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Top 5 Tips To Avoid Decompression Sickness

March 3, 2011

DCS or Decompression Illness as it’s known is a scuba diver’s worst nightmare. Unfortunately, it’s one of the biggest risks of scuba diving and literally thousands of divers, at some point or the other in their diving history have experienced less life threatening symptoms of decompression sickness in the form of minor skin tingling or [...]

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Scuba Divers Aren’t The Only Ones That Risk “The Bends”

February 4, 2011

Today I learned that scuba divers aren’t the only people who risk getting the bends when diving. Believe it or not, there is a special type of skydiving called HALO jumping, where the skydivers have to breathe 100% oxygen before and during the jump to avoid Decompression Sickness. How, you might ask… Well, HALO jumping [...]

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Scuba Diving and Air Embolism

December 17, 2009

Air embolism is a medical condition characterized by an air/gas bubble or bubbles in the bloodstream, which cause a variety of problems ranging from blockage of blood supply to organs, stroke like symptoms, and possible cardiac arrest if it reaches the heart. The primary causes for air embolism other than Scuba diving is through air [...]

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Decompression Sickness: All About Scuba Diving & The Bends (Part-2)

December 8, 2009

In our previous post we stressed on one of the biggest risks of Scuba diving- Decompression Sickness (DCS) and the importance of every diver knowing all there is to ‘the Bends’ as it is also known. We covered What is Decompression Sickness in detail and What are the causes of DCS when scuba diving.  If [...]

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Decompression Sickness: All About Scuba Diving & The Bends (Part-1)

December 7, 2009

One of the biggest risks of Scuba diving is Decompression Sickness (DCS), sometimes called ‘the Bends’, ‘Divers Disease’ or ‘Caisson Disease’. Knowing the facts and understanding all there is about decompression sickness is important for any person interested in the sport. While the basic decompression theory is covered in what you learn in an Open [...]

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