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Post by Sharki on Apr 10, 2006 11:27:00 GMT -5
Here is the facts as we know them -
35 mins into a 45-50m dive Fred was seen having a convulsion. A OC diver tried to assist Fred as he was convulsing by placing and purging a regulator in his mouth. He kept trying to get Fred breathing through his long hose. Despite his own deco obligation he used up all his back gas purging his long hose reg in an attempt to get Fred breathing. But he wasn`t able to do it. He attached a line to Fred and sent a marker bag to the surface as he began his own ascent. As this all was happening at 45m he was aware that he had a lot of deco to do and that he was using all his backgas up attempting to resuscitate Fred. He ran out of back gas trying to help Fred. He had no choice but to go onto 100% O2 and ascend. He was joined by one of the divers off the boat and himself started convulsing. The diver attempted to help him in the same way he had tried to help Fred but couldn`t get the regulator into his mouth as his teeth were clenched. He ascended straight to the surface unconscious and not breathing. He was brought to the boat and brought around. He was taken to a recompression chamber and miraculously after a few days released without residual problems.
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