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Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1996 11:01:25 -0700 (PDT)
From: Karl E Huggins <huggins@bc*.us*.ed*>
To: John Taylor <jtaylor@cs*.co*.uk*>
cc: GarlooEnt@ao*.co*, atikkan@ix*.ne*.co*, techdiver@terra.net
Subject: Re: Safety Hangs (was Re: Report on a medical occurrence)

On Thu, 13 Jun 1996, John Taylor wrote:

> Do you have the complete reference for the study you mention (Andy Pilmanis).
I
> am really interested in the pros and cons of the so called 'precautionary
> stops'. BSAC recommend a one minute safety stop at 6 metres (presumably only
> for dives that are in some considerable excess of this depth). Given recent
> posts by Richard Pyle suggesting deeper stops, should precautionary stops be
> done deeper than this?

Much of the theory and limited data was presented at the AAUS Biomechanics
of Safe Ascents Workshop held at Woods Hole in 1989. The proceedings from
the workshop have been available from AAUS (American Academy of Underwater
Sciences) and DAN. You can check with Don Harper (AAUS Publications Chair)
at harper_d@ta*.ta*.ed*.

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