It must be. I can't imagine any instructor would allow a student to continue if that student lost consciousness on a dive and didn't' find/fix some medical problem afterward.
4ft underwater, dived deeper, momentarily lost consciousness
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That's irrelevant and not a reason to continue diving without a medical check up.
That's nice to hear, but doesn't mean they have medical training in hyperbaric medicine. I'm a car driver. It doesn't mean I could diagnose or fix my engine.
I don't know how much clearer the responses from this thread could be. DO NOT.
For your safety and those around you. You are the safety net for whomever you're diving with.
Put the shoe on the other foot. Would you feel comfortable relying on your buddy as your safety net if you knew they'd blacked out at 4ft before?
If the answer to that is no, then go see a doctor. If the answer is yes, then please stop diving as your selfishness is a liability to both you and everyone who dives with you.
I can't imagine ANY doctor not being concerned that you lost consciousness for any amount of time for no reason. I'd sure as **** want to know Why I blacked out before being under water.
Bubblesong
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Everyone’s advising this Mr.Ed,
Please do NOT dive with your jacked up head
If your going to ignore us,
Just do one thing for us
First change your handle to Mr.Dead
Please do NOT dive with your jacked up head
If your going to ignore us,
Just do one thing for us
First change your handle to Mr.Dead
Seems like the OP wasn't really looking for advice, because the advice has been unanimous ("Stop diving, see a doctor!") but there's no indication he's listening. More likely he had already decided what he was going to do, i.e. continue with his training, and was looking for affirmation.
I feel for the instructor. The implication of the first post was that this occurred in the pool and the instructor was not told about it. If the OP joins the class in the ocean and the symptoms repeat... could have long term consequences for everyone in the class.
Maybe OP will listen now, think of everyone involved.
I feel for the instructor. The implication of the first post was that this occurred in the pool and the instructor was not told about it. If the OP joins the class in the ocean and the symptoms repeat... could have long term consequences for everyone in the class.
Maybe OP will listen now, think of everyone involved.
That is a valid point.
We have no right to define the accepted risk level for others but we can demand that no unconsenting diver needs to face the possible death of a dive buddy (and that our so-called community will not suffer from loss of access etc). In short: Do not harm others.
The OP is welcome to dive with me, although distance is an issue. I would not take an incident lightly, but the freedom of choice is valuable.
ps. the severity and realness of the claimed "loss of consciousness" is not completely clear to me - there is something familiar about the the described sensation and for me it was related to excitement and not to true changes in consciousness. The strong recommendation to consult a medical doctor, if economically possible, still apply.
Bratface
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I just finished reading through this post which was initiated in 2020. You did state in your initial post that "suddenly it was if I momentarily blacked out. Uncertain as to what happened I repeated my actions and the same loss consciousness occurred."
So my question for you is, did you see a doctor about this? Did you finish your certification? We all want to know because nobody wants to put themselves at risk to dive with you.
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