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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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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