Post by LSDeep on Jun 15, 2006 10:32:50 GMT -5
Teen Injured After Sucking In Diver's Carbon Dioxide
POSTED: 4:24 pm EDT June 14, 2006
UPDATED: 6:44 am EDT June 15, 2006
A 17-year-old swimmer was transported to a hospital Wednesday after he accidentally sucked in carbon dioxide from a scuba diver, according to a Local 6 News report.
Authorities said when Taylor Smith surfaced at Blue Springs Park in Volusia County, he began coughing up blood.
Smith apparently sucked in carbon dioxide from a nearby diver but how it happened was still being investigated, the report said.
Park officials said there are underwater caverns in the area and air from scuba divers' tanks can get trapped inside.
Smith may have inhaled an air pocket, thinking it was 100 percent oxygen, Local 6 News reported.
He was transported to Florida Hospital South in Orlando for treatment.
Local 6 News reported that Smith was fighting for his life and was being treated in a hyperbaric oxygen therapy chamber.
Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
Copyright 2006 by Internet Broadcasting Systems and Local6.com.
POSTED: 4:24 pm EDT June 14, 2006
UPDATED: 6:44 am EDT June 15, 2006
A 17-year-old swimmer was transported to a hospital Wednesday after he accidentally sucked in carbon dioxide from a scuba diver, according to a Local 6 News report.
Authorities said when Taylor Smith surfaced at Blue Springs Park in Volusia County, he began coughing up blood.
Smith apparently sucked in carbon dioxide from a nearby diver but how it happened was still being investigated, the report said.
Park officials said there are underwater caverns in the area and air from scuba divers' tanks can get trapped inside.
Smith may have inhaled an air pocket, thinking it was 100 percent oxygen, Local 6 News reported.
He was transported to Florida Hospital South in Orlando for treatment.
Local 6 News reported that Smith was fighting for his life and was being treated in a hyperbaric oxygen therapy chamber.
Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
Copyright 2006 by Internet Broadcasting Systems and Local6.com.
Good thing they don't know who the last diver was in that area, I'm sure they would try to sue him for leaving toxic gasses in a place where others could be affected by it. 
