Diver hospitalized with bends - Oahu, Hawaii

[DandyDon]

I don't often post about bends injuries here, and we don't see news stories about bends often. Chambers around the world seem to stay busy with hits, and I don't see what can be learned about brief stories that seldom even hint at causes. Maybe I'm wrong.

Diver in serious condition after apparent ‘bends’ case in East Oahu waters

'Bends' is another name for decompression sickness, which can be harmful if not treated quickly.

www.hawaiinewsnow.com

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A man was hospitalized after a diving-related incident in waters of Maunalua Bay, Sunday morning.

EMS officials said a 34-year-old man suffered an apparent case of the bends — or decompression sickness, before 10:30 a.m.

Officials said he was with a tour boat in Maunalua Bay when he fell ill.

Decompression sickness is a result of being exposed to increased pressure, usually from drastic altitude changes. These rapid changes lead to absorbed nitrogen creating bubbles in the blood or body tissue.

If not treated quickly, extreme cases can be deadly.

Symptoms include blotchiness or rash, dizziness, confusion, numbness, tingling or even paralysis.

 

[Ukmc]

Of course, symptom-wise the most common one is pain (60%) is omitted from the list.
skin is about 10% and dizziness is about 20%.…
anyhow, it is hard to learn from an article like this unless more information will come to surface.
I guess, if you dive, DCI happens…

 

[DandyDon]

I got a chuckle from the "usually from drastic altitude changes" as a cause.

 

[Ukmc]

I got a chuckle from the "usually from drastic altitude changes" as a cause.

Yes, me too. Putting aside feeling bad for the diver, it was actually entertaining reading a lay person’s recount of events.

 

[veryfastfourier]

This was actually the second diving incident in two days in the same bay (Maunalua bay) - no word if it was the same dive operator both days.

The first was a woman on Saturday morning and now again a man on Sunday morning. I was at the boat ramp on Sunday morning, gearing up for a dive, while they were unloading the man into an ambulance.