WATCH: the incredible moment a diver is brought back from brink of death 9News
After diving off the coast of Western Australia last month Mitchell Goodwin started to feel nauseous.The experienced 36-year-diver was hunting for crayfish off the coast of Mandurah and had descended to a depth of 42 metres.Mitchell Goodwin had been diving for 20 years.
"I was meant to take two decompression stops. I only took one so I pushed the limit and got caught for it and paid the price."I lost my sight and then blacked out."Decompression sickness — also known as the bends — can occur when divers descend beyond a depth of 10 metres and then rise to the surface too quickly without taking necessary decompression stops; a pause during the diver's ascent.
Officers found him unconscious on the back of his boat, after his mother and partner made an emergency call for help."The only information we had was there was a diver suffering from the bends," he said."We just knew that time was of the essence, it was critical."
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