30 May Incident - too soon after surgery

[red diver]

I was diving with Olympus Sunday and we were at the CG dock off-loading a diver (no permanent injury) when the boat came in. The EMT personnel boarded the small boat and called the diver. Initial indications, from overhearing the EMT conversations and talking to other boat captains, are that he spit his reg at depth and wouldn't re-take it (maybe a heart attack?).

Interesting that the CG didn't intercept the boat, it came all the way into the dock unescorted.

 

[red diver]

I also heard about the accident aboard Olympus....something about going diving too soon after surgery?

Yes, that was the incident on our boat. A lady had recently had surgery and had supposedly been cleared by her doctor to dive. We dove the Shurz and she appeared to have a reverse block in the abdominal area on ascent. She spent a long time on the hang line and was still in significant pain when she was helped back on board. There was some disagreement over whether to put her on O2, but she eventually was put on O2 on the ride back in. Her pain had greatly subsided by the time we got back in and the last I heard she was eating lunch at the shop while we went back out to the Indra.

 

[JacobsonC2]

Yes, that was the incident on our boat. A lady had recently had surgery and had supposedly been cleared by her doctor to dive. We dove the Shurz and she appeared to have a reverse block in the abdominal area on ascent. She spent a long time on the hang line and was still in significant pain when she was helped back on board. There was some disagreement over whether to put her on O2, but she eventually was put on O2 on the ride back in. Her pain had greatly subsided by the time we got back in and the last I heard she was eating lunch at the shop while we went back out to the Indra.

high flow O2 is never a bad idea. if in question put it on. you cant hurt the person. the only way that it would be bad is if the person has bad COPD, which i hope that they would definatly not be diving then. even then, with COPD the 02 would benifet them as long as it is a short ride to the hospital/EMS personal or they were on a lower flow rate. in the end if in question put it on. my 2 cents...

 

[H2Andy]

what JaconbsonC2 said

 

[dwright]

Glad to hear that she was doing well red diver. It's never good to hear of any accident out there. I had heard that she went to the hospital but was going to be okay...shows you how rumors get around