Lake Jocassee SC Diver Injury

[Upstate Scuba OWI]

[h=3]Deputies: Diving accident lands man in hospital[/h]Posted: Aug 10, 2013 10:37 PM EDT Updated: Aug 10, 2013 10:47 PM EDT By Chelsea Wallace - email

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OCONEE COUNTY, SC (FOX Carolina) - The Oconee County Sheriff's Office said at 12:36 p.m. Saturday, Oconee County responders were alerted to a diving accident on Lake Jocassee.
Deputies said bystanders reported that a member of a commercially led trip had an issue while on a deep dive adventure and needed assistance.
Deputies said that responders arrived on scene to find trip leaders treating a male patient who became ill while diving to a depth of more than 300'. While at that depth, deputies said the diver described feeling ill and began the slow ascent to the surface.
Deputies said the diver was able to make his required decompression stops while ascending. Responders and paramedics treated the man on scene until he was transported by helicopter to a hospital.
Deputies said the diver will undergo treatment in a hyperbaric chamber to reduce the potential effects from the pressure changes on the body from diving at deep depths. He is expected to survive.

 

[Jocasseegirl]

Inaccurate reporting

 

[cowboychincs]

Curious... why a dive to 300 feet? What was at that depth to see or investigate or was it just to reach that depth for fun/experience? Not sure I understand why a need to dive to that depth unless it was for a commercial dive job, etc. Can you explain?

 

[Bratface]

If they are commercial or salvage divers, they may need to go that deep.

 

[divad]

Curious... why a dive to 300 feet? What was at that depth to see or investigate or was it just to reach that depth for fun/experience? Not sure I understand why a need to dive to that depth unless it was for a commercial dive job, etc. Can you explain?

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[Keith.M]

Thank you for posting this, but this account is inaccurate. Yes, it was a 300 foot dive, and the diver did get bent. However, the diver was not ill on the bottom. He was fine and ran an extremely conservative dive profile. The diver was perfectly fine and didn't start experiencing symptoms until back on the boat after completing deco. It's just a case of even when you do everything exactly right, you still might get bent. It is an inherent risk in diving. Period. I really cannot tolerate when the media reports things incorrectly. The most important thing is that the diver is fine today after treatment in a chamber.

I can understand you not tolerating incorrect reporting. But...

Any dive to 300' can never be described as "an extremely conservative dive profile"

 

[Jax]

Curious... why a dive to 300 feet? What was at that depth to see or investigate or was it just to reach that depth for fun/experience? Not sure I understand why a need to dive to that depth unless it was for a commercial dive job, etc. Can you explain?

Just $.02 from a not-very-experienced technical diver -- you do deep dives to train. You do deep dives to keep your skills sharp. It may have been a practice run for a dive on a wreck for some time in the future. Who knows? But that is why people dive deep.

---------- Post added August 11th, 2013 at 05:59 PM ----------

Thank you for posting this, but this account is inaccurate. Yes, it was a 300 foot dive, and the diver did get bent. However, the diver was not ill on the bottom. He was fine and ran an extremely conservative dive profile. The diver was perfectly fine and didn't start experiencing symptoms until back on the boat after completing deco. It's just a case of even when you do everything exactly right, you still might get bent. It is an inherent risk in diving. Period. I really cannot tolerate when the media reports things incorrectly. The most important thing is that the diver is fine today after treatment in a chamber.

Could you ask the diver to post his experience here? There may be lessons to be learned.

 

[scallop]

Hopefully it was not JCAT, that is his neck of the woods I believe. Thoughts and prayers for a full recovery regardless.

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[TONY CHANEY]

Curious... why a dive to 300 feet? What was at that depth to see or investigate or was it just to reach that depth for fun/experience? Not sure I understand why a need to dive to that depth unless it was for a commercial dive job, etc. Can you explain?

you are only being quoted as an example. Not commercial divers, not just practing but a real deep dives. You might want to look up Jocassee and find what they were doing there.

 

[ianr33]

Curious... why a dive to 300 feet? What was at that depth to see or investigate or was it just to reach that depth for fun/experience? Not sure I understand why a need to dive to that depth unless it was for a commercial dive job, etc. Can you explain?

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