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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BE26D4.FEBBDF00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From the Wakulla2 web page, Copyright =A91998, U.S. Deep Caving Team, = Inc.=20 http://www.wakulla2.org/Updates/dec12.htm "John Vanderleest and Andrew Poole dived to 89 meters water depth for 47 = minutes in A tunnel to the junctions with B and C tunnels.They placed a = radio transmitter beacon and laid new permanent line to clearly mark the = B and C tunnel entrances in preparation for routine mapping missions to = come shortly. They also relocated some safety stage bottles to the B and = C junctions." "Two hours following the dive John Vanderleest began to experience = symptoms of decompression sickness, manifested as a pain in his right = leg. Although the decompression habitat and bell facility at Wakulla 2 = are designed to handle this, the inboard oxygen bibs (regulators with = overboard dumps necessary to maintain internal oxygen concentrations to = NOAA standards) were still being installed and were not immediately = available for this incident. John Vanderleest, accompanied by team = physician John Zumrick, M.D., dive partner Andrew Poole, and chamber = operator Joe Dituri, traveled to the hyperbaric medicine facility at the = Tallahassee Community Hospital. A treatment table 6A, as prescribed by = the hyperbaric facilitiy physician, was fully successful and Vanderleest = is doing fine. The specific reason for the DCS (decompression sickness) = incident is being investigated. It is possible that the diver = inadvertantly omitted several of the deeper stops that otherwise would = have been required. Procedures to prevent this in the future are being = developed and we have chosen to stand down on fielding cave missions = temporarily until the floating decompression habitat can be brought up = to full operational status, capable of handling any on-site future DCS = problems that might arise. " FYI...The BC junction is where the WKPP does its' first decompression = stops. ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BE26D4.FEBBDF00 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.72.2106.6"' name=3DGENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>From the = Wakulla2 web page,=20 <FONT color=3D#003399>Copyright ©1998, U.S. Deep Caving Team, Inc.=20 </FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2><A=20 href=3D"http://www.wakulla2.org/Updates/dec12.htm">http://www.wakulla2.or= g/Updates/dec12.htm</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DPalatino><FONT size=3D2></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DPalatino><FONT size=3D2>"John Vanderleest and = Andrew Poole=20 dived to 89 meters water depth for 47 minutes in A tunnel to the = junctions with=20 B and C tunnels.They placed a radio transmitter beacon and laid new = permanent=20 line to clearly mark the B and C tunnel entrances in preparation for = routine=20 mapping missions to come shortly. They also relocated some safety stage = bottles=20 to the B and C junctions."</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DPalatino><FONT size=3D2></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DPalatino><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial = size=3D2><FONT=20 face=3DPalatino>"Two hours following the dive John Vanderleest = began to=20 experience symptoms of decompression sickness, manifested as a pain in = his right=20 leg. Although the decompression habitat and bell facility at Wakulla 2 = are=20 designed to handle this, the inboard oxygen bibs (regulators with = overboard=20 dumps necessary to maintain internal oxygen concentrations to NOAA = standards)=20 were still being installed and were not immediately available for this = incident.=20 John Vanderleest, accompanied by team physician John Zumrick, M.D., dive = partner=20 Andrew Poole, and chamber operator Joe Dituri, traveled to the = hyperbaric=20 medicine facility at the Tallahassee Community Hospital. A treatment = table 6A,=20 as prescribed by the hyperbaric facilitiy physician, was fully = successful and=20 Vanderleest is doing fine. The specific reason for the DCS = (decompression=20 sickness) incident is being investigated. It is possible that the diver=20 inadvertantly omitted several of the deeper stops that otherwise would = have been=20 required. Procedures to prevent this in the future are being developed = and we=20 have chosen to stand down on fielding cave missions temporarily until = the=20 floating decompression habitat can be brought up to full operational = status,=20 capable of handling any on-site future DCS problems that might arise.=20 "</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DPalatino><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial = size=3D2><FONT=20 face=3DPalatino></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DPalatino><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial = size=3D2><FONT=20 face=3DPalatino>FYI...The BC junction is where the WKPP does its' first=20 decompression stops.</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BE26D4.FEBBDF00--
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