Hi All!
I'm a newb here so if I do something wrong, please have patience.
My friend just returned from a 7 day liveaboard at Truk Lagoon on the USS Thorfinn. While there, he became ill with decompression sickness. Mostly skin bends symptoms but with some mild neurological ones. The DM called DAN for instructions then they gave him oxygen for 3 days while the symptoms dissipated and he returned to diving and finished his trip.
The shock for him was at the end of the trip he was informed he would have to pay an additional $600.00 for the oxygen he used. He has been told that this is usually not the case and wanted to check around to see if anyone else is familiar with customary procedures regarding a situation like this.
FYI they took his dive computer and went over everything he had done for the last few days and he had done everything correctly. Still not sure what caused the situation. He is a very experienced diver - since the mid 1970's and has over 300 dives.
Thanks for any input.
I'm a newb here so if I do something wrong, please have patience.
My friend just returned from a 7 day liveaboard at Truk Lagoon on the USS Thorfinn. While there, he became ill with decompression sickness. Mostly skin bends symptoms but with some mild neurological ones. The DM called DAN for instructions then they gave him oxygen for 3 days while the symptoms dissipated and he returned to diving and finished his trip.
The shock for him was at the end of the trip he was informed he would have to pay an additional $600.00 for the oxygen he used. He has been told that this is usually not the case and wanted to check around to see if anyone else is familiar with customary procedures regarding a situation like this.
FYI they took his dive computer and went over everything he had done for the last few days and he had done everything correctly. Still not sure what caused the situation. He is a very experienced diver - since the mid 1970's and has over 300 dives.
Thanks for any input.