Deco for Divers by Powell, Mark -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Foreword Contents Introduction 1. Historical Perspective

Robert Boyle (1627–1691) Rediscovery Caissons Disease Paul Bert (1833–1886) John Scott Haldane (1860–1936) US Navy Robert Workman Professor Albert Bühlmann (1923–1994)

2. Decompression Principles

Overview The Air we Breathe The Effects of Pressure Dalton’s Law The Lungs Henry’s Law Diffusion Gas Transport Perfusion Saturation Tissue Compartments Half Times Supersaturation Critical Supersaturation Controlling Ratio M-Values Ascent Rates No-Stop Dives Bubble Formation Silent Bubbles Safety Stops Decompression Stops Oxygen Window

3. Decompression Illness

Burst Lung Arterial Gas Embolism (AGE) Interstitial Emphysema Pneumothorax Decompression Sickness Decompression Classification Type I Type II Type III Type IV Reclassification of DCS and AGE Symptoms of the Bends by Frequency Time of Onset of Symptoms Predisposing Factors Dehydration Dive Profiles Repetitive Diving Temperature Obesity Exercise Smoking Age Flying after Diving Reverse Profile Previous Injury PFO Lung Shunts Doppler Bubble Detection Medical Implications of DCI First Aid Oxygen 5 Minute Neurological Exam Recompression In-Water Recompression Omitted Decompression

4. Saturation Diving

Development of Saturation Diving Commercial Saturation Diving Saturation Decompression

5. Nitrox

Using Nitrox Using Nitrox as a Decompression Gas The Oxygen Window Revisited

6. Deep Stops and Bubble Models

Deep Stops Pyle Deep Stops – an Example Gradient Factors Dual Phase (Bubble) Models Individual Bubble Behaviour Multiple Bubble Behaviour Gas Switches and Bubble Models Specific Bubble Models: Thermodynamic Model Varying Permeability Model Critical Volume Algorithm Development of VPM Reduced Gradient Bubble Model

7. Mixed Gas

Choice of Gas Argon Neon Hydrogen Helium Trimix Trimix Decompression Helium in Decompression Gases Isobaric Counter Diffusion

8. Other Decompression Models

RNPL – Slab Diffusion BSAC-’88 US Navy Exponential Linear Model Probabilistic Models DCIEM Ratio Deco

9. Decompression Calculations

Compartments, Half Times and Surfacing Ratios Workman M-Values (1965) Bühlmann ZH-L16A Set of M-Values for Nitrogen (1990) ZH-L16A Half-Times, “A” and “B” Values for Nitrogen and Helium Conversion from Workman M-Values to Bühlmann Coefficients The DCAP MM11F6 Model (1988) for Nitrogen Variable Permeability Model (VPM) Alveolar Partial Pressure No Decompression Limits (NDL) Saturation Level Bühlmann Schreiner Ascent Ceiling Decompression Stops Calculating a Decompression Profile Gradient Factors Saturation Diving DCIEM Ratio Deco GUE Ratio Deco Calculations Ratio Set Points First Deep Stop Generic Ratio Deco Calculations Ratio Set Points First Deep Stop

Acknowledgements References and Further Reading Index

← Prev
Back
Next →

← Prev
Back
Next →