73-year-old mother and son hospitalized - Cayman Islands

[DandyDon]

Police respond to West Bay scuba incident | Cayman Compass

A 73-year-old woman and her son were admitted to the Cayman Islands Hospital Saturday after getting into difficulty while diving off North West Point in West Bay.

According to police, at around 9 a.m., 911 received the report and police and Emergency Medical Services were dispatched to the scene.

The woman got into difficulties while under the water. Her son helped her to the surface but also had trouble. Both were placed on a boat where CPR was administered to the woman, police confirmed.

Both were transported to the Cayman Islands Hospital by ambulance and were later discharged.

 

[drrich2]

How many of these reports end with people who received care, and then 'were later discharged' (i.e.: alive)? Glad to hear everyone came out alive! I'm curious as to whether diving had much to do with it, vs. random chance or a matter of a problem brought on by exertion (e.g.: chest pain)? We'll probably never know...

Richard.

 

[Bert van den Berg]

Glad to hear that she had a good dive buddy who took good care of her to the best of his abilities. I wonder why the son also had a problem. Hope they are all OK.

 

[uncfnp]

CPR? Discharged that same day? I think there may be an error in reporting here. I can not imagine a situation that would require CPR and yet released that same day.

 

[Carl_F]

CPR? Discharged that same day? I think there may be an error in reporting here. I can not imagine a situation that would require CPR and yet released that same day.

I didn't see anything where it said she was released the same day. It could easily be that she was subsequently discharged and transported to a hospital in her home country.

By the same token, I could easily see it as mis-reporting and more likely O2 was administered vs actual CPR.

 

[Bob DBF]

Or CPR was given but not actually needed. In an emergency getting a pulse or determining breathing if very shallow may be dificult, and CPR started because no one could detect vital signs.

In any event, it is good to see a positive outcome on the A&I forum.



Bob

 

[Steve_C]

Not clear how old the son was. Could be anything from 59 to 29. His difficulty could just be from the exertion of helping her back to the boat.