Electricity and salt water do not go well together!
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Searching google to the "dive boats in Florida required to have an AED on board" question, I see no such requirements.
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All NSW Marine Rescue boats carry AEDs. Not a problem except to make sure person is dry before using.
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Reading about a 61 y/o grabbed my attention for sure.
Unfortunately I can see this happening quite easily. The person doesn't have to be in terrible shape or have too many health issues. Just a few very normal factors happening in a row, can put together this tragic picture:
A tourist comes to the keys from a land locked state. This person dives once or twice a year, sometimes skips a year, because life. He's on vacation so he may be eating and/or drinking differently than back home,
Rental gear that doesn't fit quite right,,, and the water is kinda cold so it is a bit more gear than normal. Suiting up in a moving boat (maybe crowded?) which is not normal to this person either. Excitement about going diving, maybe borderline with nervousness about paying attention to the crew,... I know I can't hear well with too much background noise.
Crew is nice but sorta herding divers a bit fast... The neck of the suit is really uncomfortable, and all these gear damm, he has to pee also. It is so so hot on deck, ok I'm next in the water, now what? why is this person not going? Ok finally I'm going.
Sometimes it becomes a lot.... And I'm not even going to the mental stuff that may be going on .. I've been doing this trips since before my kids were born... I love diving, why is this zipper not going up, why did they give me this POS computer i can't see the numbers.
It is suppose to be fun, but sometimes people go thru a lot of hard work to have fun.
If this is the way I'm going, i wish it happens after the dive. Hope his family is finding the way to deal with this terrible loss.
Unfortunately I can see this happening quite easily. The person doesn't have to be in terrible shape or have too many health issues. Just a few very normal factors happening in a row, can put together this tragic picture:
A tourist comes to the keys from a land locked state. This person dives once or twice a year, sometimes skips a year, because life. He's on vacation so he may be eating and/or drinking differently than back home,
Rental gear that doesn't fit quite right,,, and the water is kinda cold so it is a bit more gear than normal. Suiting up in a moving boat (maybe crowded?) which is not normal to this person either. Excitement about going diving, maybe borderline with nervousness about paying attention to the crew,... I know I can't hear well with too much background noise.
Crew is nice but sorta herding divers a bit fast... The neck of the suit is really uncomfortable, and all these gear damm, he has to pee also. It is so so hot on deck, ok I'm next in the water, now what? why is this person not going? Ok finally I'm going.
Sometimes it becomes a lot.... And I'm not even going to the mental stuff that may be going on .. I've been doing this trips since before my kids were born... I love diving, why is this zipper not going up, why did they give me this POS computer i can't see the numbers.
It is suppose to be fun, but sometimes people go thru a lot of hard work to have fun.
If this is the way I'm going, i wish it happens after the dive. Hope his family is finding the way to deal with this terrible loss.
Heart disease is the number 1 cause of death for Americans and a diving environment only makes the outcome more difficult to deal with. An autopsy can help determine the cause, but in many situations, it's a chain of events.
I hate to say this, but I think that we will see a spike in these types of incidents this year, maybe stretching into next year. My theory is that most of the "vacation" divers have been out of the water since March 2020 so the "normal" rate of non-dive related dive accidents was almost nil during the pandemic. As restrictions ease and people become more comfortable with travel again, we will see this change and it may look like a spike.
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