Jibeho
Contributor
A Brevard County diver is recovering this morning after being rescued at sea with a case of the bends.
XXXX XXXX, 48, was treated and kept overnight for observation at Florida Hospital in Orlando, U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Dan Comeau said.
According to Comeau, the Coast Guard got a call around noon Tuesday from the commercial fishing vessel Down Easter II that was 26 miles east-southeast from Port Canaveral.
The vessel reported that XXXX had symptoms of the bends: difficulty breathing, nausea. Hed had it before and had just come up from a 130-foot dive.
The boat was going to bring him in but the engine stalled, Comeau said.
The Coast Guard sent a boat out from Port Canaveral and a helicopter from Jacksonville. The helicopter took XXXX to Florida Hospital, the closest hospital with a decompression chamber and helipad, Comeau said.
As of Tuesday night, Comeau said, XXXX was out of the decompression chamber and recovering. He was kept overnight for observations.
The Port Canaveral stations had several search and rescue operations so far this year, but this was the first rescue of a diver with the bends, Comeau said.
Last year the station conducted 130 search-and-rescue operations, he said.
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XXXX XXXX, 48, was treated and kept overnight for observation at Florida Hospital in Orlando, U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Dan Comeau said.
According to Comeau, the Coast Guard got a call around noon Tuesday from the commercial fishing vessel Down Easter II that was 26 miles east-southeast from Port Canaveral.
The vessel reported that XXXX had symptoms of the bends: difficulty breathing, nausea. Hed had it before and had just come up from a 130-foot dive.
The boat was going to bring him in but the engine stalled, Comeau said.
The Coast Guard sent a boat out from Port Canaveral and a helicopter from Jacksonville. The helicopter took XXXX to Florida Hospital, the closest hospital with a decompression chamber and helipad, Comeau said.
As of Tuesday night, Comeau said, XXXX was out of the decompression chamber and recovering. He was kept overnight for observations.
The Port Canaveral stations had several search and rescue operations so far this year, but this was the first rescue of a diver with the bends, Comeau said.
Last year the station conducted 130 search-and-rescue operations, he said.
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