Unknown Maldives fatality reported by her dive buddy

[DandyDon]

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[sonofthesea3]

Do you have any recommendations on a portable tester for testing air while on the dive boat? Appreciate you bringing attention to this.

 

[DandyDon]

Do you have any recommendations on a portable tester for testing air while on the dive boat? Appreciate you bringing attention to this.

That really has nothing to do with this incident but you can see a few discussed on posts 11 thru 20 at Dressel Cozumel - Gas Warning!

 

[chillyinCanada]

What causes a diver to have a succesful pleasing dive but suddenly pass out on the surface?

 

[Edward3c]

What causes a diver to have a succesful pleasing dive but suddenly pass out on the surface?

This is wild speculation, but could be ’Immersion Pulmonary Oedema’.

 

[chillyinCanada]

This is wild speculation, but could be ’Immersion Pulmonary Oedema’.

My understanding based upon reading the buddy's report, was that the diver had given no indication of trouble prior to surfacing.

 

[Ukmc]

What causes a diver to have a succesful pleasing dive but suddenly pass out on the surface?

Holding breath on ascent

 

[Tripp]

Immersion pulmonary edema, while possible, is less likely due to the fact that she had made 24 dives over ten days immediately previously with no ill effects...

 

[chillyinCanada]

Holding breath on ascent

They were scuba diving and as far as I know, were experienced. Ergo, highly unlikely that it was a breath hold situation.

 

[Edward3c]

Immersion pulmonary edema, while possible, is less likely due to the fact that she had made 24 dives over ten days immediately previously with no ill effects...

Not so, an experienced diver/instructor with 1,000s of dives got one near the end of a Red Sea liveaboard trip, last year.