Dive Accident Experiences

[NSMEDIC]

Hi there my name is Jeremiah Foote. I am an Advanced Care Paramedic for the province of Nova Scotia. I am putting together a presentation for my fellow paramedics on Dive Emergencies and how too treat them. Wat i would like to do is add case studies in the mix with the information. Ie have you had a deco hit?? Signs and Symptoms..were you diagnosed right away? what treatment did you recieve? I'm not just looking for DCS..nitrogen narcosis..close calls etc. I don't want names. Any help would be appreciated.

Jeremiah Foote
Advanced Care Paramedic
PADI Rescue Diver

 

[bamamedic]

Hi!

When you finish writing the presentation, is there any way you could send a copy of it to me?

I'm trying to better educate my fellow paramedics on DCS treatment (not that we see a lot of it in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, but it has happened!)

Good luck with finding the information that you need. I wish I could help, but thankfully, I've never been bent

 

[Rick Inman]

Several years ago... http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/ask-dr-decompression/116828-record-dive-me-5-hours-chamber.html

 

[Kevrumbo]

Here's mine:

http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/near-misses-lessons-learned/264517-type-i-bends-hit-chuuk.html

(Also follow the later link regarding the subsequent ER work-up in Honolulu to Rule Out Deep Vein Thrombosis with Pulmonary Embolism).

 

[NSMEDIC]

Thank guys..keep them coming. Of course it doesn't have to be just DCS.