Day 3: Much Much Excitement!!

Today was much more exciting! No bodies, but:-
1) The shower is GREAT.
2) I found the room with t'internet and moved into it.
3) There was a diving accident..!
4) And another elective student arrived. Huzzah!

Dr Ahmed got the call at ~11am and I was down at the Search + Rescue (again) half an hour later, waiting for the boat to get in.

In an almost anti-climatical way (the patient was reported over the radio to be "paralysed"), the boat pulled into the jetty and the patient-to-be *jumped* out of the boat. Then again, I suppose that was good sign = not too severe.

We red-lighted him (the two minutes down the road from the Search + Rescue place) back to the Chamber, took a thorough history and examined him then chucked him in the Chamber for some decompression Rx. With the newly arrived medical elective student (she'd been diving before, so was much less complicated for her to go in the Chamber than me).

"The Chamber" (not in action).

They stayed in for 4hrs and 45mins (decompression treatment adhering to the US Navy Decompression Treatment Guidelines, Table 6) with the patient taking air and O2 at timed intervals and Alice taking just air. We are going to see him again tomorrow and see if his symptoms have improved.

SO! The newly arrived elective student is Alice from Nottingham Uni who is here for 6 weeks. I am well happy and excited that I have someone to do stuff/ go to the beach/ plan trips/ travel with. YAY!!

(On a not-so-exciting front, where have all my geckos gone..? I found 2 giant American cockroaches playing dead this morning. Not impressed. I hope my geckos (?gecki) come home soon!!)