Scuba and Commercial Diving

Diving Fatalities of Czech and Slovak Divers (1965-2025)

The article deals with 185 diving fatalities involving Czech and Slovak divers that have occurred in the last 60 years in their countries and abroad. It provides a basic overview of accidents and groups them according to the most common causes, which are buddy team separation or solo diving, health conditions, overhead environment, inappropriate equipment and freediving.

Diver's accident due to foreign object aspiration

The article deals with the causes of a diving accident that occurred in 2014 in Svobodné Heřmanice quarry. One of the divers began to surface for unknown reasons in the 12th minute of a recreational dive and then sank to the bottom. As a result of the lack of breath, he lost consciousness. The second diver pulled him to the surface, where he successfully resuscitated him. Later, in the hospital, a foreign object was found in the injured diver's lungs.

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