Question

You are working as an EMT diver assisting a search and rescue team in locating a private​ aircraft, which​ crash-landed and rapidly sank in a local lake. You are searching in approximately 80 feet of​ water, when you notice that your dive partner is beginning to act​ erratically, rapidly changing direction and swimming down into the bottom and stirring up silt. Which of the following do you suspect is going on as you encourage him to​ ascend?

A. He is suffering from nitrogen narcosis.B. He is manifesting the signs of decompression sickness.C. He has developed​ "the squeeze."D. He has run out of air.

Answer 1

I believe it is B. He is manifesting the signs of decompression sickness

Step-by-step explanation:

Decompression sickness is caused by a rapid decrease in the pressure around you of either air or water.