Esteemed Medical Geniuses,
I have a question regarding a report I read about regarding a contradiction on DCS and Thermal Protection Choices:
Following a tragic plan crash on the US east coast and the activities the Navy salvage divers were involved in, there were reports regarding something that has put some doubt in my mind. After analizing data from hundreds of dives, they discovered that divers using wetsuit's were less suseptible to DCS than the divers using Drysuit's or Heated Suit's. This was attributed to a theory regarding circulatory qualities and the fact that when skin is cold, it pulls more blood toward the inner body as a protective measure. Can anyone comment on whether this is feasible? Cold has always been on the list of things that lead to increased DCS suseptibility... have we been wrong all this time? Is it quite the opposite? This reminds me of another question: What's the final verdict, are eggs good for us or bad?
I have a question regarding a report I read about regarding a contradiction on DCS and Thermal Protection Choices:
Following a tragic plan crash on the US east coast and the activities the Navy salvage divers were involved in, there were reports regarding something that has put some doubt in my mind. After analizing data from hundreds of dives, they discovered that divers using wetsuit's were less suseptible to DCS than the divers using Drysuit's or Heated Suit's. This was attributed to a theory regarding circulatory qualities and the fact that when skin is cold, it pulls more blood toward the inner body as a protective measure. Can anyone comment on whether this is feasible? Cold has always been on the list of things that lead to increased DCS suseptibility... have we been wrong all this time? Is it quite the opposite? This reminds me of another question: What's the final verdict, are eggs good for us or bad?