Decompression sickness (DCS; also called divers' disease, the bends, aerobullosis, and caisson disease) is a medical condition caused by dissolved gases...
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To prevent or minimize decompression sickness, divers must properly plan and monitor decompression. Divers follow a decompression model to safely allow...
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Vertigo (section Decompression sickness)
of decompression sickness in 5.3% of cases by the U.S. Navy as reported by Powell, 2008 including isobaric decompression sickness. Decompression sickness...
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Inner ear decompression sickness, (IEDCS) or audiovestibular decompression sickness is a medical condition of the inner ear caused by the formation of...
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Barotrauma (redirect from Barotraumas of decompression)
are not generally considered barotrauma. Decompression illness is a term that includes decompression sickness and arterial gas embolism caused by lung...
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Decompression Illness (DCI) comprises two different conditions caused by rapid decompression of the body. These conditions present similar symptoms and...
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analysis into the study of decompression sickness in 1982. Albert A. Bühlmann published Decompression–Decompression sickness in 1984. Bühlmann recognised...
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Hypobaric decompression is the reduction in ambient pressure below the normal range of sea level atmospheric pressure. Altitude decompression is hypobaric...
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also avoid complications due to sub-clinical decompression injury. The symptoms of decompression sickness are known to be caused by damage resulting from...
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Saturation diving (redirect from Saturation decompression)
conservative decompression schedule the risk of decompression sickness is significantly reduced, and the total time spent decompressing is minimized....
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equivalent decompression may result in decompression sickness. Repetitive diving, multiple ascents within a single dive, and surface decompression procedures...
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Diving chamber (redirect from Decompression chamber)
decompress divers as well as treat injuries. Pressurized tunnel boring machines: just as the original term for "the bends" or "decompression sickness"...
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pressures. Decompression obligation for a given dive profile must be calculated and monitored to ensure that the risk of decompression sickness is controlled...
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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...
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Scuba diving (section Decompression)
buoyancy control, but when long decompression stops at specific depths are required, the risk of decompression sickness is increased by depth variations...
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Dive computer (redirect from Decompression meter)
profile which, according to the programmed decompression algorithm, will give a low risk of decompression sickness. A secondary function is to record the...
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Deep diving (section Inner ear decompression sickness)
effect on decompression. IEDCS is known to occur during ascent after some deep dives, but the causes are uncertain. Inner ear decompression sickness is known...
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Hypoesthesia (section Decompression sickness)
disorder Beriberi Decompression sickness occurs during rapid ascent, spanning 20 or more feet (typically from underwater). Decompression sickness may express...
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Air embolism (section Decompression illness)
usually obvious and may present quite differently from decompression sickness. Decompression sickness: Inert gas bubbles form in the bloodstream if the gas...
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schedule as required. HBOT found early use in the treatment of decompression sickness, and has also shown great effectiveness in treating conditions such...
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hours after a dive. The principal conditions are decompression illness (which covers decompression sickness and arterial gas embolism), nitrogen narcosis...
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between decompression sickness and iatrogenic air embolism as well as the relationship between inadequate decompression and decompression sickness were noted...
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The US Navy has used several decompression models from which their published decompression tables and authorized diving computer algorithms have been...
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Nitrox (section Decompression benefits)
underwater dive time by reducing the decompression requirement, or reducing the risk of decompression sickness (also known as the bends). The two most...
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Haldane's decompression model is a mathematical model for decompression to sea level atmospheric pressure of divers breathing compressed air at ambient...
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essential for anaerobic metabolism, they could be a limiting factor. Decompression sickness (DCS) is a disease associated with metabolically inert gas uptake...
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diving, and the saturation diving technique reduces the risk of decompression sickness (DCS) after long-duration deep dives. Atmospheric diving suits (ADS)...
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Another means by which sonar could be hurting cetaceans is a form of decompression sickness. This was first raised by necrological examinations of 14 beaked...
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Cabin pressurization (section Unplanned decompression)
the full symptoms thereof. Decompression sickness may also be controlled by a full-pressure suit as for altitude sickness. Barotrauma As the aircraft...
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Diving medicine (section Decompression sickness)
(33 ft) of depth. The principal conditions are: decompression illness (which covers decompression sickness and arterial gas embolism); nitrogen narcosis;...
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