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| Originally Posted by Humber Coastguard 1. DSMB – The diver is unable to deploy the DSMB correctly and makes a rapid ascent. |
Let go of it you fools - an SMB isn't worth getting bent over!
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| Originally Posted by Humber Coastguard 2. Drysuit – The diver is unable to dump air fast enough, often due to being too heavily weighted and makes a rapid ascent. |
see i knew i was still in a semi dry for a reason!
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| Originally Posted by Humber Coastguard 3. Out of air – The diver runs out of air and has to make a rapid ascent. |
thats just poor planning and air monitoring
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| Originally Posted by Humber Coastguard There are of course some cases where the diver has followed a normal dive profile and still suffered from DCS. |
yes - try me and 2 of my club members in the last 2y! and 2 of us in the last 8months - we've not had any other dive incidents or bends other than this since like forever!
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| Originally Posted by Humber Coastguard [font=Arial][size=3][font=Arial][size=3]So that we have better information for our accident prevention initiatives and as a safety guide to other divers - what was the cause of your bend? Was it one of the above reasons or something different? |
myself and one other have pfo's and have had it fixed - the other has been told he has a pfo, but is waiting for tests to confirm, and possibly surgery.
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| Originally Posted by Humber Coastguard Are there any lessons to be learnt from your experience? |
1) that the only way not to end up bent is not to go diving! (well thats not gonna happen!)
2) any post dive symptom should be checked by a hyperbaric doctor
3) write everything down (symptoms, treatment, any changes, times, etc)
4) put any suspect bends onto 100% o2 (or as rich a mix as is available!)asap