We had a close call yesterday...

[StreetDoctor]

Any update on the Xrays?

[Dive-aholic]

Everything was normal. Jen has done several dives since then with no problems.

[sbdiver]

Wow, "I'm not a doctor, but I play one on the internet"... Internet diagnosis gone wild. Hopefully others won't use this thread as an example of how to respond to future diving incidents. "Living in the Panhandle" is a poor reason to avoid a doctor visit and an x-ray.

[Dive-aholic]

Wow, "I'm not a doctor, but I play one on the internet"... Internet diagnosis gone wild. Hopefully others won't use this thread as an example of how to respond to future diving incidents. "Living in the Panhandle" is a poor reason to avoid a doctor visit and an x-ray.

You know, that wasn't the point of the post. Read it again carefully. We're both nurses. The only thing we didn't get done right away was the x-ray, and that's just a diagnostic tool, nothing more. I don't recommend anyone not seek medical attention after an incident. But I can say Jen did receive it, just not from a doctor. We are capable of doing more in the field than most divers. This thread was just an attempt to figure out what happened. I'm 99.9% sure a visit to the ER for this wouldn't have revealed anything and I would have posted this question anyway. But that's based on 14 years of working in ERs. Bottom line, seek medical attention.

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[bamamedic]

Wow, "I'm not a doctor, but I play one on the internet"... Internet diagnosis gone wild. Hopefully others won't use this thread as an example of how to respond to future diving incidents. "Living in the Panhandle" is a poor reason to avoid a doctor visit and an x-ray.

I've met both Diveaholic and Jen and they are both careful and responsible divers. For one thing...several of those posting on this thread ARE physicians and medical professionals of various sorts...and both the divers in question are rather experienced RNs.

I haven't come across this thread before, but thanks for posting it, Diveaholic. Interesting reading...

I think, as medical professionals, we have the training and experience to be able to differentiate between an actual "get-to-the-ER-right-now" emergency, and something that has largely resolved and isn't life threatening. To someone without the medical experience that you or Jen has, I would suggest that person go to the ER for eval. However, if that incident had happened to me, I would have handled it in a very similar manner.