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Bill, she indicated to me that the MD's believed it was the meds that triggered the seizure, since she never had a seizure prior to that day and it was a potential side effect. That being said though... I don't know if I got that close to death myself if I'd want to tempt the fates twice. I...

Hi everyone... I know it's been AGES since I've posted... I haven't been diving in almost 2 years...between the economic downturn (my business took a real hit) and a recent divorce, I wasn't financially able nor emotionally capable of being a good dive buddy, so I bowed out... haven't gotten...

I totally agree with this. Upon gearing up on a boat dive, we watched a diver from a nearby boat go into total panic, with flailing, blood-curdling screams, etc. She was even trying to jump up on a huge, round, slimy buoy, but kept sliding off, which increased her panic even more. My...

Thank you...I missed that....

First of all...what are 2 non-certified divers doing at 80 fsw? That seems unfathomable to me, but not impossible. They don't have even basic training to know how to do a CESA or anything else. They would easily get caught up with the panicked diver and most likely both would be injured...

I tried on and used many different BC's before settling on the Zeagle Zena. What I like about it is you can swap out parts to customize it to your body. Also, the front panel zips up, so it's a corset-like fit, which gives me support on my back with the weights and the tank. I originally...

I also have a Bare Arctic 7mm, which is perfect for the 55-60 degree range for me. It's really easy to put on as there is an ankle zipper to widen the cuff and slip your legs right in! Then you can easily zip them over your boots. The sizing runs small as I'm normally a 10-12, but bought the 16...

You're going to get a lot of variance based on people's own experience (as someone else stated). When I started, I called ScubaToys and spoke with Joe. I told him the types of dives I expected to do, including temperature, depth and frequency of dives. Joe was able to recommend a great package...

Even acknowledging the case could be a breach of confidentiality...It's really hard to explain, but health professionals are not suppose to acknowledge any of their cases outside the health care profession....sorry I can't give you a better explanation than this.

Unfortunately Bill, anyone who is under HIPAA cannot disclose anything about a patient, even as vague as "she's okay" as that would be admitting she was a patient in the first place and breaks confidentiality laws....

The water temp is 53 degrees? Even here last weekend at Catalina, I was wearing a 7mm + a .5mm isotherm and I was still cold! It's making me think of saving up for a drysuit at this point. Many pools in So Cal training are heated in the 80's so the students can focus on their skills without...

Dr. Bill...after Saturday's dive during low tide, I can vouch that getting up onto that bottom step during low tide is really difficult. We actually had people standing on the bottom step helping us out of the water. Plus, with the rocks about 10 and 15 feet from the bottom step, it makes for...

I've done Couples Negril diving (we prefer Couples to Sandals) this last summer. Loved the turtles, lots of rays, different species of fish from what we see in the CA waters. Love diving the 84 degree water (at 70 feet down) with 100'+ vis. The only thing that was discouraging about the...

No offense taken; however, you left out one HUGE component....it's the transmission and use of patient information between health care providers and insurance companies...it has NOTHING to do with good samaritans trying to help out another person. Missy....Thanks so much for the update! We...

Yes...you are right, but it's not due to HIPAA, but due to patient privilege and confidentiality, which is different from HIPAA. However, the members of this board weren't hired to save this diver...the paramedics were....two different issues. But I digress.....;) DiverBizz....you're...

I'm a HIPAA-compliant clinician and HIPAA has no place here on the boards. HIPAA has strictly to do with billing insurance companies. Just wanted to clear the air. ;)

When I was doing my OW check outs on the boat, my instructor requested we rig up our tanks. I confidently rigged up and was proud that I did it "right." My instructor came over and began to laugh! I wasn't sure what she was laughing at and felt kinda foolish. I had forgotten to take the bungy...

DrBill....You bring up a good point about her buddy. We didn't even hear about the buddy's involvement here. We did see some navigation instruction (towel over the head thing) in the parking lot, so it might have even been a AOW class member....don't know... We were glad to hear she would...

A bunch of us were diving Casino Point yesterday. Suddenly someone from the water screamed, "Call 911!" One of our group is a nurse and ran down to the steps. A woman was pulled out. Our nurse/diver claimed she had a pulse. When the paramedics arrived (and they get there fast!), she had turned...

Robert...except I'm leaving on the 7:30pm that night...I'm not staying the whole weekend, so I have to turn everything in by the 4:00pm deadline. Cody...you're too sweet! But since I'm going back on Saturday night to the mainland, I don't want you to have to bring extra weights and tanks. It...