{"id":23981,"date":"2023-02-23T16:47:16","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T21:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/world.dan.org\/?post_type=dan_alert_diver&p=23981"},"modified":"2023-04-24T10:03:35","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T14:03:35","slug":"paralyzed-in-grenada-2","status":"publish","type":"dan_alert_diver","link":"https:\/\/world.dan.org\/fr\/alert-diver\/article\/paralyzed-in-grenada-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Paralys\u00e9 \u00e0 Grenade"},"content":{"rendered":"

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J'avais 50 ans et je m'\u00e9tais inscrit \u00e0 la facult\u00e9 de droit. J'attendais avec impatience de savoir si j'avais \u00e9t\u00e9 accept\u00e9, et pour me distraire, j'ai d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de faire un voyage de plong\u00e9e \u00e0 la Grenade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apr\u00e8s une excellente premi\u00e8re journ\u00e9e de plong\u00e9e, je me suis r\u00e9veill\u00e9 t\u00f4t le deuxi\u00e8me jour, impatient d'en savoir plus. J'ai pr\u00e9par\u00e9 mon mat\u00e9riel photo et je suis mont\u00e9 \u00e0 bord du catamaran pour une plong\u00e9e guid\u00e9e en groupe. Nous avons plong\u00e9 le Shakem<\/em>une \u00e9pave populaire dont la profondeur maximale est d'environ 85 pieds (26 m\u00e8tres) sur la c\u00f4te abrit\u00e9e des Cara\u00efbes de la Grenade. La plong\u00e9e a dur\u00e9 37 minutes et comprenait une longue remont\u00e9e du r\u00e9cif et un palier de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 de quatre minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had no problems during the dive; I took photos and stayed with the group. After the safety stop, I surfaced and pulled myself to the boat with a towline (there was some current on the surface). While I was climbing the ladder I felt a spasm in my upper back; at first I didn\u2019t think it was anything serious. I removed my buoyancy compensator and weight belt and sat down to rest. I told the other divers I would be sitting out the second dive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

En l'espace de 10 minutes, la douleur a irradi\u00e9 tout mon corps et j'ai eu l'impression que ma poitrine \u00e9tait comprim\u00e9e. Ma peau a commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 \u00eatre hypersensible, j'\u00e9tais faible et j'avais la naus\u00e9e. J'ai d\u00e9cid\u00e9 d'enlever ma combinaison de plong\u00e9e, mais lorsque j'ai essay\u00e9 de soulever mon pied droit pour enlever ma botte, il n'a pas boug\u00e9. Quelques minutes plus tard, je ne pouvais plus bouger aucune de mes jambes et j'ai r\u00e9alis\u00e9 qu'elles \u00e9taient toutes deux paralys\u00e9es. Je savais alors que j'\u00e9tais en difficult\u00e9. J'ai demand\u00e9 de l'oxyg\u00e8ne au capitaine et, heureusement, il y avait une bouteille pleine \u00e0 bord. J'ai commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 l'inhaler imm\u00e9diatement et, au bout d'un moment, je l'avais enti\u00e8rement consomm\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The captain radioed the dive shop as the boat rushed to shore. Meanwhile I was wailing that I needed a bathroom and that my bladder was going to explode. When we arrived, two strong guys picked me up under my arms and dragged me off the boat and put me into a car, and I was driven to a local doctor\u2019s office. Medical staff there put me on a toilet, and nothing came out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At that point, my priority was to get to the hospital so I could be catheterized as soon as possible. We raced to St. Augustine\u2019s Medical Services, a small, private hospital near St. George\u2019s, where a doctor immediately relieved my bladder, put an IV into my arm and began administering oxygen. The dive staff had already contacted DAN\u00ae<\/sup>, and medical staff there offered advice to the doctor about my interim emergency treatment. DAN also arranged \u2014 no questions asked \u2014 a jet air ambulance to fly me at low altitude from Grenada to Barbados, where there was a hyperbaric chamber. I remember thinking how relieved I was to be a DAN member and to have DAN dive-accident insurance. (Editor\u2019s note: Grenada and Barbados both have hyperbaric chambers that have been available to treat divers. Chamber availability is always subject to change based on maintenance, staffing, and other factors. If you suspect you may need a hyperbaric chamber, call local emergency medical services, then call the DAN Emergency Hotline.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Les \u00e9v\u00e9nements qui ont suivi sont flous. J'\u00e9tais effray\u00e9e \u00e0 l'id\u00e9e d'\u00eatre paralys\u00e9e, mais je r\u00e9fl\u00e9chissais aussi \u00e0 ce qui allait se passer ensuite. On m'a donn\u00e9 des m\u00e9dicaments pour me calmer, mais je suis rest\u00e9e anxieuse. Je me souviens d'avoir voyag\u00e9 en ambulance de l'h\u00f4pital jusqu'au tarmac, o\u00f9 j'ai \u00e9t\u00e9 soulev\u00e9e par une sorte de chariot \u00e9l\u00e9vateur et plac\u00e9e dans un avion d'\u00e9vacuation sanitaire. J'ai respir\u00e9 de l'oxyg\u00e8ne pur pendant tout le trajet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Au sol, \u00e0 la Barbade, j'ai \u00e9t\u00e9 accueilli par une ambulance qui m'a conduit directement au caisson de la base des forces de d\u00e9fense de la Barbade. Le caisson, qui a depuis \u00e9t\u00e9 remplac\u00e9 par un caisson plus r\u00e9cent, \u00e9tait juste assez grand pour un patient et un assistant, qui m'aidait \u00e0 mettre et \u00e0 enlever le lourd masque \u00e0 oxyg\u00e8ne toutes les 20 minutes et communiquait avec l'op\u00e9rateur du caisson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

