Statistically Based Decompression Tables. 3. Comparative Risk Using U.S. Navy, British, and Canadian Standard Air Schedules.

Abstract

The first report of this series used probabilistic models to analyze the decompression safety of approximately 2000 single compressed air drives. The most successful model used in Report II generated new equal-risk decompression tables and was applied here to estimate the risk of bends using any of the current U.S. Navy, (U.K.) Royal Navy, and Canadian Forces standard air decompression tables. The range of risk went from less than 1% for short duration dives at most depths, to over 20% for exceptionally long exposures. The new Canadian schedules are generally safest because of their long decompression times, followed by British and then American schedules. Keywords: Diving; Decompression sickness; Saturation diving; Mathematical modeling; Likelihood estimation; Inert gas kinetics.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA177719

Entities

People

  • J. R. Hays
  • Mary E. Maccallum
  • Paul K. Weathersby
  • Shalini S. Survanshi

Organizations

  • Naval Medical Research Center

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  • Air
  • Biomedical Research
  • Classification
  • Compressed Air
  • Decompression
  • Decompression Sickness
  • Diving
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Mathematical Models
  • Models
  • Navy
  • Probabilistic Models
  • Probability
  • Saturation Diving
  • Standards
  • Technical Information Centers

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  • Underwater engineering and Marine Technology.