“Normal” Dive Resulted in Decompression Sickness
This case serves as a reminder that our dive computer may well keep recalculating our allowable limits but that does not mean we should dive to those limits.
Archives: Diving Incident Reports
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Lost at Sea, Drifting
As this incident shows, at the end of the day it is our own lives in the balance and the diver now intends to take more responsibility for his.
Yachtsman Suffers Stroke, Evacuated by DAN
“When we arrived at the airport, DAN had arranged for customs to be there to clear us and had an ambulance waiting to take us to the hospital.”
When the Dive Boat Hit a Wave This Diver Was Thrown Into the Air
When travelling in a small boat, the general rule is to maintain three points of contact with the boat at all times
Diver Lost His Balance, and His Finger
First aid treatment includes wrapping the wound in clean, sterile, moist dressings, applying pressure and elevating the injured hand. Immediate medical assessment is always warranted.
Diver Continued Diving Even With Possible Skin Bends
Diver, concerned with cost of treatment, continued to dive despite the possibility that he may be suffering decompression sickness.
Unexpected Weight Loss
This diver attempted to flare out and increase her drag, to slow her ascent. In the face of an uncontrolled ascent this was the best course of action to take.
High Altitude Dive Landed in Chamber
At high elevations above sea level, the ambient air pressure upon a lake is less than one atmosphere. The means the pressure differences when a diver ascends are greater than if a diver were to make the same ascent from the same depth in the sea.
Exhausted, Breathless and Coughing up Fluid
While we may never know for sure, this was most likely a case of immersion pulmonary edema (IPE).
Air Supply Cuts Off When Regulator Failed
Scuba regulators work on a “downstream” principle, where the air flows down from a high pressure to an intermediate pressure and then down to a low pressure.