Scuba diver expected make full recovery

29apr06

A SCUBA diver is expected to make a full recovery after he resurfaced unconscious in waters off Brisbane and was winched aboard a rescue helicopter.

A Counter Disaster and Rescue Service (CDRS) spokeswoman said the man, aged in his mid-50s, came to the surface unconscious after diving at Flinders Reef at Moreton Island about 8am (AEST) today.

The spokeswoman said the man came to after he was administered CPR on a dive boat.

He was then winched aboard the helicopter from the dive boat and airlifted to the Royal Brisbane Hospital.

The man was transferred to Brisbane's Wesley Hospital for treatment at its hyperbaric unit.

A Wesley Hospital spokeswoman said the diver was expected to make a "complete recovery".

"It's early days but his doctor expects him to make a complete recovery," she said.

A Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman said he was suffering the bends, also known as decompression sickness.

It was not known whether the diver was a tourist.

7:09 PM - 5/1/2006

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