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Mooloolaba fatality - Australia
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A report is being prepared for the coroner, following the death of a 48-year-old man off Mooloolaba.
Police say the commercial diver was rushed to shore on Saturday afternoon, after a reported medical event off the coast.
He couldn't be saved.
Police are now preparing a report for the coroner.
A QPS spokesperson says Workplace Health and Safety has been consulted.
Police say the commercial diver was rushed to shore on Saturday afternoon, after a reported medical event off the coast.
He couldn't be saved.
Police are now preparing a report for the coroner.
A QPS spokesperson says Workplace Health and Safety has been consulted.
Puppeteer
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I was on that dive and was one of the people performing resus.
I'm not sure of the outcome of the coroner, but the diver was still on the surface when the incident took place (in the water, but pre-dive). There was a reasonable current, and apparently he lost his weight belt at the surface (He was in a different dive group to us, and we were the first group down, so I didn't witness the start of the incident). He was being helped to get back to the line when he lost consiousness. Personally I suspect a heart attack, but I'm no doctor. We did resus for the entire time we could until we handed over to paramedics. Happy to answer questions if anyone has any.
I'm not sure of the outcome of the coroner, but the diver was still on the surface when the incident took place (in the water, but pre-dive). There was a reasonable current, and apparently he lost his weight belt at the surface (He was in a different dive group to us, and we were the first group down, so I didn't witness the start of the incident). He was being helped to get back to the line when he lost consiousness. Personally I suspect a heart attack, but I'm no doctor. We did resus for the entire time we could until we handed over to paramedics. Happy to answer questions if anyone has any.
Which dive charter did you dive with?
And well done for helping with the resus .
Have done it 3 times for long periods [last time a couple of years ago], only one survivor of the three, a near-drowning that we pulled out of water in the nick of time and that time there was 2 of us doing it, helped we were young and fit with O2 handy after [Navy gear], no matter how fit you are [or think you are] it is exhausting and draining.
Again, well done for the attempt.
And well done for helping with the resus .
Have done it 3 times for long periods [last time a couple of years ago], only one survivor of the three, a near-drowning that we pulled out of water in the nick of time and that time there was 2 of us doing it, helped we were young and fit with O2 handy after [Navy gear], no matter how fit you are [or think you are] it is exhausting and draining.
Again, well done for the attempt.
Puppeteer
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It was with Sunreef. They had oxygen and an AED on board and I was working with 2 of their staff while the skipper sped back to port. Resus on a bumpy boat was hard on the knees, and that was probably the hardest part, apart from getting an unconscious person onto a boat. We rotated roles so that we could keep going.
Lessons learnt for me is that the AED pads struggle with wet skin. It would be good if there were some super sticky ones for use on the ocean. Also oxygen is a bit of a waste of time if the person isn't breathing. I know there are some oxy-viva units that have a resus button (I got trained on one in the mines), but they aren't common.
We did the best we could and followed all the protocols. We got him out of the water and back to port within about 20 mins. Not sure exactly how long the guy was doing mouth to mouth in the water though. Maybe another 5 mins or so. Paramedics worked on him for an hour, with a doctor, but unfortunately it wasn't a good outcome.
Lessons learnt for me is that the AED pads struggle with wet skin. It would be good if there were some super sticky ones for use on the ocean. Also oxygen is a bit of a waste of time if the person isn't breathing. I know there are some oxy-viva units that have a resus button (I got trained on one in the mines), but they aren't common.
We did the best we could and followed all the protocols. We got him out of the water and back to port within about 20 mins. Not sure exactly how long the guy was doing mouth to mouth in the water though. Maybe another 5 mins or so. Paramedics worked on him for an hour, with a doctor, but unfortunately it wasn't a good outcome.
Thanks for the reply.
I have an AED, wet skin, something to think about, the first aid kit that comes with it has plenty of tapes, I will test them all to see if any stick, if not, find one that does.
You all did well, and the best you could.
Puppeteer
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Just a follow up on this. I heard that the coroner determined the cause of death was a heart attack.
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