There are several categories of decompression equipment used to help divers decompress, which is the process required to allow divers to return to the...

To prevent or minimize decompression sickness, divers must properly plan and monitor decompression. Divers follow a decompression model to safely allow...

of long decompressions underwater, in cold or dangerous conditions. A decompression chamber may be used with a closed bell for decompression after bounce...

A dive computer, personal decompression computer or decompression meter is a device used by an underwater diver to measure the elapsed time and depth...

such as a surface decompression chamber. Some equipment, like a diving stage, is not easily categorised as diving or support equipment and may be considered...

depends on the level of decompression stress and the risk of symptomatic decompression developing. Symptomatic decompression illness may develop during...

overlap where similar equipment is used, and some concepts are common to all decompression procedures. Normal diving decompression procedures range from...

bubbles inside the body tissues during decompression. DCS most commonly occurs during or soon after a decompression ascent from underwater diving, but can...

or fail to pressurize at all. Such decompression may be classed as explosive, rapid, or slow: Explosive decompression (ED) is violent and too fast for air...

time required for decompression to surface pressure will not increase with longer exposure. The diver undergoes a single decompression at the end of the...

maximum depth and, when used with a watch and Decompression tables, also allows the diver to monitor decompression requirements. Some digital depth gauges also...

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forces they share many of the same tactics, techniques, procedures and equipment of special operations forces. During large-scale operations, Force Reconnaissance...

Personal protective equipment (PPE) is protective clothing, helmets, goggles, or other garments or equipment designed to protect the wearer's body from...

growth, with decompression sickness as a consequence. Partial pressure of oxygen is usually limited to 1.6 bar during in-water decompression for scuba divers...

Mountain troop – specialists in Arctic combat and survival, using specialist equipment such as skis, snowshoes and mountain climbing techniques. In 1980 R Squadron...

volume involved already exists prior to decompression. Barotrauma can occur during both compression and decompression events. Barotrauma generally manifests...

with inert gas Stage decompression – Decompression during ascent based on decompression stops Surface decompression – Decompression in a diving chamber...

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Most of the time surgery is eventually required and may include core decompression, osteotomy, bone grafts, or joint replacement. About 15,000 cases occur...

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position and speed to some extent. Decompression: During the ascent the diver was often required to do in-water decompression stops, which were usually done...

was the site of several serious incidents, most notably an explosive decompression in 1983 that killed four divers and one dive tender, as well as critically...

capable of lifting 150 tons as well as £20,000 on additional machinery and equipment. Construction commenced at the bow working backwards, rather than the...

exposure profile. Efficient decompression requires the diver to ascend fast enough to establish as high a decompression gradient, in as many tissues...

Decompression Illness (DCI) comprises two different conditions caused by rapid decompression of the body. These conditions present similar symptoms and...

acute traumatic ischemias. It is the definitive treatment for severe decompression sickness, which is largely a condition involving localized hypoxia initially...

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Retrieved 2007-03-10. History of Submarine Escape Immersion Equipment[usurped] “Decompression Illness Associated with Submarine Escape and Rescue” (PDF...

long or deep dive may need to do decompression stops or remain below a decompression ceiling to avoid decompression sickness, also known as "the bends"...