Diver injury in palm beach 6/29/13

[Diver Don JUAN]

Does anyone have any other info on this topic.

it was a guy out of west palm didn't say a name




A man was taken to a hospital this afternoon after reporting problems while scuba diving off Jupiter, Palm Beach County Fire Rescue said.
Crews received a call around 12:30 p.m. about a diver with possible decompression sickness, said Capt. Albert Borroto, Fire Rescue spokesman.
The man was examined at a site along Alternate A1A, near the Jupiter Cove bridge, and was taken to St. Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach for evaluation and possible treatment in its hyperbaric chamber, Borroto said.

 

[sportxlh]

Diver Don: what sort of information are you looking for? Given that diving is common in this area, its not completely unheard of for divers to be taken to a medical facility for examination for possible DCI and possible treatment after the examination.

I ask this, in part, because I see you only have 2 posts on SB since you joined a few months ago and you appear to be an experienced diver, so should know that DCI is a risk in areas with deep water.

On other non-diving forums that I'm a member of (such as motorcycles) it is usually a pretty good sign that a sleazy attorney is trolling when the member's first post or two is about an accident or some other tragedy involving the hobby that the forum covers. If you're not that, my apologies.

 

[purepursuit]

He's not an attorney. He's legit interested in hearing about the incident and how the person involved is doing IMO. I'd like to know more about it also..just curious.

 

[Diver Don JUAN]

I was concerned. That's all thanks.

 

[guyharrisonphoto]

As a Jupiter regular I would want to know more about any accident in our area. Always something to be learned.

 

[sportxlh]

Don Juan: sorry about being so skeptical: I apologize for questioning your motives. I reread my post and I was a bit of an a$$.

Guy: I was on the boat and don't know what has happened since the event. The victim was a high school aged male diving on air. When I got back on board (I was on Nitrox so reboarded after the air divers) after the second dive, I overheard him complain of pain in his shoulder. The dive guide and captain immediately responded and asked a few questions such as his dive profile, air or nitrox, how long he'd been up, the location and intensity of the pain. (I heard him respond that he dove air and had no computer: I didn't hear anything else). The captain recommended that he start O2 treatment which the diver agreed to. A short time later he was still in pain and the captain recommended that they notify EMS which the diver agreed to. At the dock, the diver was able to walk and disembarked before the other divers. The dive guide remained with the diver most of the way into the dock, both comforting him and checking on his condition.

I don't know if this was the same air diver or not, but I did happen to notice an air diver at depth (80 feet) 30 minutes or so into the second dive which is probably pushing air bottom time in Jupiter. The dive guide clearly indicated 25 minutes with no computer for the air divers before the dive: but again, I'm not sure if this was the same young man as the one that was injured or not (there were two younger air divers on the boat) and for all I know, the diver I saw at 80 feet had spent most of the time at 40 feet and just swam down to look at something quickly and then went up.

The captain and the dive guide acted in both a compassionate and professional matter. Watching them reminded me of my Rescue Diver training and these two pros followed the rescue scenario procedures to a tee. If I ever would have a problem, I'd feel pretty confident in their hands.

 

[luscioman]

Sportxlh, How deep was the first dive and what was the surface interval you guys had.

 

[Diver Don JUAN]

Sportxlh: hey man it's ok just remember because someone joins a site and has 3 posts doesn't mean they don't know anything for all you know they can be diving every single day and don't have time to sit at a computer or smart phone and post on SB all the time. So yes I can take your apology but I was also a little annoyed kind of like judging a book by its cover. If you looked at my profile I'm a rescue diver so I know what is entailed if some one has dci or dcs. Thank you

 

[purepursuit]

Why someone would dive without a computer today is perplexing (They're so inexpensive now a days). Sport I assume you work for JDC in some capacity and you were trying to protect the operation from criticism.

 

[djtimmy77]

During my Rescue class in Jupiter last year a guy on the boat (not in our class) got bent. He was diving on air, and stayed down with the nitrox divers. Obviously didn't pay attention to the briefing, had no clue what he was doing was dangerous, and no clue why his computer was beeping non stop at him for, and probably no clue why his computer probably wasn't working on the 2nd dive.