decompression sickness

Hi there, I’m looking for some advice in terms of getting a PFO test (transoesophageal echocardiogram) after my recent diving trip to the Maldives and experience of decompression sickness. I’m a diver from the UK! I was diving in Fuvahmulah (absolutely incredible diving!) last month and was on...

Hi everyone, Im in nursing school right now, and part of the program has to include a community project presentation where I have to present something to the community. So I decided to pick my topic based on something I'm sort of familiar with: Decompression Sickness. Ive done some research...

Hi! I’m relatively new to diving and I’m not sure if I should be panicking or if I’m being paranoid. I did a dive on Saturday to 17m. We started to do a safety stop but I had an issue with my drysuit where the legs inflated, pushing my fins off and pulling me upwards. My buddy and the DM...

I have been reading (and enjoying) "The Six Skills and Other Discussions" by Steve Lewis. He introduces the concept of off-gassing ceilings which I had not come across before. He recommends when ascending from your max depth to your off gassing ceiling to ascend no slower than 9 mps (don't...

Hi everyone I would really aprciate your help. My boyfriend and I did a dive 2 days ago and the next morning he woke up feeling a little sick. It didn't worry us much he just seemed a bit under the weather but not serious. We went for another dive that afternoon and as we were acending he was...

Any news about who DIVE SHOP and DIVE MASTER or INSTRUCTOR was responsible for this poor diver. Check local news: Buzo Canadiense se Encuentra Grave Here you have a translation of the news: "Canadian diver seriously injured March 28, 2016 * A diver was found drifting off the Arcos de...

I saw a documentary on bubbles entitled "Pop! The Science of Bubbles" expecting to see a segment on decompression sickness. Well-made and lots of interesting stuff on the physics of bubbles and potential applications, but regrettably no mention of decompression. But in one of the segments they...