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>From: ode@ll*.go* (Oliver Edwards)
>Subject: Re: IWR
>Status: R
>
>In my case, I spent approximately 1.5 hours at the hospital before getting
>into the chamber. During the last 30 minutes I felt like I was
>deteriorating rapidly - pain was appearing in more locations of my body and
>my responses to questions were getting slower. When I entred the hospital,
>I was displaying joint pain in several areas of my body after engaging in
>decompression diving. I had been refered to the hospital by DAN. The hangup
>appeared to be that I entered through the emergency room rather than
>walking directly to the hyperbaric treatment lab!
>
>Even though the emergency personel at this hospital had seen dcs patients
>before (supposedly 4 a month) they didn't seem to be very familure with
>accepted protocol for DCS treatment. For instance, they never put me on
>oxygen before the chamber treatment. (The hyperbaric physician claimed it
>didn't do much good.) This hospital was in the San Francisco Bay area,
>approximately 100 miles from Montery, a common diving location for people
>in that area. (In case you are wondering, denial of symptoms caused me to
>drive home before looking for treatment.) Aside from the obvious advantages
>of getting more prompt treatment,
>I'm of the opinion that the hospital/chamber adjacent to Montery would have
>provided BETTER treatment
>
>Have people had any similar experiances?
>

   It is common knowledge among our group that such incidents of poor
   treatment from hospital services abound.  So those around here would
   have immediately begun insisting upon O2 and pressed for immediate
   referal to the chamber.  While you may not have felt like it you may
   have gotten better treatment by starting to note names and
   supervisors while demanding O2 and a chamber visit.  The O2 would have
   probably helped you a lot.  Even a little help may be of great value
   in a marginal case.

   Steve

>
>Oliver

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