ASCENSION ISLAND – SUB-AQUA DIVING INCIDENT PROCEDURE, CASUALTY EVACUATION
PLAN & EMERGENCY CONTACT DETAILS
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Take control
Assess the situation
Delegate action
Contact the Emergency Services: Who you are – nature of emergency – location – assistance
required - intentions
EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN
Casualty & rescuer – ensure positively buoyant; in-water RB as required
Recover casualty into boat
Recover other divers
Contact Ascension Radio or Ascension Base Operations (Mayday x 3, Pan x 3): VHF 16, Sat
Phone +247 6333
Administer BLS & First Aid as required
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Priorities: Danger – Response – Airway – Breathing – Circulation
DCI: Keep the casualty quiet – Lie casualty flat on back – do not raise legs – administer
100% O2 – administer fluids
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If diving-related incident, immediately contact DDMO (+44 (0)7831 151523) by Sat Phone for
D&G. DDMO takes medical responsibility for casualty
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Recover to Guano Jetty, English Bay, or Georgetown Pier, or as directed by emergency services
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If the casualty has been diving, remind Medical Services NOT to use Entonox
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Complete BSAC Casualty Assessment form, and record incident and previous dive details
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Evacuate to Medical Centre or Georgetown Hospital, or as directed
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If DCI incident and the DDMO advises recompression treatment and aeromedical evacuation of
the casualty to a recompression chamber, Ascension Island staff to contact DDMO and UK Aeromedical
Evacuation Control Centre to initiate casevac iaw AP 3394 – The RAF Aeromedical Evacuation Service.
CONTACT NUMBERS
Note: Ascension Ops is manned 24/7 - a call to either 3333 or 3315 will be answered. Ops is able to
contact all island emergency services via a pager system
Civil/Commercial number for Ascension Island Base (AIB) and Island telephone exchange is: + 247 then
the 4-digit Ext/Tel number
Military Net for AIB only: 9231 98537
Ascension Radio – VHF 16
Duty Diving Medical Officer (DDMO): +44(0)7831 151523
RAF Base Operations: 3315 (Routine) 3333 (Emergency)
Fire, Emergency, Sea Rescue: +247 6333
Military Medical: 3311 (Medic) 3310 (Nursing Officer)
Duty Medic: Via pager message from Ops
Georgetown Hospital: +247 6252 (Routine) 6000 (Emergency)
Police: +247 6412
Ambulance: +247 6000
Falmouth Coastguard: +44 1326 317575
Superintendent of Diving, Diving Standards Officer (AT): +44 (0)23 92 22 x4137 or 93832 4137
Divers Alert Network (DAN) Hotline: +27 828 10 60 1
JSSADSC, Fort Bovisand: +44 1752 405573
UK Strategic Aeromedical Evacuation Control Centre (AECC), RAF Brize Norton (0800 hrs to 1700
hrs (UK Time))
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Civ: +44 (0)1993 89 + Ext
Mil: 95461 + Ext
Reception 5300
AE Controllers: Ext 5299; 5300; 5301; 5302; 5303
SNCO FN 5263; FS AECC 5258; SO3 Aeromed 5298; SO2 Aeromed via 5300
Fax: Civ: +44(0)1993 895304. Mil: 95461 5304
1700 hrs to 0800 hrs (UK Time):
Duty AE Controller by mobile telephone: 07770 648688
COMCEN at RAF Brize Norton: 95461 Ext 7400
AECC Duty Controller Multiuser mailbox: bzn-aecc@mod.uk
Joint Casualty and Compassionate Centre (JCCC)
24 Hour Casualty & Compassionate Contact Numbers
Direct Dial: +44(0)1452 519951
Mil VPN: 95471 7325
Brent: 01452 854463
SSS: 2462
FAX Direct Dial: +44 (0)1452 510807
Air Rescue Coordination Centre (ARCC), RAF Kinloss
Duty Controller Civ: +44(0)1343 836001/2/3. Mil – 95135 6001/2/3
CHAMBER LOCATIONS
Canary Islands
Hospital Insular De Lanzarote
Arrecife, Canary Islands
24-hr phone (mobile): +34 629 183 921
Top Diving Centre
Puerto Escala
Playa Amadores, Local 15
Puerto Rico, Canary Islands
24-hr phone: +34 670 954 467
Dive Center Phone: +34 928 560 609
Namibia
Welwitschia Hospital, Walvis Bay, Namibia. Not open 24/7 – contact DAN Hotline +27 828 10 60 10 or
the hospital directly (+264 64 20 9000) to determine doctor, chamber attendants/operators availability
Brazil
The Brazilian navy has a number of hyperbaric chambers distributed along the shore. Five chambers
are located in naval hospitals. A large hyperbaric center is located at the Brazilian Submarine Base in
Rio de Janeiro. Other chambers details are:
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Centro de Medicina Hiperbárica do Nordeste Ltda.
Hospital da Sagrada Família
Rua:Plínio de Lima n.01
Mont-Serrat
Salvador - Bahia
(71)3109100 (phone) / (71)3121417 (fax)
hbonordeste@e-net.com.br
Director: João R. David Neto , MD
Multiplace: Yes
Hyperbaric Center
Campinas University
Rua Barao de Jaguara,460/AP. 113
Campinas SP
13015
(55 ) 19 2341951 (phone) / (55 ) 19 2341951 (fax)
iazzetti@bestway.com.br
Director: Paulo E. Iazzetti, M.D.,PhD
Multiplace: Yes
Rio de Janiero Hyperbaric Hospital
Hospital da Beneficencia Portuguesa do Rio de Janeiro
Rua santo Amaro 80
Gloria
Rio de Janeiro
(0xx21) 222-2320 (phone) / (0xx21) 222-2320 (fax)
oxigeniohiperbarico.com.br
Multiplace: Yes
Hyperbaric Medicine Zona Sul Ltda
Rua das Perobas 344
Hospital Nossa Senhora de Lourdes
Sao Paulo
04321-120
(+55) 11 50116658 (phone) / (+55) 11 5011-6658 (fax)
contato@hiperbarica.com.br
Multiplace: Yes
DAN recommended chambers:
Hospital Sao Marcos
Rua Domingos Ferreira, 63 Sala 317 – Pina
Recife, PE Brazil 51011-050
24 Hour Phone: +55 81 3465-9126
Hospital Phone: +55 81 9973-4119
Hospital UNIAD
Rua Pacifica dos Santos#71 – Bairro Pais
Recifie, PE Brazil 52010-030
Phone: +55 81 3423-4431
Kenya
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Kenyan naval base, Mombasa, Kenya (short journey from Mombasa airport)
Kenyan Navy Diving Doctor – Dr Bebora 0733 466 695
Kenyan Navy Decompression Chamber Team – 041 231 7356, 231 7258, 231 7161 Ext. 3447
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