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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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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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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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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analysis into the study of decompression sickness in 1982. Albert A. Bühlmann published Decompression–Decompression sickness in 1984. Bühlmann recognised...
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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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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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Saturation diving (redirect from Saturation decompression)
conservative decompression schedule the risk of decompression sickness is significantly reduced, and the total time spent decompressing is minimised....
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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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Cutis marmorata (section In decompression sickness)
epidermal atrophy and ulceration. Cutis marmorata also occurs in decompression sickness (DCS). Although it is considered Type I DCS, which is non-neurological...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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maintain depth. If this happens with a significant decompression obligation, the risk of decompression sickness will be high. The CMAS Self-Rescue Diver training...
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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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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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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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the tissues during and after decompression. Decompression stress does not necessarily result in decompression sickness, but it is a necessary precondition...
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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). Nitrox is used...
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decompression sickness, barotraumas of compression and decompression, and long term risks include dysbaric osteonecrosis. The risk of decompression sickness...
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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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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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translation was entitled Decompression-Decompression Sickness. The book was regarded as the most complete public reference on decompression calculations and was...
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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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