Free Books: Operational Medical Issues in Hypo and Hyperbaric Conditions

Free Books: Operational Medical Issues in Hypo and Hyperbaric Conditions

Decompression sickness risk reduction was sought throughout the twentieth century by adjusting dive duration and depth combinations. These adjustments hypothetically minimized inert gas supersaturation in tissues during decompression. The newest efforts in decompression sickness research by scientists at the -U.S. Naval Medical Research Center in Silver Spring Maryland are focused on fundamentally different approaches. We are seeking means of reducing decompression sickness risk by actively eliminating a critical portion of the body's inert gas load; by increasing the volume of inert gas held in solution by the blood; or by blocking the body's response to intravascular bubbles.