2 more UK fatalities last weekend

[ScubaFreak]

Thats what happened- he had a runaway ascent. The cause? we'll never know. It looks as though he took an O2 hit on his ascent, as he was switching gases he may have taken the wrong reg. Such an easy mistake, it could happen to anyone.

 

[Spectre]

Thats what happened- he had a runaway ascent. The cause? we'll never know. It looks as though he took an O2 hit on his ascent, as he was switching gases he may have taken the wrong reg. Such an easy mistake, it could happen to anyone.

Thanks.

"runaway ascent" is one of those things that implies in my mind 'embolism', but that would make more sense if he switched to the wrong tank. Was he carrying multiple gasses? Anyone know what tanks were on and what were off when he got to the surface?

 

[MikeFerrara]

Thats what happened- he had a runaway ascent. The cause? we'll never know. It looks as though he took an O2 hit on his ascent, as he was switching gases he may have taken the wrong reg. Such an easy mistake, it could happen to anyone.

Switching to the wrong gas is not an easy mistake that can happen to any one.

 

[String]

Slightly better note found out the bent diver from where i was on Saturday did have a spinal bend but is 100% clear.

 

[String]

...and another one

Diver dies in Orkney

39-year-old Hillary Lyon from the Bolton area was found unconscious at the surface after a dive at Mull Head, Deerness on Thursday 15 July; she was later pronounced dead.


Dive charter boat Karin contacted the emergency services after the diver was spotted floating face down on the surface and was recovered into the boat. The woman was one of a party of divers visiting sites around the Orkneys, north of Scapa Flow.

Attempts were made to resuscitate Lyon, who was unconscious and had stopped breathing. She was pronounced dead by a local doctor who was rushed to the scene by the Kirkwall lifeboat

http://www.divernet.com/news/stories/death160704.shtml

 

[suika]

In this case the diver was extremely fit, well dived up for the local conditions and conditions were perfect on the day.

 

[String]

As was the 60m ascent and others. Thats the odd thing about this years large rise. A lot of them seem to be people more than qualified and competent to be diving the sort of dives they were doing.

 

[d33ps1x]

A large number of them seem to be due to poor physical condition, solo diving or lack of good buddy skills. The usual suspects as always.

 

[String]

The "usual suspects" indeed but that doesnt explain the dramatic increase this year - there seems to be no obvious factor responsible for the increase in incidents.

Solo diving isnt neccesarily a bad thing, a lot of the very deep stuff people dive in a very loose pair and are totally self sufficient in terms of gas and equipment. Solo diving doesnt *cause* an incident.

Poor physical condition could however there isnt anything to suggest the latest round of incidents are caused by that.

 

[d33ps1x]

Solo diving isnt neccesarily a bad thing, a lot of the very deep stuff people dive in a very loose pair and are totally self sufficient in terms of gas and equipment. Solo diving doesnt *cause* an incident.

"Loose" buddy pairs may as well solo dive.

Solo diving may or may not cause an incident but if a diver in incapacitated for any reason it definately does nothing to resolve it.

Solo diving as a safe form of recreational diving is indefensible no matter what the brainy writers at Rodales may say.