BlueGirlGoes
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Bear with me here, please. I'm a new diver, and I just read the DAN accident and fatality reports from 2001. Some things I understand. Some things I don't. And I'm veerrry interested in understanding this. Here are some of the reasons I've seen.
1. Get separated from your buddy.
I don't know what happens after that, but for a lot of people, the Death Fairy shows up. Solution: buddy lanyard. If I'm going down, *you're* going down.
2. Be a drunken idiot cave diving or similar without ever actually being certified to dive.
Don't have to worry about this one. Not going to happen.
3. Have a heart attack.
OK, that can happen anywhere.
4. Run out of air and panic.
How in the hell does this happen? Do these people not have gauges or what?
5. Uncontrolled ascent.
What's going on here?
I know this sounds like newbie nerves. I'm not scared, really. I just don't understand what actually HAPPENS to cause these accidents. I read Underwater Times: "Scuba diver appeared to be having difficulty at surface. Unable to be resuscitated (sp). Accident under investigation."
DAN says most fatalities occur in very new divers OR divers who've been certified for over 10 years. So why DO people drown or otherwise expire while diving? I'd like to make my own personal episode of "What Not To Do" before trouble begins. Thanks.
1. Get separated from your buddy.
I don't know what happens after that, but for a lot of people, the Death Fairy shows up. Solution: buddy lanyard. If I'm going down, *you're* going down.
2. Be a drunken idiot cave diving or similar without ever actually being certified to dive.
Don't have to worry about this one. Not going to happen.
3. Have a heart attack.
OK, that can happen anywhere.
4. Run out of air and panic.
How in the hell does this happen? Do these people not have gauges or what?
5. Uncontrolled ascent.
What's going on here?
I know this sounds like newbie nerves. I'm not scared, really. I just don't understand what actually HAPPENS to cause these accidents. I read Underwater Times: "Scuba diver appeared to be having difficulty at surface. Unable to be resuscitated (sp). Accident under investigation."
DAN says most fatalities occur in very new divers OR divers who've been certified for over 10 years. So why DO people drown or otherwise expire while diving? I'd like to make my own personal episode of "What Not To Do" before trouble begins. Thanks.