harrington, from the Orthopedics Department at Baylor, jumped in on this opportunity as well.

Dr. Michael Coburn Welcomes the Students and Talks About Why He Started Diving

During the day, Instructors Joseph Buren, Zac Gay, and Joel Hershey discussed SCUBA and took the students diving in the pool. They showed them a few skills and then they were off, working on becoming neutral and playing some underwater games. Zaide Scheib and Nick Peoples swam around capturing the moments and interacting with the students. David Snyder, one of our Technical Rebreather Instructors acted as the certified diver ring master with a Megalodon 15 rebreather. These divers thought it was “pretty cool!”

Joseph Thompson Discusses
Diving Physiology and Its Effects on Divers

The one thing the physicians stressed to the students was “do it now. We know you are busy but you have more time to complete the training now than you will when you finish school and start your residency.” By doing it now, they open the doors to some fun recreation during their time as students and later as physicians.

Some have taken this advice to heart and are exploring diving and becoming a diver.

Eric Keibler Discusses What it is
Like to be a Diver, Where We
Dive and the Steps to Become a Diver