Scuba_Noob
Contributor
Just recently, I vomited underwater while diving.
So I was feeling a little sick before the second dive, and we had a short surface interval on pretty wavy waters on a boat charter. I felt that once I got into the water, I'd be fine as usual. We went down to a maximum of 35ft on our second dive.
During the dive, I started feeling a little dizzy and short of breath. I suspected something wrong with the air, although it tasted fine on the surface, so I signaled an ascent. At around 10ft, I puked. From Scubaboard, I read that puking in the regulator can be done, so I puked in my reg and breathed in.
However, I found I couldn't breathe out, so I had to breathe out without the regulator. I guess some chunks were stuck. I switched to my octo and ascended to avoid any issue. I then purged my primary regulator very thoroughly, and breathing was fine. Then we decided to redescend as I was a bit more comfortable after the puking. I called the dive after another 15 minutes, feeling the same symptoms. On the boat, I puked a couple more times off the side. Then I felt great the rest of the trip, including the boat ride back and the next four dives throughout the week.
So the question here is: Is it normal to get chunks stuck when vomiting in a reg, enough that you can't exhale properly?
And are any of these symptoms indicative of a CO hit (note that I felt better after the final vomit and didn't feel any symptoms again, even with more diving on future days)?
So I was feeling a little sick before the second dive, and we had a short surface interval on pretty wavy waters on a boat charter. I felt that once I got into the water, I'd be fine as usual. We went down to a maximum of 35ft on our second dive.
During the dive, I started feeling a little dizzy and short of breath. I suspected something wrong with the air, although it tasted fine on the surface, so I signaled an ascent. At around 10ft, I puked. From Scubaboard, I read that puking in the regulator can be done, so I puked in my reg and breathed in.
However, I found I couldn't breathe out, so I had to breathe out without the regulator. I guess some chunks were stuck. I switched to my octo and ascended to avoid any issue. I then purged my primary regulator very thoroughly, and breathing was fine. Then we decided to redescend as I was a bit more comfortable after the puking. I called the dive after another 15 minutes, feeling the same symptoms. On the boat, I puked a couple more times off the side. Then I felt great the rest of the trip, including the boat ride back and the next four dives throughout the week.
So the question here is: Is it normal to get chunks stuck when vomiting in a reg, enough that you can't exhale properly?
And are any of these symptoms indicative of a CO hit (note that I felt better after the final vomit and didn't feel any symptoms again, even with more diving on future days)?