Edmonds incident

[Nwbrewer]

Hope everybody is OK.

http://edmonds.komonews.com/content/two ... ts-landing

[Mattleycrue76]

Me too.

[Joshua Smith]

Well, sounds like everybody made it out of the water OK, anyway.

[girldiver]

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Divers- ... 36117.html

Though one was taken away on a guerney...my thoughts are with them tonite.

[Dusty2]

Sad, Every time I hear about an incident I just cringe. From what I heard it was a husband and wife so it is doubly sad. Hope she makes it.

[Old Nubbins]

I was there for my AOW class that morning. From the discussions of the EMT personell I overheard, she was conscious but unable to speak.

Bad weekend for incidents.

[pogiguy05]

Wow I just read the one from Redondo Today and I hope everyone comes out OK.

[60south]

Eeeeek! Some friends invited me to go diving with them at Edmonds Saturday morning; I skipped it.

I need to find out if they're okay...

[oregondiver]

Saying BCD issue...
http://edmonds.komonews.com/content/bcd ... onds-diver

[Jaksonbrown]

Saying BCD issue...
http://edmonds.komonews.com/content/bcd ... onds-diver

Sounds like she corked and then had a panic attack... Glad she made it out.

[John Rawlings]

Whew! At least she's going to be OK....as we know, some of these don't end so well! I'm glad that this one did!

[Dusty2]

Wonderful! Finally an incident with a good outcome. A big cheer for all the rescue folks that did such a good job. It does sound as though it was a drysuit inflater problem and not a BCD one though.

[Nwbrewer]

Wonderful! Finally an incident with a good outcome. A big cheer for all the rescue folks that did such a good job. It does sound as though it was a drysuit inflater problem and not a BCD one though.

I'm betting she needs a new drysuit just like Matt did. Paramedics are liberal with the shears. (as they should be)

[Mattleycrue76]

Nice to hear that CPR has a real life victory to report. The description of events sounds a little odd but who cares? Glad everyone's ok and respect to the rescued diver for wanting to get right back on the horse.

[dwashbur]

The idea that her BCD was holding her upside-down seems a little odd, for sure, but all's well that ends well.

[ljjames]

maybe face-down is what was meant. an over inflated back lift style jacket B.C. could conceivably be hard to flip over if there was a fair bit of play in the jacket, combined with the a possible excess of air in her drysuit from the ascent, the suit itself could be holding her 'head down'... I can see it.

if you think i'm giving too much benefit of doubt, go fill your drysuit up to michellin man, loosen the shoulder straps on your bp/wings, inflate your wing to bursting and give it a shot

[crowplus]

Glad to hear the victim is confirmed to be ok.

A few observations that may have been contributing factors to the incident:

Displaying a blue temporary handicap placard, the couple parked in and suited up using the north handicap parking slot. They entered the water south of the Jetty.
Handicap parking qualifications: http://www.dol.wa.gov/vehicleregistration/parking.html

Their gear (weight systems intact) and a camera with a remote flash attachment were recovered .

An Aqua Lung Pearl-type model BC was worn by least one of them. Divers may want to become familiar with this type of inflation mechanism. Notice no obvious oral inflation hose and a one lever “controller” for adjusting buoyancy.
http://www.aqualung.com/uk/content/view/215/9/

[Geek]

[dwashbur]

maybe face-down is what was meant. an over inflated back lift style jacket B.C. could conceivably be hard to flip over if there was a fair bit of play in the jacket, combined with the a possible excess of air in her drysuit from the ascent, the suit itself could be holding her 'head down'... I can see it.

if you think i'm giving too much benefit of doubt, go fill your drysuit up to michellin man, loosen the shoulder straps on your bp/wings, inflate your wing to bursting and give it a shot

Not necessary; all it takes is a little too much air in my back-inflate BCD and I wind up on my face, so I understand the idea even without the added problem of the dry suit inflation. It took me several tries to realize that the reason I couldn't stay on my back was because I had too much air in the thing, so if she was face down, it makes sense.

[ljjames]

right, that is what i was saying

maybe face-down is what was meant. an over inflated back lift style jacket B.C. could conceivably be hard to flip over if there was a fair bit of play in the jacket, combined with the a possible excess of air in her drysuit from the ascent, the suit itself could be holding her 'head down'... I can see it.

if you think i'm giving too much benefit of doubt, go fill your drysuit up to michellin man, loosen the shoulder straps on your bp/wings, inflate your wing to bursting and give it a shot

Not necessary; all it takes is a little too much air in my back-inflate BCD and I wind up on my face, so I understand the idea even without the added problem of the dry suit inflation. It took me several tries to realize that the reason I couldn't stay on my back was because I had too much air in the thing, so if she was face down, it makes sense.

[lamont]

maybe face-down is what was meant. an over inflated back lift style jacket B.C. could conceivably be hard to flip over if there was a fair bit of play in the jacket, combined with the a possible excess of air in her drysuit from the ascent, the suit itself could be holding her 'head down'... I can see it.

if you think i'm giving too much benefit of doubt, go fill your drysuit up to michellin man, loosen the shoulder straps on your bp/wings, inflate your wing to bursting and give it a shot

Not necessary; all it takes is a little too much air in my back-inflate BCD and I wind up on my face, so I understand the idea even without the added problem of the dry suit inflation. It took me several tries to realize that the reason I couldn't stay on my back was because I had too much air in the thing, so if she was face down, it makes sense.

Also, single Al80s with BI or BP/W configs tend to push you face-down for obvious physics reasons. Steel tanks, weighted STAs and/or tank weights can help...

[BASSMAN]

Bump!

The good part!

http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/21/657831/