Plymouth diver in intensive care - Devon UK

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Yesterday: BREAKING: Diver rescued from Devil's Point taken to Derriford Hospital | Plymouth Herald

A DIVER is believed to have been rescued off Devil’s Point by the Plymouth lifeboat crew.
Witnesses said they saw a diver in difficulty off the shore at around 3.25pm today.
Police and the Coastguard were alerted and a crew from Plymouth RNLI were sent to the location.
It is understood the man was hauled aboard the lifeboat before being raced back to shore where paramedics from South Western Ambulance Service carried out CPR.

The ambulance was driven under police escort to Derriford Hospital.
Herald reporter Sarah Waddington, who was on the scene, said police presence was rife in the area, from Millbay to Stonehouse.
She said: “Approximately four police cars and an ambulance, as well as the Coastguard car, were waiting at Millbay and officers and paramedics were looking tense.
“There was also police patrolling on foot along the shoreline at Devil’s Point and the RNLI Lifeboat and a smaller dingy could be seen on the water.
“The conditions were really rough, with very choppy waves and bursts of heaving rain and strong gusts.
“The lifeboat continued to patrol up and down in the waters between Devil’s Point and Mount Edgcumbe.”​

Diver was alone and unconscious when rescued off Devil's Point | Plymouth Herald

A YOUNG diver was hauled unconscious from the sea after getting into difficulty yesterday afternoon.
The man, believed to be in his early 20s and from the Plymouth area, was thought to still be in Derriford Hospital last night after the emergency services rescued him from water near Devil’s Point at about 3.20pm.
The Plymouth Lifeboat was launched following two separate reports of a diver apparently struggling with strong tides in the area.
After taking the man to shore and handing him over to the ambulance services, the lifeboat, coastguard and police remained on the scene to see if anyone else was still in the water.

But after extensive three-hour search of the area the services were satisfied the stricken diver had been alone in the water.
A spokesperson for the lifeboat said: “The RNLI’s inshore lifeboat found the casualty in the water in apparent distress. He wasn’t very well and as a result we didn’t know if someone else was out there. It’s normal procedure for divers to dive with a buddy.
“It’s not common to come across someone diving on their own and at the time we didn’t understand the situation and why he came to be where he was.
“As a matter of reassuring ourselves we went back out to make sure there was no one else in the water. After about three hours we decided it was probably just him by himself.”
After the incident the lifeboat was seen patrolling the waters between Devil’s Point and Mount Edgcumbe.
Once the diver was inside the waiting ambulance the vehicle was driven under police escort to Derriford.​

Today: Plymouth man, 25, remains in intensive care after being pulled from water | Plymouth Herald

A 25-YEAR-old diver who was pulled from the water near Devil's Point remains in intensive care.
The Plymouth man was rescued from the water yesterday afternoon and rushed to Derriford Hospital.
Several onlookers called the emergency services after seeing the diver struggling with strong tides in the area.
Police today confirmed his age and said he remains in the Intensive Care Unit in hospital.

A spokesman for Devon and Cornwall Police said: "At 6.45pm we stood down our searches after a precautionary search for any other divers, which turned out to be clear."A spokesperson for the Plymouth Lifeboat said after the incident: "The RNLI's inshore lifeboat found the casualty in the water in apparent distress. He wasn't very well and as a result we didn't know if someone else was out there. It's normal procedure for divers to dive with a buddy.
"It's not common to come across someone diving on their own and at the time we didn't understand the situation and why he came to be where he was.
"As a matter of reassuring ourselves we went back out to make sure there was no one else in the water. After about three hours we decided it was probably just him by himself."

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