Anyone over 40 haf best stick with snoleling!
"-hh" wrote in message
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> So much for that "perfect" safety record.
>
> By my read of the limited info in this URL, I would suspect that the
> victim held her breath trying to climg the ladder, causing an air
> embolism (rupture).
>
> As such, the standard first aid techniques for a drowning victim
> probably would not have been sufficient to save her life.
>
>
> -hh
>
>
> Lee Lindquist wrote:
>> On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 23:05:17 -0500, "Jr." wrote:
>>
>> >I don't know if they used compressed air and I don't care.
>>
>> That's the amusing part.
>>
>> >There has never been a death reported in the Caribbean from helmet
>> >diving.
>> >With thousands of dives, probably tens of thousands considering hundreds
>> >daily, you would think if the compressed air thing was serious someone
>> >would
>> >have died by now.
>>
>> Well, here's one in Hawaii:
>>
>> "The outing involved "snuba diving" or "sea walking," an activity in
>> which participants wear a helmet connected to a tube designed to pump
>> air into the helmet. During the excursion, Fukuoka was in the water
>> for a few minutes when she gave a distress signal and attempted to
>> return to the vessel by climbing the dive ladder. Fukuoka fell
>> backwards into the water and drowned shortly thereafter."
>>
>>
>> http://www.olemiss.edu/orgs/SGLC/National/SandBar/5.3snuba.htm
>>
>>
>> --
>> - Lee
>
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