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I received the following update on the Miskito Coast expedition by Sub Ocean Safety and, considering that some of us ponied up some funds to support this effort, I thought I'd pass along what they were able to accomplish. IMHO, they're providing a heck of a lot of bang for the couple thousand bucks they received in donations. I'm hoping to report soon on how much help they actually received through the internet; should be interesting. Rocky Daniels >Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 12:05:58 -0500 >From: Erich Izdepski <Izdepski@ix*.ne*.co*> >Reply-To: Izdepski@ix*.ne*.co* >To: norcadiver@so*.ne* >Subject: SOS Expedition >X-UIDL: 5e04755c31feedaba5a42e81a900b6b6 >-------------------------- >Sub Ocean Safety Internet Release > >Greetings! A Sub Ocean Safety Team has just returned from a month-long >expedition to Nicaragua. I wanted to fill you in and thank all of those >whose support made it possible. We accomplished the following: > > --put a hyperbaric chamber in operation in Puerto Cabezas and began >treating injured divers > --provided hyperbaric medical training to local doctors and nurses > --conducted classes on diving safety and decompression sickness >avoidance for over 150 divers in remote villages along the Moskito Coast > --established an emergency in-water oxygen recompression station 30 >miles off-shore in the Moskito Keys for rapid treatment of injured >divers > --recorded dive profiles with Cochran dive computers and bubble >counts (using a doppler listening device) of Moskito Indian lobster >divers for future study > --appeared several times on local and national television >discussing the problems and solutions to the high rate of decompression >sickness on the Moskito Coast > --continued work on an up-coming documentary film about Sub Ocean >Safety > > The team members and their responsibilities were: Robert >Izdepski--leader, Erich Izdepski--dive computer studies, Joshua >Izdepski--sound man, Dr. David Youngblood--hyperbaric training, Dr. Tom >Millington--hyperbaric training, Dr. Lou Jankowski--hyperbaric training, >David Rossi--chamber installation, and Jorge Torres--videographer/interpreter. > The mission is far from over, despite these successes. We are >still dealing with an industry that does not care for its workers. The >divers have no depth or pressure gages and use 12-16 tanks per day at >depths greater than 80 feet. When injured, they are not always treated >since that requires the boat to leave the fishing grounds and the owner >loses money. These labor and human rights abuses will require >continued effort on the part of Sub Ocean Safety to curtail. I hope >those who have helped will see these results and the on-going need and >spread the word that Sub Ocean Safety is getting the job done and will >continue to, with your support. > >Next stop: Back to Honduras! > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send list subscription requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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