Has anyone suffered from DCS (Decompression Sickness) from scuba diving?

Not I personally, but I've been a first responder on a couple charter boats that have had incidents. The least was a simple skin bend, the worst was a chamber case. All cold water. How do you know? Well, in the skin bend case, it was a moderate dive to about 90 ft and the diver made a faster than safe ascent and on the dive boat, complained of itching after a few minutes on deck. I administered O2 immediately and watched for symptoms ( confusion, soreness or pain, a sudden fatigue, tenderness, bruising around the neck and vital signs being out of norm). Nothing progressed and the itching subsided a bit. A rash then bruises appeared and nothing further. Took down all the particulars on my rescue slate ( computer readings, spg readings, equipment state, patient state and the time she went on O2) Kept her on O2 for the trip in and off to the Doc she went with the rescue slate. No further complications.

The chamber case was on a tech dive to 240 feet. The diver became separated from the group and made a separate ascent. He recognized he was in trouble upon surfacing and signaled the fact. We got him aboard and began administering O2 and called Emergency services for an airlift. He was in extreme pain and incoherent. Wrote down all his particulars on my rescue slate.The chopper met us on shore, I briefed the medics and gave them the slate and he was evac'd to a chamber. Total time from boat to chamber was only about 30 minutes. That is what saved his ****. He made a complete recovery and was out of hospital on day 2.

DCS is a strange critter. It can hit anyone at any time. You don't have to be tech diving and you can be well rested and hydrated and still take a hit. The breakfast you had could do it to you. All you can really do is minimize the chance of it happening, by diving warm water or have adequate thermal protection, be hydrated, no greasy breakfast, no partying the night before, be in good shape, stay out of deco, don't over exert yourself underwater or on the boat deck after a dive( it'll cause those micro bubbles to become macro bubbles in no time), remember your training, and keep your ascent rate at 30 ft/min or slower.

It's all about managing your potential risk and why EVERYONE ought to do their Rescue course. Had I been on that last dive and not on the boat, there would have been no one other than the skipper qualified. The more the merrier.

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