Sas
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Do a Google search and you'll find lots of them. It's not that hard.
Great. Then it won't be too hard for you to find studies to support what you said all studies you've read say then will it?
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Do a Google search and you'll find lots of them. It's not that hard.
. If they have any effect at all from narcosis, it is so insignificant that it's not a danger during a dive.
None of the above. The worst is: "Who, me? I'm not narced"
While I can agree with alot of what you say this is the statement that makes me uncomfortable. It ties in with what Dr Bill said. The most dangerous feeling is the "who me" type of narcosis.
I also have a high tolerance to narcosis (maybe fewer brain cells ) and I am amused by those who have convinced themselves they are unsafe below 60ft due to narcosis but I have watched divers I consider quite capable not perform as well at depths as shallow as 100ft. I have made navigational errors in wrecks I was quite familiar with at depths above 130ft even though I did not feel I was narced.
My point is saying narcosis poses no danger is dangerous.
Great. Then it won't be too hard for you to find studies to support what you said all studies you've read say then will it?
It has been my observation that very few divers ever experience any real symptoms of narcosis to the point that they can tell something is different with them. If they have any effect at all from narcosis, it is so insignificant that it's not a danger during a dive.
I always call the 100 to 150' depth range, the Caustion zone because you may not feel like you're narced but in reality you are. Narcosis maybe mild at that depth and most diver will function fairly well until the **** hit the fan.
Complete rubbish. Narcosis is NOT something you always gradually feel. Its a gradual impairment of reactions and just like other things on land it also impairs the ability to judge how impaired you actually are.
Yes you can be feeling fine and think you aren't narked. You still are whether you think it or not.
The real test is how someone deals with a stressful and unexpected situation underwater and there are mountains of evidence here to back up narcosis affecting everyone. Doing puzzles or writing your name backwards is a useless indicator.
If you're going to mention articles lets have proper peer-reviewed article to back up your claims. "google" is not a valid response. If you're putting a counter-point provide specifics.