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Article: Decompression sickness and dive tables.(HYPERBARIC MEDICINE)
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- FOCUS: Journal for Respiratory Care & Sleep Medicine
- Article date:
- March 1, 2009
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When scuba divers come to your hyperbaric department for the treatment of decompression sickness (DCS), they may have their dive computer with them. The Divers Alert Network recommends divers bring their computers if they need hyperbaric treatment and today many divers own these devices.
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So what are dive computers and what purpose do they serve to the hyperbaric staff? Before we can answer these questions we should review two related topics: DCS and the dive tables. When a diver descends into the water (or is placed in a hyperbaric chamber) he or she is exposed to increasing outside pressure, which in turn increases the partial ...