kekenned
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@Duke Dive Medicine it was interesting to read your criteria for whether or not to stay below when bent in-water. I honestly can't say what would have been better for me. I had plenty of 50% left to do extra deco, but no O2 stage.
Also, I felt in control when I was underwater, but once I got to the surface I was not in a position to manage my dive gear any longer. Perhaps if I'd stayed under, I would have been much less bent when I surfaced. Alternately, perhaps I would have deteriorated and then been in a position where I was underwater and unable to manage myself and my equipment. When I surfaced, I very quickly got to the point where, for example, I couldn't find my waist belt or my face. When I tried to take my mask off and managed to get my hand on it, I then confusedly thought my hand on my own mask was actually my instructor's hand... Not exactly optimal.
Is it difficult to predict whether in-water DCS will get significantly worse if you extend deco? Or are symptoms likely to remain fairly stable if you, say, go back down to 20' from 17' where symptoms started and just hang out for a while?
Also, I felt in control when I was underwater, but once I got to the surface I was not in a position to manage my dive gear any longer. Perhaps if I'd stayed under, I would have been much less bent when I surfaced. Alternately, perhaps I would have deteriorated and then been in a position where I was underwater and unable to manage myself and my equipment. When I surfaced, I very quickly got to the point where, for example, I couldn't find my waist belt or my face. When I tried to take my mask off and managed to get my hand on it, I then confusedly thought my hand on my own mask was actually my instructor's hand... Not exactly optimal.
Is it difficult to predict whether in-water DCS will get significantly worse if you extend deco? Or are symptoms likely to remain fairly stable if you, say, go back down to 20' from 17' where symptoms started and just hang out for a while?