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Prison Walk raises funds for DDRC |
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Prison nurse Tim Merrick decided to repay his treatment at the Diving Diseases Research Centre with a sponsored walk which raised over £1300.
Tim, a diver with 11 years experience, suffered ‘the bends’ after an equipment failure during a dive in Bigbury Bay in July 2007 and was treated by the team at DDRC before making a full recovery.
Tim was very impressed with the care he received and how well other
patients were being looked after at the Hyperbaric Medical Centre.
41 year-old Tim said:
“Although I’m a nurse, I was unaware not Hyperbaric Chamber
treatment for any other condition than decompression illness. During
my week at DDRC I was the only diver there and I was amazed how so many
other conditions respond to HBO (Hyperbaric Oxygen).”
Tim’s walk involved his diving mate Paul Rowlands who also
works in one of Her Majesty’s Prisons and the two donned diving gear to
walk the 13 miles between HMP Brinsford near Wolverhampton where Tim
works and HMP Stafford where Paul works.
The two were accompanied by other colleagues and their efforts should
be swelling the £1370 already raised for DDRC as soon as it is
collected.
Tim added:
“Being treated in the event of a diving accident is
something too many divers take for granted. I hope many more people
will become aware of HBO and its wider applications. We should all be
very grateful that DDRC exists. I certainly am.”
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