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The St Peter Port Lifeboat volunteers and a team of paramedics came to the aid of a diver who was in danger of suffering decompression sickness.
At 11:40, Guernsey Coastguard received a call from a dive boat three miles east of Sark reporting that one of their divers had surfaced early, feet first and with air trapped in his suit.
Whilst the diver was alert and breathing normally, there was concern about the possibility of decompression sickness.
St Peter Lifeboat “Spirit of Guernsey” launched on service at 12:10 with paramedics on board.
Arriving on scene at 12:28, the casualty was safely transferred to the lifeboat and transported back to Guernsey, arriving in St Peter Port at 12:45.
The casualty was then transferred by ambulance to the hyperbaric chamber at the Princess Elizabeth Hospital.
Pictured top: The hyperbaric chamber at the Princess Elizabeth Hospital.
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