Rescue from Pressurized Submarines,
Abstract
Pressurization of distressed submarine significantly complicates the rescue process. As a result, decompression sickness and oxygen toxicity are potential maladies which could reduce the likelihood of a successful rescue mission. although several problems which require further investigation remain, sufficient medical information now exists to allow authorization of pressurized rescue, so that appropriate training exercises can occur. This has the potential of further identifying procedural and hardware problems which, when corrected would improve the capability of current submarine rescue systems to perform their primary mission under a variety of circumstances.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1983
- Accession Number
- ADP001888
Entities
People
- Roderic G. Eckenhoff
Organizations
- Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory