nagel
Contributor
I really didn't want to be the person to report this, but we had a fatality at Mermet Springs this weekend. I don't know any of the details.....it really was not the time for me to be asking 'What Happened".
Here is what I know....
My group was getting ready to get suited up for a dive and we heard screaming coming from the water. There were several Rescue Classes going on so first thought was this was a rescue class. But, this scream was different. I turned and looked in the water a couple divers were yelling call 911 and a person on shore was pulling in a diver with a float. They pulled the diver up on the dock and immediately there were a dozen people there. We watched as they performed CPR, administered oxygen, and used the AED. It seemed like this went on and on, but finally the ambulance came and took the diver. We heard that the diver did not make it.
Very sad and like I said, I don't know any details. I can tell you that my hat goes off once again to the crew from Mermet and the divers that were there that helped with this. Immediately the emergency plan was initiated and people did what they could do. It seemed very odd, but I heard many comments from other divers that said, "if this happens to me, I hope I'm here at Mermet when it happens". The emergency response was simply awesome, but unfortionately the diver passed.
Snagel
Here is what I know....
My group was getting ready to get suited up for a dive and we heard screaming coming from the water. There were several Rescue Classes going on so first thought was this was a rescue class. But, this scream was different. I turned and looked in the water a couple divers were yelling call 911 and a person on shore was pulling in a diver with a float. They pulled the diver up on the dock and immediately there were a dozen people there. We watched as they performed CPR, administered oxygen, and used the AED. It seemed like this went on and on, but finally the ambulance came and took the diver. We heard that the diver did not make it.
Very sad and like I said, I don't know any details. I can tell you that my hat goes off once again to the crew from Mermet and the divers that were there that helped with this. Immediately the emergency plan was initiated and people did what they could do. It seemed very odd, but I heard many comments from other divers that said, "if this happens to me, I hope I'm here at Mermet when it happens". The emergency response was simply awesome, but unfortionately the diver passed.
Snagel