ACTUALITES PLONGEE
Un plongeur a dû être transporté par avion vers un hôpital de Londres pour suspicion de maladie de décompression après avoir effectué une ascension d'urgence aux lacs St Andrew's à Halling, dans le Kent, le dimanche 20 septembre.
Paramedics and the air ambulance were called to the inland site near Rochester at about 1.30pm. They told Kent that the “experienced” diver had been in a “potentially serious condition” but was expected to make a full recovery following hyperbaric treatment.
"Un Master Diver expérimenté a eu un dysfonctionnement de son propre équipement et a effectué une ascension d'urgence... les procédures d'urgence standard ont été suivies par l'école de plongée", a déclaré un porte-parole de St Andrews Lakes, qui se décrit comme "le plus récent centre de plongée sous-marine en eau douce intérieure". site au Royaume-Uni ».
According to Kent another diver Formation with his club at the same site in late August had also required emergency assistance and been airlifted to hospital. The St Andrews spokesman said that the diver involved had failed to disclose an underlying health problem to his London dive-school, and that no council or HSE investigation had been deemed necessary.
"La plongée peut être un sport dangereux et des accidents peuvent malheureusement survenir de temps en temps", a déclaré le porte-parole.
St Andrews Lakes, a former chalk quarry, boasts of blue waters and depths to 30m, with a lined course, Formation platforms and “abundant fish stocks”.
The diving is in the process of being taken over by local PADI 5* centre Southern Scuba, and the site is said to provide facilities for schools and clubs to train divers from entry to technical levels.
