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Dealing With Nitrogen Narcosis

August 31, 2010

As we saw in our previous post, Nitrogen Narcosis is much more serious than just a feeling of being ‘high’ or ‘drunk’ as it is often described (if you missed it- Click Here). Since no one is immune to narcosis and it’s almost 100% that at 100feet (30m) or more you’ll experience it, it’s best [...]

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Nitrogen Narcosis Is Not Just A High Feeling, It’s Dangerous

August 31, 2010

Nitrogen Narcosis may be called the ‘Martini Effect’ and might be compared to being ‘drunk’ or ‘high’ but at 100 feet or deeper underwater, it can spell disaster. And if you still think it can’t happen to you, let me tell you that if you dive to 100 feet on air, your chance of getting [...]

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Warm Water Hypothermia

May 27, 2010

Can Hypothermia occur in warmer ocean water? Is warm-water Hypothermia even possible? Well to answer this question, we must first begin with trying to understand what exactly Hypothermia is. Hypothermia is the condition in which the body’s core temperature drops below that required for normal metabolism and body functions. When the body is exposed to [...]

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Scuba Diving Nosebleeds

January 21, 2010

Experiencing a nosebleed while scuba diving isn’t uncommon and even though the sight of blood in your dive mask looks terrifying, a nosebleed isn’t a severe problem as long as it isn’t persistent. Nose bleeds are witnessed more often with newer divers than with experienced divers simply because of the way a new diver equalizes/ [...]

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Scuba Diving Risks: Mask Squeeze

January 14, 2010

Mask Squeeze is the condition that occurs due to incorrect equalization of the air pressure inside the mask causing the outside pressure at depth to push the scuba mask to a divers face resulting in bursting of the small blood vessels around the eyes. Most of you have probably learned about Mask Squeeze during your [...]

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Scuba Diving Associated Muscle Cramps

December 22, 2009

Even if you consider yourself a fit person, almost  every Scuba Diver has experienced cramping of their hamstring, calf muscles, or quadriceps or in the arc of your foot  while Scuba diving at some point or the other. When a muscle cramp hits you underwater, it can often be an agonizing experience. These muscle cramps [...]

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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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Hypothermia and Heat Loss while Scuba Diving

December 11, 2009

Have you ever noticed yourself start shivering, or feeling cold while Scuba Diving even in warm tropical waters? The water that we dive in is almost always at a lesser temperature than that of our bodies; and water conducts/draws away heat from a divers body almost 25 times more efficiently than air, which is why [...]

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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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