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Scuba diver rescued after sudden surfacing

Associated Press - July 8, 2007 5:54 PM ET
SAN PEDRO (AP) - Helicopters rescued a scuba diver whose equipment malfunctioned while he was 220 feet underwater off the coast of San Pedro.
The diver was 10 miles off Cabrillo Beach when he noticed an ammonia taste in his air supply around noon today.
The diver was sickened by the bad air, surfaced quickly and was treated by paramedics.
A Los Angeles Fire Department helicopter took the diver to Catalina Island where the University of Southern California operates a hyperbaric chamber at its research center.
Divers who come to the surface too rapidly can develop the bends and must be placed in pressurized vessels to decompress slowly.
The diver was expected to make a full recovery.