J'ai pass\u00e9 dix jours \u00e0 la Barbade, dont huit avec cinq \u00e0 sept heures dans la chambre. Chaque jour, j'ai constat\u00e9 une am\u00e9lioration progressive de mon \u00e9quilibre et de ma force et, \u00e0 la fin de mon s\u00e9jour, je pouvais me lever de mon fauteuil roulant et marcher lentement \u00e0 l'aide d'un d\u00e9ambulateur. Au bout de dix jours, le m\u00e9decin traitant, Michael Brown, en consultation avec les m\u00e9decins de DAN, a d\u00e9cid\u00e9 que mon \u00e9tat s'\u00e9tait am\u00e9lior\u00e9 au maximum, et des dispositions ont \u00e9t\u00e9 prises pour que je rentre \u00e0 New York par avion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DAN arranged for a medical escort to fly to Barbados and accompany me to New York. I was provided with a wheelchair and enough oxygen to last the whole trip. Once again, an ambulance picked me up at the airport, and this one took me to Mount Sinai Hospital, where I was admitted to the hospital\u2019s spinal rehabilitation unit. They immediately did a Doppler ultrasound test and discovered a deep vein thrombosis (DVT) behind my right knee. I began taking blood thinners and embarked on an intense regimen of physical and occupational therapy at Mt. Sinai\u2019s acute rehabilitation unit for spinal cord injuries. I was the only patient whose injury did not involve an injury to the spine \u2014 only the spinal cord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Le lendemain de mon arriv\u00e9e \u00e0 Mount Sinai, mon petit ami m'a apport\u00e9 mon courrier, et voil\u00e0 que j'avais \u00e9t\u00e9 accept\u00e9e \u00e0 l'\u00e9cole de droit de New York pendant mon absence. \u00c0 l'\u00e9poque, je ne pensais pas qu'il me serait possible de m'inscrire, mais j'ai envoy\u00e9 ma caution et je me suis engag\u00e9e \u00e0 travailler aussi dur que possible pour y arriver. Quatre mois plus tard, je suis devenue \u00e9tudiante en premi\u00e8re ann\u00e9e de droit et j'ai pass\u00e9 les trois ann\u00e9es suivantes \u00e0 jongler entre mes besoins physiques (qui incluaient la poursuite de la kin\u00e9sith\u00e9rapie) et des \u00e9tudes intensives. J'ai pass\u00e9 l'examen du barreau de New York trois fois et je l'ai finalement r\u00e9ussi \u00e0 l'\u00e2ge de 55 ans. Aujourd'hui, je marche avec une canne et je travaille \u00e0 domicile en tant que consultant et avocat sp\u00e9cialis\u00e9 dans le domaine de la musique, des droits d'auteur et de la technologie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am grateful for DAN\u2019s incredible knowledge of decompression sickness and their quick response to my need for hyperbaric medical care. I am also grateful for the way DAN handled my medical expenses: They directly paid for the medevac to Barbados and the transportation home to New York \u2014 I never saw a bill. I paid the hospitals in Grenada and Barbados using my credit cards, but I got reimbursed from DAN, including the costs of phone calls to the U.S. from the hospital. In addition, DAN covered my medical co-pays for doctor\u2019s appointments and physical therapy for a full year from the date of my injury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t dive anymore, but I still enjoy the water, wildlife and exploration. My boyfriend and I are now passionate kayakers, and we explore the lakes, rivers and reservoirs of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. Instead of taking photos of angelfish and coral, I now take pictures of egrets, blue herons and sunbathing turtles.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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