Bent! o_O

[lowviz]

Did your doc mention the chance of a PFO?

 

[redacted]

Short SIs, high exertion, multiple dives, cold water...



Sounds like DCS to me

Don't forget, he was breathing 40%.

The first day was about as mild as diving gets. And the 2nd day had an EAD 0f a bit over 40 ft and a total BT of less than 50 minutes. If that was DCS, there had to be some other major contributing factor(s).

 

[adamp69]

im only new to diving, and this may be a very dumb question. but i thought that it was common practice to do the deeper dives first, and go shallower on the following dives. would the fact that his celebration dive was deeper, as well as being the last dive of the day, on a cold a fatigued diver, have anything to do with it?

 

[lowviz]

Reverse profiles of the OP's magnitude aren't very likely to be a cause for concern.

http://www.craigmossonline.net/Public/Dive/scubaexpl.pdf has a nice explanation of PFO's.



Exposure, PFO, and lifting strain are a bad combination.

Edit: Can't access full text of deleted reference, so above statement should be considered as being unsubstantiated...

 

[windapp]

Assuming you were in some sort of quarry, I would be concerned about some bug crawling up inside of you, and giving you a serious infection. Be careful that relief from your treatments isn't masking a serious bacterial infection.

 

[raftingtigger]

it would be interesting to see what DAN thinks of the DCS risk from the given profiles. You don't have to be a DAN member to call them. I'm sure they would welcome the information.

 

[ajduplessis]

The problem with rescue courses is that they generally involve a high workload accompanied by some social diving. Rescue courses are "fun" events and in this setting divers also forget to take additional hydration. High workload, diving and dehydration can lead to DCS.

My 2 cents.

 

[SeaCobra]

was any doppler conducted to confirm the presence of a bubble(s), or just a chamber ride?

 

[Scubagolf]

The problem with rescue courses is that they generally involve a high workload accompanied by some social diving. Rescue courses are "fun" events and in this setting divers also forget to take additional hydration. High workload, diving and dehydration can lead to DCS.

My 2 cents.

True. At the end of my last Rescue dive I was exhausted. By far the most exhausted physically on any dive I have ever done.

 

[freewillie]

There is no real way to tell if the OP had DCS or ironically had a viral illness with flu like sx after diving. The fever and aches are more suggestive of a viral infection than DCS and responding to hyperbaric therapy doesn't necessarily confirm the diagnosis of DCS. You would feel better in the hyperbaric chamber if you had a viral infection due to the increased oxygen by itself.

I have an analogy I like to use in these instances. It's like waking up with a bug bite. You look over and see a spider and assume it's a spider bite. That's becuase you never saw, heard, or felt the mosquito that actually bit you during the night. Just because things happen at the same time does not always indicate there is a direct cause and effect relationship. Things can happen at the same time and be true, true, but unrelated.

That being said, it would always be safer to treat the patient for DCS for unusual or unexplained sx. Hope you enjoyed the book and are feeling better soon.