Need a Chamber in Florida?

[tekkydiver]

Much like the state of Florida requires a fishing license so could they institute a dive license where proceeds could be used for a chamber. A user fee system would seem reasonable.

 

[Yellowfin15]

I feel like there’s a lot of places that have the capability to to treat divers that just don’t advertise it. When I got bent a few months back after a dive, DAN was very quick with coordinating with the hospital in brooksville to get me down to a chamber at Blake hospital in Sarasota for treatment. I talked to the nurses and doctors down there and they said they primarily use it for wound/burn treatment but they’ll treat divers as well if they have to.

 

[DeepSeaExplorer]

Much like the state of Florida requires a fishing license so could they institute a dive license where proceeds could be used for a chamber. A user fee system would seem reasonable.

We definitely don’t need the government trying to regulate recreational diving.

What we have now works just fine.

 

[John O'Connor]

Purely used for diving and the treatment of Type 1 and Type II bends, then FDA and MDD is not a requirement.
The codes you mention are known fully as PVHO-1: 2016 an accepted universal standard of build with specifuc calculations for the viewport design and the full ASME corresponding code for the pressure vessel shell design is ASME VIII Div 1. (or Division 2)

For a recreational diver position once you "magic" into being a medical patient then the medical practitioners can add whatever medical standard they deem fit mostly to extract a excessive charge to the insurance carrier and to exclude competition from the DDC and commercial transportable chambers. Hence why commercial diving chambers or DDC Deck Decompression Chambers have no problem treating their own and the military and exclusive alternative solution and why the recreational diver gets hosed so much for a simple two hour session sucking oxygen at 60 FSW for a couple of hours (not withstanding the 5 minute air breaks and TTUP accent rates for the purists among us)

From a commercial manufacturing position a two man lightweight transportable decompression chamber capable to 165 FSW 50MSW rated chamber together with comms viewports medical lock oxygen BIBS CO2 scrubber stretcher emergency 3 hour CO2 internal scrubbers and 3 hour oxygen back up, Gas skid to blow down to 165 FSW twice and ventilate throughout the treatement costs about the same as an average but decent family car.

Adding a full gas anaysis package and treatment data logging of PP02 PPCo2 Humidity depth/time log would make it up to around the cost of a BMW X3

The Catalina chamber was a "gifted chamber" Not FDA or MDD it was and is not a requirement, the design build code was ASME

Historically getting bent is an occupational hazard to all divers and treatment is the same regardless if the chamber on site/deck or in a medical hospital facility the only difference is the time taken before blowdown is critical for a quick and full resolution. From arriving on the surface to being under pressure breathing oxygen at 60 FSW and commencing treatment used to take less then 5 minutes and use $20 of oxygen. By the time you got back to port the treatment is over done and dusted and then the medical bills can begin I guess. If required

Thanks!

 

[caydiver]

Keep your DAN up to date and they will take care of medievac etc. They police helicopter is the usual method to get divers from The Brac and Little Cayman to GC. DAN covers it all.