Washington geoduck diver critical after rescue

[DandyDon]

Some news sources say he was found unconscious, some say his mask got removed somehow, some say he had a pulse when he was taken to Olympic Medical Center.

PORT ANGELES, Wash.: Wash. geoduck diver in critical condition | Northwest News | The Bellingham Herald

PORT ANGELES, Wash. — The Clallam County sheriff's office says a commercial diver found unconscious 50 feet below the surface of the water off Washington's Dungeness Spit has been airlifted to a Seattle hospital.
Sgt. Lyman Moores said 24-year-old Samuel Silverstein of Bremerton was reported in critical condition on life support Tuesday at Harborview Medical Center.
Moores says Silverstein and another man had been diving for geoduck (GOO'-ee-duhk) clams.
The second man brought Silverstein to the surface. He was taken on board a state Department of Natural Resources boat that responded to the diving boat's call for help. Moores says CPR was started immediately.

Read more here: PORT ANGELES, Wash.: Wash. geoduck diver in critical condition | Northwest News | The Bellingham Herald
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[klausi]

Thank you for posting these accident reports - is there any way to find out more of the causes, to learn from these accidents, even if it takes some time? DAN? It's sad to read the reports, but I check into this part of scubaboard to find out more about accident avoidance. Are there privacy issues keeping many newspapers from reporting more details?

 

[DandyDon]

Thank you for posting these accident reports - is there any way to find out more of the causes, to learn from these accidents, even if it takes some time? DAN? It's sad to read the reports, but I check into this part of scubaboard to find out more about accident avoidance. Are there privacy issues keeping many newspapers from reporting more details?

DAN American does publish annual accident studies, and you don't even have to be a member anymore to access those. I don't know about your DAN, but see ours at https://www.diversalertnetwork.org/medical/report/

Newspapers and other news media really don't do much investigating on dive accidents usually as it's a small audience to them, and sometimes the details are just not available for a variety of possible reasons. DAN seems to be the best at that.

 

[jake11]

Does anyone know how this young man is doing?

 

[DandyDon]

Does anyone know how this young man is doing?

He didn't survive: Commercial diver dies after Port Angeles accident; benefit concert planned to aid his family -- Port Angeles Port Townsend Sequim Forks Jefferson County Clallam County Olympic Peninsula Daily news

 

[jake11]

Thank you DandyDon. How sad!!!!!!