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http://www.thenewage.co.za/163257-1...fficulty_whilst_diving_off_KwaZuluNatal_coast
A 42-year-old German woman had to receive emergency medical assistance after she suffered cardiac difficulties while scuba diving at Protea Banks near Shelley Beach in Kwazulu-Natal, the National Sea Rescue Institute said on Friday.
NSRI Shelly Beach station commander, Jeremiah Jackson said the incident occurred at 09:46am on Friday
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It appears that the female was amongst divers who were descending on a scuba-dive when the female diver encountered difficulties from unknown causes and she surfaced and upon surfacing she was taken aboard the dive boat by crew of the boat and by fellow divers where crew and fellow divers immediately initiated CPR and raised the alarm while heading towards Shelly Beach.
Jackson said that the Med-Evac ambulance services and Netcare 911 ambulance services were called for assistance.
We launched our sea rescue craft the DISCOVERY rescue runner accompanied by a Netcare 911 paramedic and rendezvoused with the boat at the backline off-shore of Shelly Beach and observing CPR being conducted on the female by the boat crew and by fellow divers.
Sea Rescue escorted the boat to shore where once on the beach paramedics were standing-by and the paramedics took over continuing CPR and administering advanced life support CPR on the 42-year-old German doctor, Jackson said.
The patient was then moved into our medical room in our sea rescue base with advanced life support CPR continuing and in the sea rescue base paramedics continued with advanced life support CPR.
Jackson said that during the CPR efforts in their sea rescue base, the heart beat of the patient was restored and she began to breath spontaneously, while paramedics continued with advanced life support resuscitation efforts.
The patient was transported to the Netcare Margate hospital by a Netcare 911 ambulance, with paramedics continuing advanced life support resuscitation efforts
On arrival the patient received medical treatment, and was reported to be stable but critical.