Arizona accident critically injures one

[DandyDon]

Not much info yet. At least the dive buddy and off duty medic gave him a chance. From Man extremely critical after scuba diving accident at Lake Pleasant

Lake Pleasant - A scuba diver was in extremely critical condition after an accident at Lake Pleasant Sunday morning.
Peoria Fire Department spokesman, Tom Pendley, said the 49-year-old man was recreationally scuba diving with a group. His dive partner noticed the man motionless in about 15 feet of water.
The group got the man out of the water and a bystander, who was an off duty medic, started CPR and got a pulse.
The victim was taken by air to John C. Lincoln hospital.
No word on what caused the accident.

 

[Wookie]

I didn't know critical had levels of seriousness.

 

[N2DeepInAz]

Here's some more very vague info. I was diving at a different lake today but had friends that were there. There's conflicting reports which dive site the diver was at on the lake as of now. After watching the video on KPHO, it appears to have been somewhere in the Desert Tortoise dive site area. I have also heard from a couple other people who were diving at separate sites at the lake that there was a rebreather involved. Definitely curious to find out who it was and what happened.

Godspeed to the injured diver and a huge thank you to the first responders.

Lake Pleasant diver pulled unconscious from water - CBS 5 - KPHO

 

[azjohnnyo]

Is this a rebreather accident? It looks like the equipment laying in front of the sheriff's vehicle is a rebreather with a bailout tank next to it...

 

[BLoaf]

... Lake UNpleasant..

 

[DandyDon]

Is this a rebreather accident? It looks like the equipment laying in front of the sheriff's vehicle is a rebreather with a bailout tank next to it...

I haven't heard anything really. The pic might be from the accident, or it might be from another accident - but the journalist used it as it seemed ok with the story.

 

[scadreau]

Friend of mine was teaching the off duty Medic. The diver was on a rebreather.

 

[mojo1760]

Is this a rebreather accident? It looks like the equipment laying in front of the sheriff's vehicle is a rebreather with a bailout tank next to it...

I spoke with some guys from my shop who were there, this is what I understand:

1 - he was diving a rebreather
2 - buddy surfaced and called for help
3 - he was unresponsive at 15' on the bottom, not breathing
4 - he was emergency surfaced and given CPR at the scene - they got a pulse on scene before medics arrived.

speculation is that he overbreathed his loop or had an equipment malfunction causing CO poisoning

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Is this a rebreather accident? It looks like the equipment laying in front of the sheriff's vehicle is a rebreather with a bailout tank next to it...

I spoke with some guys from my shop who were there, this is what I understand:

1 - he was diving a rebreather
2 - buddy surfaced and called for help
3 - he was unresponsive at 15' on the bottom, not breathing
4 - he was emergency surfaced and given CPR at the scene - they got a pulse on scene before medics arrived.

speculation is that he overbreathed his loop or had an equipment malfunction causing CO poisoning

 

[Chuck Tribolet]

Or there was a problem with the O2 supply to the rebreather. Like it wasn't turned on, or something impeded the flow, or ...

 

[wedivebc]

Or there was a problem with the O2 supply to the rebreather. Like it wasn't turned on, or something impeded the flow, or ...

Maybe a flock of flying sea monkeys flew into his rebreather cutting off the oxygen supply.

Don't mean to be disrespectful of the victim but your post is just as much speculation as mine is.