Insufficient awareness of immersion pulmonary oedema risk for high bloodpressure
British Diving Safety Group received 2 coroners' reports about this hazard between 5 Jan 2022 and 30 Apr 2026.
They came from 2 different coroners in 2 coroner areas. A similar concern was raised again 1 time after the first warning.
A published response was found for 1 of the 1 earlier reports, stating 2 specific actions.
The story, report by report
Spacing grows with the time between reports.
“Whether there is sufficient awareness of the risks & affects of immersion pulmonary oedema by those engaged &/ or participating in the activity of diving.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ British Diving Safety Group responded, stating 2 specific actions.Response (PDF) ↗Response (PDF) ↗
“The BDSG has created, and is continuing to compile a pack for use at an incident to help preserve evidence: BDSG Serious Accident Guide for Divers v1.”
“We will continue with these and similar activities in future.”
- 4 years 4 months laterIdentical hazardConfidence 0.92 · higha different coroner
“I am concerned about the level of training and awareness around the risks of immersion pulmonary oedema('IPO') for divers with high blood pressure.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ Repeated from the earlier report:awarenessrisksimmersionpulmonary
British Diving Safety Group responded.Response (PDF) ↗Response (PDF) ↗
- All reports to British Diving Safety Group
Each row is one judged link between an earlier and a later report. Open a row to read both quotes, found word for word in the originals.
2022 → 2026Kevin Lapwood4 years 4 months after Richard Sanders · different coronerIdentical hazardConfidence 0.92 · high
Identical hazardConfidence 0.92 · highBoth reports highlight insufficient awareness and training regarding immersion pulmonary oedema among divers.
Richard Sanders · 5 Jan 2022
“Whether there is sufficient awareness of the risks & affects of immersion pulmonary oedema by those engaged &/ or participating in the activity of diving.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ Kevin Lapwood · 30 Apr 2026
“I am concerned about the level of training and awareness around the risks of immersion pulmonary oedema('IPO') for divers with high blood pressure.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗
Stated action
“The BDSG has created, and is continuing to compile a pack for use at an incident to help preserve evidence: BDSG Serious Accident Guide for Divers v1.”
Stated action
“We will continue with these and similar activities in future.”
No specific action could be extracted with a verified quote.
No specific action could be extracted with a verified quote.
- Each report's concerns were extracted by Nemotron 3 Nano on Nebius Token Factory, each with a quote copied from the report.
- Concerns from reports to British Diving Safety Group at least six months apart were compared by meaning (Qwen3 embeddings) and wording (TF-IDF).
- The closest pairs were judged by Nemotron 3 Super with reasoning on. Only identical or closely related, with confidence of at least 0.70, are shown.
- Every quote was checked by code as an exact substring of the original text. Names of staff and family are redacted, and the deceased are named by report title only.
| Link | Meaning | Wording | Judge | Coroner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 → 2026 | 0.85 | 0.54 | Identical · 0.92 | different |
Judge model: nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b. How Nemotron did the work · Full methodology.
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