More Deco Reading?

HenrikBP · Sep 6, 2010

I've read "Deco for Divers" and will re-read it. The Oxygen window and a few other topics are still a bit hazy

Can you recommend other books going into Deco, theory and practice. For actual diving I'd like to stay with the DIR system, but am up for any good info/reading on the topic.

Some of the AINTD or TDI manuals maybe?

Thanks,

Henrik

rongoodman · Sep 6, 2010

GUE has a DVD. I don't have it, but I've heard Lynn(TS&M) speak highly of it.

IANTD has their encyclopedia. TDI's Deco Procedures manual is old and currently being redone.

I agree about the oxygen window--it took me several attempts at Powell's explanation on pp 131-135 to get my head around it. I think there are a typo or two in that section which make things murkier. I found the paragraph at the bottom of page 58 to contain the real take-home message.

HenrikBP · Sep 6, 2010

Thanks for the pointers Ron.

I've seen the IANTD Encyclopedia mentioned before. Sounds like a substantial piece.

I looked around the GUE site for a publishing date for the DVD. Do you happen to know when it was made?

And I'll double check those pages in "Deco for Divers" - thanks for the pointers

Thanks,

Henrik

ucfdiver · Sep 6, 2010

rongoodman:
GUE has a DVD. I don't have it, but I've heard Lynn(TS&M) speak highly of it.

I don't think that's a real great dvd for general audiences. Really high level stuff.

HenrikBP · Sep 6, 2010

ucfdiver:
I don't think that's a real great dvd for general audiences. Really high level stuff.

Do you know when it was produced? I'm wondering how up-to-date the content is.

Henrik

Bubbletrubble · Sep 6, 2010

I have never read Deco for Divers, so I can't comment on how clearly the information is presented.

Coincidentally, Mark Powell (author of Deco for Divers) was a participant in a 2004 SB thread in the Dr. Deco Forum. He was asking Dr. Deco to explain the concept of the "oxygen window," since he didn't fully grasp it. Dr. Deco gave a very clear explanation of it. Review the thread here.

HenrikBP · Sep 7, 2010

Good thread Bubble. Thanks for the link.

Henrik

ucfdiver · Sep 7, 2010

HenrikBP:
Do you know when it was produced? I'm wondering how up-to-date the content is.

Henrik

It's pretty current information. I've talked to a few people who have seen it and what I gathered is that unless you already understand the material, you won't understand it. It's JJ and a few PhD's just talking about various deco topics.

Hope I'm clear-- there's great information in it, it's just not user friendly.

LiteHedded · Sep 7, 2010

it's boring as ****

HenrikBP · Sep 7, 2010

ucfdiver:
...there's great information in it, it's just not user friendly.

Thanks James, I gotcha ...

Henrik

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