HM COASTGUARD REMINDS DIVERS TO STOP
After two divers suffered decompression sickness this afternoon following rapid ascents, HM Coastguard would like to remind all divers of the importance of regular stops as they come to the surface. In the first incident Milford Haven Coastguard received a 999 call from Swansea Divers reporting that one of their divers was suffering decompression sickness on Dale Slipway Pembrokeshire. The Duty Diving Medical Officer gave advice and Dale Coastguard Rescue Team provided initial first aid. The diver was taken to the hyperbaric chamber in Plymouth by the RAF Rescue helicopter based at Chivenor. In the second incident at just after 1.15pm Plymouth diver called MRCC Brixham to tell them that one of their divers was possibly suffering from a decompression problem after missing stops while diving at St Johns Lake, Plymouth. Following medical advice the diver was taken by ambulance to the hyperbaric chamber. H.M Coastguard advises that dives requiring decompression stops should be plann