Carbon Monoxide Poisoning! | DIVE STORIES

Cave explorer and rebreather designer Mike Young tells two scary stories about very close calls because of carbon monoxide in the breathing gas--and the man who saved his life not once but twice.
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[@Juhani139]

That's awful. Thank you, Mike for sharing. Even pros run into problems.

[@markaprill6501]

Poison gas in your tank…wow. You can tell how upset Mike is..this guy is a living hero and as tough as they come… anybody else would be dead. except Edd.

[@unotechrih8040]

Thank you for sharing, Mike (and BlueWorld). I'm very sorry you had to go through this, but these stories no doubt save many lives.

[@BlueWorldplus]

Well said!

[@michaelwilkinson5466]

Love these interviews with amazing divers like Mike and Edd!

[@GryphonIndustrial]

Thats scary. Never would have thought of CO getting into tanks. Its not just badly maintained fork lifts and cars left running in the garage. RIP.

[@DavidRabbit]

CO is one of the contaminants that's discussed and covered during even Open Water training. Our local dive shop owner and his wife came across the same problem in the Dominican Republic. They found out after the aborted dive that the intake for the system was right next to the exhaust of the compressor at the fill station.

[@BlueWorldplus]

Egads, that's bad!

[@shable1436]

I wonder where he got his nitrox filled?

[@Dandeb19]

I'm so sorry for your loss & that you went through both horrible experiences Mike. Thank you & Jonathan for sharing because I'm sure alot more divers will beware and hopefully test their own tanks instead of leaving it up to the shops. That's so terrifying.

[@BuffyLynn]

So sad. Very random situation that no one could have predicted and I understand survivors guilt so to be clear, it’s not your fault in any way Mike. It just happened. Telling this story may save others and definitely honors Brendan. ❤

[@MathewRPayne]

Sadly had two friends die on separate occasions from CO. I now consider a CO analyser as essential as a nitrox one. Flashing compressor, pp blending and no hopcolite in filters

[@MathewRPayne]

@@Navy1977 yes Beth on CCR

[@BeckiMuttley]

I think, if that would’ve happened to anybody else they probably wouldn’t have made it out. I have seen these videos of Mike’s before where he’s been in horrendous situations and just focused his way out by breaking everything down to small tasks, just focusing rather than panicking. I don’t think there’s many others that could do that apart from Mike and probably Edd but not many more. That’s extremely sad news about his friend dying. Hopefully one day there will be a device that can be fitted on a rebreather and even open circuit that analyses all gas in real time. There are three oxygen sensors in the sidewinder but I always think it would be very good when the technology is available to have those sensors detect all gas levels within the mix. The first step will probably be CO2.

[@BeckiMuttley]

@@Navy1977 no the PPO2 is displayed but not CO2. The three units are oxygen sensors so you still have to rely on your own experience to know when you’re getting a CO2 hit if you are over breathing your loop. A gas analyser analyses a small sample that goes through it and as different gases are different weights even if you have a good procedure for analysing the gas there is a chance there could be something else in there that does not make it into the analyser, but you eventually will breathe, especially if you get gas from an unknown source you might be diving in a fairly remote area and be relying on a dive shop that you’ve only known for a short time. Some expeditions make it virtually impossible to bring all of your own gas. So a real time sensor would solve this, it would give you warning that there is a problem but it’s extremely complex technology which I would imagine it’s going to be awhile before it’s miniaturised and cheap enough to be used in diving. 🙂

[@BlueWorldplus]

Carbon Monoxide (CO) not Carbon Dioxide (CO2) was the issue.

[@roybm3124]

That is impressive anxiety control wow. Wonder if this led to changes in mandatory gasmixture control? It’s easy to talk afterwards but he should have got oxygen the moment he got out of thé cave.

[@Yggdrasil42]

Since I started continuous blending my own Nitrox in my garage I've bought a simple CO sensor. It's frustrating that the good ones are so expensive.

[@almerindaromeira8352]

They also need to be regularly calibrated. That's expensive too.

[@LoveCaveDiving]

Holy Crap!!! That is so scary. Good to know.

[@mitchimuus]

Thanks for sharing this story. Sorry for your loss.

[@OutsideGalaxy]

Thank you for sharing, what a tragic situation and I know the best you can Hope is that others learn from it and that this doesn't happen again

[@keithsaunders6342]

Seeing limited options for CO analyzers. Are their models anyone can recommend? Thank you Mike for sharing this story with the diving community.

[@LoveTOOlearn]

Mike your a legend and this just goes to show no matter how careful your being something can always happen but you reacted positively 🎉

[@OrionsKelt]

I see Mike Young, I click.

[@BRIDGETTWC]

I ❤ love 💙 🌎!

[@logand12356]

Another legend

[@rade6063]

Love this stories with Mike and Edd

[@maddowdle]

I’m so sorry you lost your friend and for the crazy emotions you must carry about the whole situation. Thank you for sharing your story. I hope that it may save somebody who hears it.

[@chisaquaticvibe6524]

Sorry for your loss. 😢

[@freedomwanderer91]

Wow thats crazy.

[@PotooBurd]

Rest in peace dear friend

[@tee5210]

Wow.

[@harambeexpress]

OK I'm getting a CO analyser.

[@palehorse7377]

there's zero chance of a coincidence like that.

[@HeatherSZ]

Wow, incredible story. I can't believe nobody called emergency services for you, though? 😳 RIP Brendan

[@ahmedmahomed]

❤

[@Nebul3r]

Kindly post videos of cenotes you went to in Mexico with divetalk team as they did not post much

[@BlueWorldplus]

Here's one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qHrPmnqQn8isotU

[@sergiollag1]

oh wow. we should standardize testing for carbon monoxide then.

[@robertb2744]

Is there some kind of clear container that you could slide a 4 gas or 2 gas monitor inside. You could then run some gas from the tanks into the clear container to see if the alarms go off or if it reads any Co. It would also analyze the O2 levels if you're diving Nitrox.

[@tonfleuren3536]

there are dedicated gas analysers for divers, but most don't test for carbon monoxide, they only measure oxygen content, and the expensive ones measure helium content.

[@robertb2744]

@@tonfleuren3536 They don't do much good if your air is contaminated and they don't test for CO.

[@dynamite6507]

They should call it the nappier sensor

[@seansego]

That’s terrible man. RIP Brendan

[@Scoondog]

There needs to be a meter that you can breathe through to test it

[@tonfleuren3536]

@@Navy1977 most analysers (at least the ones I've seen) only measure oxygen, or oxygen and helium content. I've always wondered why they don't test for carbon monoxide, but I learned today that those do exist.

[@VashStarwind]

Wow. How does C Monoxide even get into a tank? Idk if there would be a fire in the tank, thats strange. Is that only a problem with nitrox?

[@BlueWorldplus]

It can happen with any compressor.