MANAGEMENT OF A DIVING ACCIDENT

The beautiful days will eventually arrive and the season to begin. We discovered this video which presents an accident management from start to finish. It allows to discover a lot of things and to put the ideas to the clear. Good dives and safety to all of you.

As part of the European INTERREG IV B Atlantic Space “Marleanet” project, UBO has created a distance course module on the management of a diving accident.
The video presents the causes of a decompression sickness and the management of the injured by the rescue chain (care provided in the boat, reception and support by the firefighters and transfer to the Hyperbaric Chamber of the CHU).
The video was produced in collaboration with the CHRU de Brest, the CROSS Corsen, the SAMU, the SDIS 29 and the Association Groupe Manche Atlantique Plongée (GMAP).

- BRIEF REMINDER -

THE EMERGENCY RELEASE PROCEDURE IS PLACED UNDER THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE DIVING DIRECTOR (art. A322-72 of the sports code) WHO PERFORMS OR HAS CARRIED OUT BY COMPETENT PERSONS THE RESCUE, ALERT AND FIRST AID REQUIRED BY THE STATE OF THE VICTIM, UNTIL MEDICAL ASSISTANCE ARRIVES.

Results

Breathe, do not breathe, reminder of the teams, ...

ALERT

► VHF AT SEA: 16 CHANNEL

- PAN-PAN (3 times)

- HERE Name of the boat (3 times)

- Precise location

- Waiting for CROSS reception to pass the message:

Number of victims, signs of the accident (symptoms, etc.), assistance provided, etc.

► VHF-ASN AT SEA: CHANNEL 70 ASN

- Message selection

- Press and hold Distress until you hear 5 short beeps and one long

- Wait for acknowledgment of receipt

- Transmission mode (PTT button) to pass the message:

Number of victims, signs of the accident (symptoms, etc.), assistance provided, etc.

► PHONE ASHORE: 15 - LE SAMU OR 112 - ALL EMERGENCIES

- Precise location

- Phone Number

- Number of victims

- Signs of the accident (symptoms, etc.)

- Help provided

- Etc ...

AID (example of procedure in the event of a desaturation accident)

- 100% oxygen - 15 liters per minute

- Rehydrate: water, fruit juice: 1 liter, conscious subject

- Lie down and reheat or put in the shade depending on the conditions

NEVER INTERRUPT A STARTED PROCEDURE,
EVEN IN CASE OF IMPROVEMENT

IF IN DOUBT, ACT AS IF AN ACCIDENT WAS DECLARED
NEVER REIMMERGY AN ACCIDENT