Coroner's findings in 5 scuba death's

[iwoods]

http://www.courts.sa.gov.au/courts/coroner/findings/findings_2004/barrington.finding.htm

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[fgray1]

Thanks
Fred

 

[Manogr]

Sad but useful reading for everyone...

Manogr

 

[Henry]

http://www.courts.sa.gov.au/courts/coroner/findings/findings_2004/barrington.finding.htm

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Now, iif we can all post accident report such as this one. There will be no more *****ing about second hand news or otherwise.

Henry

 

[ShakaZulu]

It is a pity Ms Freeman didn’t accompany Ms Barrington to the surface when Ms Barrington indicated that she was low on air. Standard safe diving practice is to accompany a diver low on air to the surface (PADI Diving Manual).

Ms Freeman should be held responsible for this act, IMO anyway.

 

[Diver0001]

It is a pity Ms Freeman didn’t accompany Ms Barrington to the surface when Ms Barrington indicated that she was low on air. Standard safe diving practice is to accompany a diver low on air to the surface (PADI Diving Manual).

Ms Freeman should be held responsible for this act, IMO anyway.

Interesting comment. I'll agree that Ms Freeman violated a basic safe diving protocol but so did Ms Barrington and Ms Barrington also concealed a potentially life threatening lung disorder in order to be allowed on the dive. Ms Barrington also left her buddy alone and Ms Barrington attempted the ascent solo when she knew she was low on air and may have had a notion (contrary to Ms. Freeman) that she could encounter a problem because of her lung disorder ......

And you conclude the Ms Freeman is to blame for this? I'm curious how you reached that conclusion.

Having said that, a pneumothorax is survivable if it doesn't result in an AGE and if Ms Freeman had escorted her buddy to the surface as she should have done....or formulated otherwise, if Ms. Barrington had insisted that her buddy escort her to the surface as she should have done....then Ms Barrington may have died from the CAGE instead of drowning (worst case) or she may have survived a pneumothorax without drowning (best case). At least that's the conclusion I drew out of this report.

To my mind there are two lessons to be learned out of this report. (1) never leave your buddy ... and (2) if you have a medical contradiction to diving then it's reckless and potentially life threatening to deny or conceal it. Murphy knows......even if you only whisper it in your thoughts, he knows.

R..

 

[sea nmf]

This is a sad case and interestingly includes brief findings of other cases. What I especially like is that the judge thinks that this is recreation and should remain unregulated. I agree with this view. It is not unlike other risky recreational sports in that there is a danger of death. I believe we all participate with full knowledge of that fact.

 

[headhunter]

I believe the report was well written and has lessons contained therein that the diving community at large can learn from.

Thanks to iwoods for posting it.

Christian

 

[aquaoren]

Interesting comment. I'll agree that Ms Freeman violated a basic safe diving protocol but so did Ms Barrington and Ms Barrington also concealed a potentially life threatening lung disorder in order to be allowed on the dive. Ms Barrington also left her buddy alone and Ms Barrington attempted the ascent solo when she knew she was low on air and may have had a notion (contrary to Ms. Freeman) that she could encounter a problem because of her lung disorder ......

And you conclude the Ms Freeman is to blame for this? I'm curious how you reached that conclusion.

Having said that, a pneumothorax is survivable if it doesn't result in an AGE and if Ms Freeman had escorted her buddy to the surface as she should have done....or formulated otherwise, if Ms. Barrington had insisted that her buddy escort her to the surface as she should have done....then Ms Barrington may have died from the CAGE instead of drowning (worst case) or she may have survived a pneumothorax without drowning (best case). At least that's the conclusion I drew out of this report.

To my mind there are two lessons to be learned out of this report. (1) never leave your buddy ... and (2) if you have a medical contradiction to diving then it's reckless and potentially life threatening to deny or conceal it. Murphy knows......even if you only whisper it in your thoughts, he knows.

R..

I agree with you that Mrs. Barrington carries most of the responsibility for this accident.
Not only she knowingly endangered herself but her buddy as well.
This is an accident report that deserves its name and the conclusions are very valid.
We see daily people that are untrained, unfit and possibly have a condition they don't know about. A regular medical examination would be able to prevent certain deaths.
For example: In Germany, a regular medical is strongly recommended by all training agencies and is required to be presented with "better" dive operators even in the Red Sea. Nobody will get trained without a doc's certification. This system is not without flaws either though. It is recommended that the doc would have training as a dive doc but any doctors certification would do it and if the patient is lying than nobody else beside him/her can be made responsible

 

[cdiver2]

I'm disgusted that a instructor would break a cardinal rule. Like all professions we expect our peers to set a good example. In this case I would like to see her card pulled