huff442
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My son and I had just suited up at the bluffs, getting ready to do a few early evening dives. I heard a diver surface and <cough>. I looked out to his location and he seemed to be ok. He descended again, then resurfaced a few seconds later. He then started swimming on his back to the shore line. His buddies surfaced and followed him in. A minute later i heard someone yell, "Diver Emergency, call 911!". I was able to run, fully geared up, back to my truck and call 911. A divemaster was on site and started CPR. After 20 minutes of CPR by the EFR's and paramedics, he was still unresponsive. Medflight arrived and started working on him in the ambulance. The entire event lasted about an hour.
Someone said the diver was diabetic. He was around 50 years old and overweight. He had around 1000psi in his tank, so its possible he had a heart attack.
My 16 year old son was pretty shaken, having seen his first dead body. But he handled the situation like soldier, retrieving tools and equipment as we needed it.
A note out there to all those consider CPR and EFR classes: have the equipment you need to handle a situation with you at all times. I was shocked at how some people there were yelling at each other looked for things they couldn't find, or didn't have. I have to wonder if this mans life could have been saved....
Someone said the diver was diabetic. He was around 50 years old and overweight. He had around 1000psi in his tank, so its possible he had a heart attack.
My 16 year old son was pretty shaken, having seen his first dead body. But he handled the situation like soldier, retrieving tools and equipment as we needed it.
A note out there to all those consider CPR and EFR classes: have the equipment you need to handle a situation with you at all times. I was shocked at how some people there were yelling at each other looked for things they couldn't find, or didn't have. I have to wonder if this mans life could have been saved....