PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — The St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a man was diving to retrieve golf balls out of a golf course pond and did not resurface.
As a former Navy EOD Diver, I can tell you that shallow dives are often more dangerous than deep dives. Arterial Gas Embolism (AGE) can happen in very shallow depths, it is caused by the diver holding their breath while rising to the surface or even small depth cahnges. Basically the air in the lungs over expands and ruptures the alveoli allowing an air bubble into the blood stream. If a diver passes out with in the first 10 minuets of surfacing an AGE is suspected and they are treated as such.
Five bucks says it was a gator.
ReplyDeleteBetcha he had just recently been vaxxed, and had a heart attack.
ReplyDeleteThat will screw up his handicap. Maybe they should have fed the 'gator.
ReplyDeleteI'd sat they DID feed the gator.
DeleteWhat do you want to bet a gator got him? I've heard of them living on golf courses in FL before.
ReplyDeleteThis reminds me of something I read today. "Titleist Bans ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ From Personalized Golf Balls."
ReplyDeleteWTF?
As a former Navy EOD Diver, I can tell you that shallow dives are often more dangerous than deep dives. Arterial Gas Embolism (AGE) can happen in very shallow depths, it is caused by the diver holding their breath while rising to the surface or even small depth cahnges. Basically the air in the lungs over expands and ruptures the alveoli allowing an air bubble into the blood stream. If a diver passes out with in the first 10 minuets of surfacing an AGE is suspected and they are treated as such.
ReplyDeleteSue the golf course for not putting 10 foot fences with razor wire around the ponds.
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