• 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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    complete tables can take into account staged decompression dives and dives performed at altitude. US Navy tables; Bühlmann tables; Royal Navy (RNPL) tables; BSAC...
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    prevent or minimize decompression sickness, divers must properly plan and monitor decompression. Divers follow a decompression model to safely allow the...
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    In 1941, altitude decompression sickness was first treated with hyperbaric oxygen. and the revised US Navy Decompression Tables were published in 1956...
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    bubbles inside the body tissues during decompression. DCS most commonly occurs during or soon after a decompression ascent from underwater diving, but can...
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    indicator of decompression stress when comparing decompression strategies, or assessing the efficiency of procedures. The US Navy 1956 tables were based...
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    of decompression status of the diver. decompression bar decompression buoy decompression chamber Hyperbaric chamber used for decompressing divers and emergency...
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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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    but can be up to 1.9 bar in-water and 2.2 bar in the chamber when using the US Navy tables for surface decompression, An alternative to a low-pressure...
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  • The Bühlmann decompression model is a Haldanian which models the way inert gases enter and leave the human body as the ambient pressure changes. Versions...
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    "No calculation dive tables" NAUI tables (original version) Decompression theory is not an exact science. Decompression models approximate a physiological...
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    travel gas and decompression gas. bottom time Time used in calculating decompression obligation from decompression tables. For most tables this is defined...
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    specified depth without incurring a stage decompression obligation in terms of the specified decompression tables or algorithm. nominal capacity Volume of...
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    (link) US Navy Diving Manual Revision 6, Chpt. 9-3, page 63, Air Decompression definitions "NOAA Ocean Explorer: Monitor Expedition 2002: decompression chamber"...
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    United States Navy Sea, Air, and Land (SEAL) Teams, commonly known as Navy SEALs, are the U.S. Navy's primary special operations force and a component of...
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  • Ratio decompression (usually referred to in abbreviated form as ratio deco) is a technique for calculating decompression schedules for scuba divers engaged...
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    affected leg, stretching, and surgery. Most of the time surgery is eventually required and may include core decompression, osteotomy, bone grafts, or...
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  • pressurize at all. Such decompression may be classed as explosive, rapid, or slow: Explosive decompression (ED) is violent and too fast for air to escape...
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    Exponential/linear decompression algorithm used in the 2008 US Navy decompression tables. therapeutic recompression A procedure for treating decompression sickness...
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    31 July 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015. "Anteo - Marina Militare". "File:US Navy 050628-N-1464F-001 The Italian submarine rescue vehicle SRV-300 is launched...
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  • basis for the current US Navy mixed gas and standard air dive tables (from US Navy Diving Manual Revision 6). The decompression model is also referred to...
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    personal decompression computer or decompression meter is a device used by an underwater diver to measure the elapsed time and depth during a dive and use...
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    necessary to call the Emergency Medical Services. In some countries, such as the US, there may also be self-acting groups of voluntary first responders who have...
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    apparatus US Navy decompression models and tables U.S. Navy Diving Manual (USNDM), also known as United States Navy Diving Manual, or US Navy Diving Manual –...
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    Diving- and Treatment Tables. Tables and guidelines for surface orientated diving on air and nitrox. Tables and guidelines for treatment of decompression illness...
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    level. The U.S. Navy tables recommend that no alteration be made for dives at altitudes lower than 91 metres (299 ft), and for dives between 91 and 300 meters...
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    and Heritage Command News. Naval History and Heritage Command. 1 April 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-12-14. Retrieved 2021-12-31. "US Navy...
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    the Young Artist Awards. The film was produced on a budget of about US$12 million, and has grossed $33 million. To promote the film, Irwin was featured in...
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    and using a conservative decompression schedule the risk of decompression sickness is significantly reduced, and the total time spent decompressing is...
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    for the U.S.Navy for diver training. US Navy decompression tables and variations on the originals have been used worldwide by recreational and professional...
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