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Jim, the problem is there are two competing operations for these dives : the Wahoo and the Seeker. It is like the problem of IANTD and TDI - what one won't do causes the stroke business ( the specialty of those organizations ) to go to the other. I agree with you : the Wahoo crowd needs to turn it around and start setting the example, and let the idiots dive on the Seeker where they are in like company. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Cobb" <cobber@ci*.co*> To: "Tech Diver" <techdiver@aquanaut.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 11:07 AM Subject: NY DCS hit > Interesting story. As I recall this is the fellow who was particularly > quarrelsome and pathetically stupid during last year's Wahoo wars on Tech > Diver. > > This story seems to indicate that either he was breathing from independent > doubles or doing that thing what nobody ever claims that they do, using a > pony to extend his bottom time. > > I'm sorry, but Janet and Steve, for how much longer are you going to let > this stupid stroke stuff go on up there? I am really wondering if doing all > that deep air has effected your brains like it has Tom Mount's. > > Clusterfucks like this do in two or three or more NE divers a year yet > nobody seems to care. Is this a macho thing? Your normal excuse is that you > cannot "tell customers how to dive" but this guy was a mate, a paid crew > member and certainly you have say over what gear he uses. When will you > people wake up? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Learn About Trimix at http://www.cisatlantic.com/trimix/ > > > From: "Al Wells" <fossildiver@mi*.co*> > > Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 03:10:23 -0400 > > To: <FlTechDiver@mikey.net> > > Subject: NY DCS hit > > > > http://www.newsday.com/coverage/current/news/tuesday/nd3990.htm > > > > Oxygen Chamber Saves Scuba Diver > > by Katie Thomas > > Staff Writer > > > > A Connecticut man suffered a nearly fatal diving accident 60 miles out to > > sea when his suit took on too much air and he sped to the surface Friday > > without allowing his body to properly decompress. > > > > The incident came at the end of what had been a fairly smooth dive around > > the Texas Tower, a toppled radar station, said the diver, Mark Shannon, of > > Fairfield, Conn. An experienced diver and crew member for the Wahoo, a dive > > boat based at the Captree Boat Basin, Shannon was about to begin his ascent > > from 140 feet in the Atlantic Ocean when he swallowed a mouthful of water > > while switching from one air regulator to another. > > > > After several moments spent bringing his breathing under control, Shannon > > began to head for the anchor line that would lead him to the surface. His > > diving partner, crew member Nick Ricciardelli, had already begun untying the > > line, so Shannon decided to try to make it to the anchor line before fixing > > his suit, which had too much air. > > > > "I started to drift upward, and then I got farther and farther out of > > control," said Shannon, 40, who has dived perhaps 700 times since 1989 and > > is a lieutenant in the Stamford, Conn., fire department. "Then I was flying > > to the surface." Shannon considers himself a lucky man. Often such > > "uncontrolled ascents" can be fatal. Air trapped in divers' lungs expands as > > it reaches the surface and can rupture their lungs if they don't exhale, as > > Shannon did. An air bubble could have become trapped in his blood and > > reached his brain, causing stroke-like symptoms or death. > > > > "This guy was very lucky," said Shannon's doctor, Kenneth Hirsh, of the John > > T. Mather Memorial Hospital in Port Jefferson. "He was very fortunate that > > he doesn't seem to have long-term problems." Instead, Shannon got a severe > > case of what is known as "the bends," or decompression sickness, which > > happens when divers ascend too quickly and the nitrogen that has dissolved > > into their tissue and blood while deep underwater turns into gas bubbles > > that block blood flow and can impede the nervous system. > > > > Crew members immediately fished Shannon from the water and began giving him > > oxygen. Shooting pains stabbed his back, legs and nearly all of his joints. > > > > Captain Janet Bieser radioed the Coast Guard, and within an hour he was on > > his way to Mather and the hospital's hyperbaric oxygen chamber, which allows > > the nitrogen to slowly dissolve. > > > > He spent eight hours in the chamber Friday and has received several two-hour > > treatments over the past several days. Doctors say he is expected to fully > > recover. > > > > Shannon's wife, Robin, learned of the accident Friday afternoon after > > returning from errands with her daughter, Rachel, 3. > > > > "It's the kind of phone call you hope you never get," said Robin, who also > > is an avid diver. > > > > Wahoo owner Steve Bielenda called Shannon an experienced diver and said the > > accident could have happened to anyone. "This is one of those domino effect > > type of things. One thing goes wrong, you pay attention to it, then > > something else goes wrong," he said. His boat conducts about 5,000 dives a > > year. Bielenda said Long Island sees three to seven such accidents every > > year. Eleven passengers and five crew members made the trip aboard the Wahoo > > on Friday. > > > > Despite his ordeal, Shannon hasn't sworn off diving. If doctors permit it, > > he'll dive again. But "I don't know if I'll ever go that deep again," he > > said. > > > > Decompressing How patients are treated for the "bends" The increased > > pressure of the chamber helps decrease the size of nitrogen bubbles in a > > patient who has decompression illness or the "bends," a painful and > > dangerous condition usually associated with diving and caused by gas bubbles > > in the bloodstream and body tissues. The chamber helps reduce the bubbles so > > they can be reabsorbed into the bloodstream. > > > > 100 percent oxygen is pumped into the chamber at high pressure for the > > patient to breatehr. This is a high-pressure or "hyperbaric" dose of oxygen. > > > > > > During the course of treatment, whihc varies, the patient is given air > > breaks of 21 percent oxygen. > > > > In a pressurized chamber, the body is able to absorb two to three times more > > pure oxygen thatn if there were no increase in pressure. > > > > SOURCE: Kathy McGonigle, R.N.; John T. Mather Memorial Hospital; World Book > > Encyclopedia; Sechrist. > > > > > > > > > > ============================================================ > > To contact the list administrator, email > > Mike Rodriguez at mikey@mi*.ne* > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a message to: > > listserv@mi*.ne* > > and in the *BODY* of the message type: > > unsubscribe FLTechDiver > > > > > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. 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