Foreign man rescued after struggling while diving off Phuket

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By Goongnang Suksawat

 

Phuket – An unidentified foreign man has been rescued after suffering from decompression sickness while he was diving near an island in Chalong.

Emergency responders were notified of the incident yesterday (October 26th). The foreign man was on a boat near the Tue Island, east of the Racha Island.

 

Full story: https://thephuketexpress.com/2022/10/27/foreign-man-rescued-after-struggling-while-diving-off-phuket/

 

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[Aussieroaming]

Not often you hear about divers suffering from "the bends". I hope they were bringing a decompression chamber to put him in for a while.

[hotchilli]

12 hours ago, Aussieroaming said:

Not often you hear about divers suffering from "the bends". I hope they were bringing a decompression chamber to put him in for a while.

Decompression chambers are not usually portable.

Best thing is to get him on pure oxygen as quickly as possible and then into  a chamber

[stevenl]

On 10/28/2022 at 6:39 PM, Aussieroaming said:

Not often you hear about divers suffering from "the bends". I hope they were bringing a decompression chamber to put him in for a while.

You don't hear about it but it happens frequently. There's a reason there are 3 recompression chambers on Phuket.