SENSACIONES
6th December 2008, 08:39
A scuba diving instructor died after he encountered problems while teaching a scuba course.
Rick Musgrave, 61, was scuba diving off Whytecliff Park in West Vancouver with four student divers when he suddenly made a rapid ascent from a depth of about 30 meters.
The other divers ascended and found their instructor unconscious at the surface.
Paramedics who responded to a 911 call at about 10:30am worked for 30 minutes to revive Musgrave and said he had a pulse as they airlifted him to hospital.
At about noon, Musgrave was pronounced dead at West Vancouver Hospital.
The fatality was the second scuba diving accident in a week at Whytecliff Park, which is popular with scuba divers.
On November 15, a 20-year-old California man was rushed to hospital and treated for decompression sickness after he ascended too rapidly and lost consciousness at the surface.
Rick Musgrave, 61, was scuba diving off Whytecliff Park in West Vancouver with four student divers when he suddenly made a rapid ascent from a depth of about 30 meters.
The other divers ascended and found their instructor unconscious at the surface.
Paramedics who responded to a 911 call at about 10:30am worked for 30 minutes to revive Musgrave and said he had a pulse as they airlifted him to hospital.
At about noon, Musgrave was pronounced dead at West Vancouver Hospital.
The fatality was the second scuba diving accident in a week at Whytecliff Park, which is popular with scuba divers.
On November 15, a 20-year-old California man was rushed to hospital and treated for decompression sickness after he ascended too rapidly and lost consciousness at the surface.