It is a simple fact that many people of all ages have health concerns that can strike at any moment. One of the greatest female athletes of all time, Flo Hymen, fell to the floor just after leaving the volleyball game in which she was playing, and doctors said she was probably dead before she landed.
It is a simple fact that as we age, we are more and more likely to have such an event. It can happen at any time. Statistics show that the most common time for heart attacks is in the morning, shortly after getting out of bed. The second most common time is while we are sleeping. It can happen during leisure activities, including golf, bowling, fishing, or scuba diving.
It is a simple fact that considering the fundamental nature of the activity, there are very few deaths annually to scuba divers, but when they happen, they seem to become big news and generate contentious discussion. When was the last time you saw a vigorous Internet discussion about someone who died of a heart attack while playing golf?
Put those simple facts together, and it is obvious why we end up in discussions like this. What is the difference between someone who has a heart attack while playing golf and someone who has a heart attack while scuba diving? When was the last time you heard of calls to ban people from golf courses after they reach a certain age, which was a proposal for dive boats in a recent ScubaBoard discussion after a similar incident? Scuba is one of the few activities that has discussion groups like this, so it is the activity that draw these debates.
It is a simple fact that as we age, we are more and more likely to have such an event. It can happen at any time. Statistics show that the most common time for heart attacks is in the morning, shortly after getting out of bed. The second most common time is while we are sleeping. It can happen during leisure activities, including golf, bowling, fishing, or scuba diving.
It is a simple fact that considering the fundamental nature of the activity, there are very few deaths annually to scuba divers, but when they happen, they seem to become big news and generate contentious discussion. When was the last time you saw a vigorous Internet discussion about someone who died of a heart attack while playing golf?
Put those simple facts together, and it is obvious why we end up in discussions like this. What is the difference between someone who has a heart attack while playing golf and someone who has a heart attack while scuba diving? When was the last time you heard of calls to ban people from golf courses after they reach a certain age, which was a proposal for dive boats in a recent ScubaBoard discussion after a similar incident? Scuba is one of the few activities that has discussion groups like this, so it is the activity that draw these debates.
