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From Traumatismo craneal perforante por arpón de pesca: A propósito de un caso

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A 34-year-old male shot himself in the head with a speargun in a suicide attempt. He did not lose conciousness and was taken to his local hospital where he arrived alert and didn't show any neurological deficit in a quick neurological evaluation. Before being transferred to our hospital the patient was anesthetized and intubated. The trajectory of the harpoon did not impede the intubation maneuver. On arrival at our Intensive Care Unit the man was sedated and showed stable vital signs. The proximal half of the arrow was cut shorter to mobilize the patient better. This procedure was performed with an cold saw (sawing machine that uses a circular saw blade to cut metal) with extreme caution to prevent transmission of vibrations trough the brain. The arrow traversed the patient's head: the entry point was the submental region and the projectile passed trough the tongue, palatal bone, right ethmoidal bone, medial wall of orbital apex, anterior cranial fossa and finally the frontal lobe before reaching the exit point in the right coronal suture about 4 cms away from the sagital sinus.

I love pics of ghetto diving gear, reminds me of Cuba.

Fantastic pics. Who is David?

I've been using the Speardiver Stealth mask for two years now.

The Aqua Lung or Aqualung Sphera mask is a low volume mask preferred by freedivers. It has curved plastic lenses that allow it to wrap around the face, resulting in increased field of vision and lower volume. The Sphera mask achieves low volume in a different way than other masks in the ultra low volume micromask class, and as such is likely to provide a waterproof seal for a larger segment of divers that otherwise experience leaking especially under the nose area. However this same curvature of the lenses causes some visual distortion making the Aqua Lung Sphera an acquired taste. The plastic lenses are also sensitive to scratches requiring more care during storage. The silicone skirt is soft and comfortable.

All in all the Aqualung Sphera is not an ideal mask for spearfishing where excellent visual properties and high durability are required. But it has acquired a strong following among freedivers. The newest version of the Sphera mask with silver buckles is available with free shipping from spearfishing.store Aqualung Sphera Mask.

Happy independence day everyone.

By take down you mean it comes apart for easier transport? Spear is still long?

Thank you but promoting Speardiver spearguns is not what I was getting at. I just found the tight focus on Pathos spearguns amusing, what with other options being more readily available.

Why do you want a Pathos speargun so badly?

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While diving they have great propulsion but when transporting one self horizontal they.... well they suck (even though all spearo/freedive fins probably are equally bad at this particular thing).

What exactly do you mean by that?

Good to know. I got a red grouper a few days ago, it didn't have any.

LOL @ let me google that for you.

Interesting.

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:weed2: or :weed:is fine from time to time. The only cigars I know/used to smoke occasoinally were Cuban, they're taxing on my system (and that's without inhaling) so I no longer do.

I tried to use weed eater wire for speargun mono, it didn't hold as well in tests.

I just had someone buy 10ft of 16mm rubber tubing, to use in a catapult to throw dead birds for retriever training. He sent me pictures of it, makes your rollers look dated

What flag did the boat have?

Nice grouper congratz.

What year was it discontinued and why?

Thanks for the feedback.