Deep Submergence Bio Med Dev

Abstract

This project: 1) Develops advanced biomedical and bioengineering technology for medical and life support enhancement to decrease submariner deaths and permanent injury in a disabled submarine (DISSUB) and during submarine escape and rescue; 2) Conducts research for diver health, safety, and effectiveness: - to increase understanding of human performance and enhanced diver stress management and survivability in high stress environments such as in cold/warm water and at altitude; and - to validate and improve the accuracy of assumptions associated with equipment testing and certification, diving procedures, and diver biomedical physiology. Deliverables for DISSUB include: medical guidance/procedures increasing submariner survivability for submarine escape and rescue (including new Submarine Rescue Diving and Recompression System (SRDRS)), life support parameters, medical procedures for life support; exposure and mitigation guidance for atmospheric contaminants, high levels of oxygen and/or carbon dioxide; prevention and treatment of decompression sickness and pulmonary oxygen toxicity; and senior survivor expert decision system. Deliverables for diver health and safety include: decompression guidance in extreme environment diving with various breathing mixtures, temperatures, durations, and altitudes; exposure guidance for oxygen breathing; diver performance guidance based on physiological effects of diving; enhanced underwater swimming efficiency; enhanced diver thermal protection; collection of operational diving depth/time profiles to predict decompression risk, and exposure and mitigation guidance for diver underwater continuous noise, impulse noise, and underwater blast. Requirements: OPNAVINST 3150.27C, Navy Diving Policy and Joint Military Diving Technology and Training Program, 24 Jun 2016 Navy Salvage and Navy Diving Capabilities-Based Assessment (CBA) Report, 19 Dec 2013 NAPDD #587-873, Deep Submergence Biomedical Development, 23 Nov 1999.

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2018
• Source ID: 0099_0603713N_4_1319_PB_2018

Tags

Readers

• Underwater engineering and Marine Technology.

Technology Areas

• Biotechnology