Adjunctive therapy for decompression illness: a review and update

Adjunctive therapy for decompression illness: a review and updateRichard E Moon

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The effects of high altitude on relative performance of dive decompression computers [Abstract]Buzzacott PL, Ruehle A

In this paper, dive-computer-generated no decompression limits (NDLs) in fresh water at high altitude were compared with low-altitude, single, repetitive and multilevel dives. All computer-generated high-altitude NDLs exceeded those published for the altitude dived. Computer rankings by conservatism for single dives at low altitude had negative correlations with rankings at high altitude (r = -0.81). Correlation between high-altitude, square-profile dives and low-altitude, repetitive, multilevel NDLs was significantly higher (r = 0.91, P < 0.01). We conclude sea-level, single-dive NDLs, such as those published in instruction manuals, are not reliable when gauging the conservatism of dive computers for use at high altitude. It is recommended that divers using dive computers for planning high-altitude dives consider computer-generated, real-time NDLs as experimental.

School of Population Health, University of Western Australia and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Denver

Reprinted with kind permission from Buzzacott PL, Ruehle A. The effects of high altitude on relative performance of dive decompression computers. Underwater Technology. 2009;28(2):51-5.

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