Hyperbaric Chamber Question.

[tc]

Booo, I was coming here specifically to do that math, then make a hysterical joke about me being able to do it after growing up drinking my milk...

Alas, you have deprived ScubaBoard of my genius comedic stylings.

Better eat your wheaties for this one........

 

[Jim Ernst]

Booo, I was coming here specifically to do that math, then make a hysterical joke about me being able to do it after growing up drinking my milk...

Alas, you have deprived ScubaBoard of my genius comedic stylings.

 

[Jim Ernst]

Lets see, we'll make an assumption of a normal treatment depth of 60 fsw. Thats almost 66 feet or 3 atmospheres absolute. (Note- if anyone feels like running the real numbers knock yourself out- this is just a rough approximation ) Thats a bit less than 30 PSI more on the inside of the door than on the outside.

I'll use Catalina as an example since I work there- the door is held shut by the interior pressure when the chamber is at depth. (Chamber doors open inward) Door is (very) roughly 5' x 3', or 15 square feet. That works out to 2,160 square inches. If we multiply by the 30 PSI that would get us 64,800 pounds of pressure holding that door shut. (It's a steel door and probably a couple of inches thick)

Offhand I'd say we can call BS on that one.

Thanks TC, I knew if I asked this on the board, I would get some real answers from you guys that would know, As I know NOTHING about a chamber!I have never even seen one let lone be in one!

 

[Thalassamania]

Jim, you should make a run over to Catalina some time. The diving's great, and if you call ahead sometimes you can get a chamber tour.

 

[vladimir]

A reality show Tells a story of a Female Scuba Diver doing a dive to 350ft, Something goes wrong and she has to bolt for the surface.

She makes it, But of course has to take a chamber ride, during the time she is in the Chamber, somehow someone Opens the chamber door and it instantly Kills her and sends Blood flying......

I hate to sound Stupid, But could there be any truth to that???????????


Thanks in advance!!

A reality show, huh?

While that story clearly has no basis in reality, a somewhat similar incident in the hyperbaric chamber aboard the Wavekrest is well documented. Details are a little sketchy, but the ship's owner, Milton Krest, was killed when the window on the hyperbaric chamber was broken while he was compressed to great depth.

 

[Thalassamania]

A reality show, huh?

While that story clearly has no basis in reality, a somewhat similar incident in the hyperbaric chamber aboard the Wavekrest is well documented. Details are a little sketchy, but the ship's owner, Milton Krest, was killed when the window on the hyperbaric chamber was broken while he was compressed to great depth.

Vlad ... that was a movie ... you channeling Ronald Regan again?

 

[vladimir]

Vlad ... that was a movie ... you channeling Ronald Regan again?

Considering what passes for reality on "reality shows," I figured, "Hey, close enough."

 

[elmer fudd]

I'm wondering why they didn't include exploding heads among the symptoms of DCI when I took my rescue class. I guess they didn't want to discourage us from performing CPR and that's probably why they kept recommending those CPR masks. I can see where resuscitating a headless victim might be somewhat messy without one, but I'm a rescue diver dammit and I can deal with that kind of thing.

 

[diverdoug1]

Look up the "Byford Dolphin" accident. Pretty gruesome, but it has exploding heads and bodies. The explosive decomp. was from 9 atm. (far higher than therapeutic chambers are usually able to generate). The chamber tech who killed these divers also paid the ultimate price for his mistake. The worst of the physical damage was actualy caused by one of the bodies being forced through a small orafice.

 

[austin.takahashi]

Vlad ... that was a movie ... you channeling Ronald Regan again?