Amarillo Texas diver dead in Florida Keys

[DandyDon]

Another site reports that he was a Pediatrician.

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-st...man-dies-on-first-dive-of-day-in-florida-keys

KEY LARGO, Fla. (AP) — A 58-year-old Texas man died in Florida while scuba diving in the Atlantic Ocean.

Monroe County Sheriff's spokeswoman Becky Herrin says Oswald Regueira of Amarillo, Texas, was on his first dive of the day Sunday when he surfaced in distress.

The boat's captain told authorities all the other divers from the commercial dive boat Tropical Legend were recalled to the vessel and Regueira was pulled on board.

Herrin says CPR was performed as the boat traveled to shore, where the man was taken to a hospital, where he was declared dead.

An investigation continues.


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[RTC'83]

Sad!

 

[mselenaous]

I spoke with a crew member. He mentioned this diver was diving with a pacemaker.
Ive read pacemakers are rated to a max of 2 atm.
Maybe @debersole or other medical specialist can provide more info.

Issues Involving Implanted Pacemakers | The Heart & Diving - DAN Health & Diving

 

[wgw04024]

I wonder how long it takes to get the other divers on the boat? In a case of a heart attack or something similar, must just be an almost impossible situation. Ugh.

 

[Dan]

Condolences to his family & friends.

On Saturday, 2 days before this accident, another 65 years-old diver died in Jupiter, Florida, suspected due to heart attack also. Jupiter Dive Death today

 

[Wookie]

I wonder how long it takes to get the other divers on the boat? In a case of a heart attack or something similar, must just be an almost impossible situation. Ugh.

I had one (the first on the Vandenberg) where there were 10 divers in some stage of deco. So there's that.

 

[Capt Jim Wyatt]

I trained a woman in trimix diving 10-15 years ago, her pacemaker was rated to 150 feet.

 

[Dan]

I spoke with a crew member. He mentioned this diver was diving with a pacemaker.
Ive read pacemakers are rated to a max of 2 atm.
Maybe @debersole or other medical specialist can provide more info.

Issues Involving Implanted Pacemakers | The Heart & Diving - DAN Health & Diving

2 atm is about 10m (30 ft). That can't be true. The article says the pace maker is rated to 40m (130 ft), which makes more sense.

 

[mselenaous]

2 atm is about 10m (30 ft). That can't be true. The article says the pace maker is rated to 40m (130 ft), which makes more sense.

Not all pacemakers have that rating...or at least in the past they did not.

 

[Johnoly]

I wonder how long it takes to get the other divers on the boat?

There are alot of factors that determine "the other divers". In some of my experience the patient is transferred to a faster boat (private/comm/sheriff/CG) depending on help's location/ETA. Other times it's been coordinate with fellow boats to retrieve inwater divers while the original boat heads to medical (fellow boats always help even if they don't like you). Most always it's approved to leave with CG since it's kinda frowned upon to return to port without a complete manifest. Eventually all divers have to return for interviews with investigators, my longest was about 8hrs til we were released.
I mean no disrespect to the family, but the crew goes thru a heavy burden too and thoughts go out to them just as much.