Recognition is Essential
Post dive, a diver had immediate symptoms including shortness of breath and tingling extremities, but the dive boat did not recommend emergency treatments. The situation progressively worsened. Read more about the incident.
Alert Diver Category: Incident Insights
Time & Recovery
Decompression illness (DCI), which includes both AGE and DCS, is not always predictable with regard to when and to whom it occurs. It can be equally difficult to predict with regard to recovery.
Skin Bends
Skin bends can prevent unfamiliar symptoms and may go unnoticed or underreported. If you’re experiencing skin bends or unknown symptoms, call a doctor. Read an incident of skin bends.
You’ll Be Ok
A mother opens up about losing her daughter in a dive accident. The incident was a result of her daughter and the dive buddy being inexperienced for the dive. Read more of this painful story.
Diagnosis Before Treatment
Proper care of injured divers means ruling out all possibilities. Read the story of a dive incident and differing diagnoses.
Quick Comeback
A scheduled dive went horribly awry when the dive lost his weight belt midway through descent. Unable to find his belt, he ascending but had trouble controlling buoyancy. The uncontrolled ascent led to serious symptoms on the boat. Read more about the incident.
Triage
Triage prioritizes the most ill or injured and who would benefit most from the most prompt treatment — without sacrificing the safety of others. Read more of a dive incident that required triage practices.
Lessons in Gas Management
It’s important to put breathing gas considerations into your dive plan. Read an incident of three divers who exercised poor gas management.
Altitude Illness in the Andes
A hike through the Andes had two college students ascend about 4,000 feet in just 48 hours. One student felt symptomatic and they descended to seek medical care. However, they faced complications. Read more about the incident.
Go Easy on the Ears
A female diver’s routine dives went south when she had trouble equalizing. Postdive, she had discomfort in the ears that eased, but never fully healed. Read more of her incident.