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> From owner-techdiver@opal.com Fri Dec 9 19:11:36 1994 > X-Sender: ode@ai*.ll*.go* > Mime-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type> : > text/plain> ; > charset="us-ascii"> > Date: Fri, 9 Dec 1994 08:38:47 -0800 > To: techdiver@opal.com > From: ode@ll*.go* (Oliver Edwards) > Subject: Re: IWR > Content-Length: 1627 > > 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? > > (By the way, I'm working on a report of the incident including my profile. > Basically, I feel that it was an "undeserved" bend on computer guided > dives.) > > Oliver > > > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@opal.com'. > Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@opal.com'. > I have been hit twice, the first time in France (joint pain), where the hospital staff was very competent. I came with my own O2 tank and the Physician told me to keep it while they were preparing the chamber. The second time in Switzerland (symptom: one pupilla was more dilated than the other). There they first asked me lots of unimportant stuff (My name, date of birth, my father's name, my grandmother's birthday :-) etc.). I left my O2 tank in the car (I had been breathing it on the way to the hospital), but they didn't give me any. I had the impression that O2 scared the hell out of them. When the physician finally came to me (half an hour later) the symtom had cleared. He made a neurological exam, didn't find anything and as I was feeling fine he sent me home. Michael Walz walz@la*.ep*.ch*
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