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> I was expecting to ear from the experts on this topic. I'm just back from > a trip to France and over there, Aspirin seems to be a standard part of > the treatment of DCS, as standard in fact as pure O2. > Both are advised (and teached) as first-aid procedures, to stabilize the victim while waiting for a medical evacuation / treatment. Remember, we are not doctors. (at least, not all of us :-) ) > I was reading a new French magazine (Octopus No2, juin-juillet 1996 > p14, Jacques Migueres) and the recommended dose seems to be 500 mg (as > long as you don't suffer from allergies). It seems that it can be taken That one is essential. You *really want* to know if someone on the boat is allergic to aspirin. Another stuff called SERMION is used here as a substitute. > at the treatment phase but there's no word on a the usefullness of a > preventive dose. It's no good if the your ASA brand contains > "paracetamol" apparently. > > So let me ask the experts again what is the status of aspirin use in the > treatment of DCS in America? Time to phone up DAN? > > BTW: Octopus is a new "technical" diving magazine in french. > It's printed in France not as technical as Deeptech but at least > it's different. They're up to their second number. The second editorial > states quite arongantly that all french scubadivers are techdivers... If you read the complete editorial, you see of course that it is a joke, meaning that any FFESSM diver at level 2 or above knows about deco dives, and at level 4 about mixes, including nitrox - as standard topics, not specialties. And now what ? Different agency, different ways. Karma. The joke is indeed inappropriate. PhV. --- philippe.villard@rp*.fr*; FFESSM N4+Initiateur, TIV, CMAS 1* Instructor. "The only difference between | All opinions expressed here are men and children is the cost | my very own and do not (necessarily) of their toys". | reflect my employer's position.
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