A Pill to Prevent the Bends?

Abstract

The risk of decompression sickness increases sharply if you go deeper, stay longer or surface more rapidly than recommended by accepted dive plan guidelines. And even if you do obey all the rules, the risk of bending is never zero. So, wouldn't it be nice if there were some way to help increase your level of safety?

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA405025

Entities

People

  • Susan R. Kayar

Organizations

  • Naval Medical Research Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Barotrauma
  • Decompression
  • Decompression Sickness

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Educational Psychology
  • Underwater engineering and Marine Technology.