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German woman dies in Baltic Sea dive
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IPE, I wonder
Aura
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This is honestly the scariest thing about diving to me. Basically everything else seems to be preventable to some degree.
yikes
ASK DAN: What is IPE, and Who is Susceptible?
ASK DAN: What is IPE, and Who is Susceptible?
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How often do you practice ditching weights? If you don't, try it. You don't actually have to drop them; just go thru the motions as if you were on the verge of doing so. It can be surprising how much you may fumble at first. I do this on the first dive of every dive trip to remind myself of the feeling, as well as to remind myself that it's always an option. IPE is generally survivable if you'll abort the dive as is a lung overexpansion injury.
Most dead divers are found on the bottom with weights attached. I have no idea what happened to this woman.
Aura
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I use steel doubles, and don't need weights other than what's in my gear. I always dive with two sources of buoyancy though (drysuit and wing), connected to separate first stages.
I just feel like I've read so many case reports of a victim suffering from IPE, aborting the dive, but losing their life anyway. And it seems practically impossible to determine who's susceptible to it.
But yes, we have no idea what happened to this woman.
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Well, it is a risk, but not very common under age 75 I don't think. I'm close enough to 75 that TSA agents have started letting me keep my shoes and belt on for airport screening, but my Cardiologist thinks my heart is fine. I get it, it's not a preventable risk, not caused by diver mistakes, but I think my exposure to other drivers on the road is a much greater risk - yet I'm fine with thousand-mile road trips as long as I watch for them. Good luck on shaking that fear.
For some perspective, this was (AFAIK) initially diagnosed in triathletes who finished the races and came to medical tent to get their breathing checked. Granted, they are iron people, not like us regular folk, but I don't think any of them died of it. I.e. it should be perfectly survivable, as long as you make it to the boat.
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IPE:
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Seems very plausible.
I will say PRACTICE with your equipment is very important. A little over a year ago, I was regularly in the state of fumbling to find my knife, octo, and various other equipment quickly. A minor incident I experienced taught me that was unacceptable:
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These days, I do practice, and have no difficulty "instantly" switching regs, grabbing cutting tools, etc. The only thing I'm a little rough on is deploying my DSMB. I can do it, but I'm typically fumbling a bit. Fairly soon, I'll probably take a day and a couple tanks practicing that over-and-over until I get it right.
If one is properly weighted, one shouldn't need to ditch weights, but that's all I'll say as to avoid dredging up that debate.
Immersion Pulmonary Edema (IPE)
This diver experienced classic symptoms of immersion pulmonary edema (IPE). IPE has been reported in warm water and with immersed activity of varying exertion.
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Seems very plausible.
(possibly off-topic) No idea what happened to the woman either.
I will say PRACTICE with your equipment is very important. A little over a year ago, I was regularly in the state of fumbling to find my knife, octo, and various other equipment quickly. A minor incident I experienced taught me that was unacceptable:
Lost Improperly Tightened 2nd-Stage Regulator
This is embarrassing, my fault, and happened a little over a year ago. I'd rather not tell the story, but this was a year ago, and it would be improper for me to not share given I've learned from other's Accidents/Incidents. My dive was around an island, at 20 to 45 feet deep. At about 30...
These days, I do practice, and have no difficulty "instantly" switching regs, grabbing cutting tools, etc. The only thing I'm a little rough on is deploying my DSMB. I can do it, but I'm typically fumbling a bit. Fairly soon, I'll probably take a day and a couple tanks practicing that over-and-over until I get it right.
If one is properly weighted, one shouldn't need to ditch weights, but that's all I'll say as to avoid dredging up that debate.
Two things helped me with dsmb deployments. One was filling the sink with water to practice loading the smb. Seriously, I repeated the process dozens of times in the sink, and it locked in the muscle memory. Now whenever doing an ascent I deploy the smb from depth and ascend the line, it actually makes controlled ascents much easier, and is fun.
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