A nurse working on a popular North Queensland holiday island calls for advice about a male patient in his 60s who has collapsed shortly after ascending from a scuba diving expedition. The patient is confused and has difficulty breathing. You think he has diving-related pathology and requires retrieval to your hospital by a 30-minute helicopter flight.
List four diving-related pathologies you would consider as causes of his collapse.
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List four non-diving-related pathologies you would consider as causes of his collapse.
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State three components of your management advice to the nurse before retrieval.
(Marked out of 3.0)
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