Richard Bradley

It's hanging beside me.

And I can't really feel my hand.

I couldn't move my hand.

But what I later learned was compartment syndrome was setting in because of the force that had come in.

It was definitely one of the scariest moments, because when I saw that, you don't need to look far in the world of pressure devices and explosions for really painful outcomes from people who take in high-pressure water, high-pressure oil.

And I was now aware that my bloodstream had had an injection of all sorts of foreign bodies into it.

And our team began the sort of 40, 44 hour decompression.

At the best of times, it's a very chill experience where you read a lot of books and make plans for when you get out.

But in a situation like this, my brain is full of all sorts of really terrible outcomes that I've read about in case studies.

One of the things that crossed my mind was a piece of product getting stuck in my brain or in my lungs or my heart.

I just didn't know what was spinning around in my bloodstream.

Was there bubbles in there?

I don't know.

You get educated about these horrific case studies.

So this was the next sort of chapter of my survival story.

It was a real head game.

The pain was quite obtuse and very intense, but I felt like it was a reminder that A, I was alive, and B, I thought painkillers would affect my mental clarity.

You know, it had only been recently that in the last year or three that we'd had internet in the work environment.

We actually had good internet on board.

The ability to send an email to a friend of mine, Grant Booth, he's a trauma specialist and a shoulder surgeon who I know and trust.