ACADIA NATIONAL PARK, Maine (18 Sep 2006) -- A man was airlifted to hospital after a scuba diving accident in Maine's Acadia National Park. Robert Foss, 52, was scuba diving off Schoodic Point when he encountered problems, surfaced and called for help. People on the beach who heard the diver screaming for help alerted authorities who sent rangers to the scene of the accident. Foss managed to swim to back to shore on his own but he was coughing up blood and experiencing facial paralysis, both signs of decompression sickness. Park rangers immediately called LifeFlight to rush the severely injured diver to Saint Joseph Hospital by helicopter. | | Lifeflight helicopter may have saved bent diver. Hospital officials have not yet issued a statement related to the injured diver's condition. © CDNN - CYBER DIVER NEWS NETWORKSCUBA FORUMDISCUSS THIS TOPIC - Dive in and have your say at Scuba Forum |
