Rebreather diver tries 10/90 mix
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05-26-2004, 06:37 PM,
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Rebreather diver tries 10/90 mix
The victim was trying a 10/90 rebreather mix in a swimming pool.
---------------------------------------- Saturday, May 22, 2004 By SAMANTHA HENRY HERALD NEWS CLIFTON - A Clifton man using scuba gear was found unconscious in a neighbor's pool Friday and was later transferred to a New York City hospital with what police described as a case of the bends. Peter Wohlleben, 42, of Spring Hill Road apparently was testing sophisticated scuba gear in the swimming pool. He was first taken to a Paterson hospital but was then transferred to a facility with a hyperbolic decompression chamber. "He was an experienced scuba diver, and he was doing something in the pool, but then was found unconscious, and he needed rescue breathing," said police Lt. Paul Hartel, who said Wohlleben had been diagnosed with the bends. A diving expert disagreed with that diagnosis. "Bends is impossible in a swimming pool," said Jackie Phillips, a master instructor at Blue Water Divers in Ramsey. "It is a result of excessive exposure to pressure and is a function of depth and time. There's simply not enough depth to cause it." Phillips said Wohlleben may have been a victim of an air embolism, which has similar symptoms to the bends. A piece of diving equipment with coiled hoses protruding from either side was still by the edge of the pool Friday evening. Upon hearing a description of the device, Phillips said it might be a "re-breather" machine, which is used in dives of deeper than 130 feet. "Technical diving is like comparing an expedition to Mount Everest vs. the casual hiker in Harriman Park," Phillips said. "You can't just participate without formalized training." St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center refused to comment on Wohlleben's condition or say where he had been transferred.
--Jason
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Rebreather diver tries 10/90 mix - by jasondbaker - 05-26-2004, 06:37 PM
Re:Rebreather diver tries 10/90 mix - by DRE - 05-26-2004, 10:20 PM
Re:Rebreather diver tries 10/90 mix - by Inspirationdiver - 05-27-2004, 09:56 AM
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