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Date: Tue, 01 Apr 1997 16:30:44 -0700
To: techdiver@aquanaut.com
From: Chris Parrett <chris@ab*.co*>
Subject: Re: Metabolic Decompression
At 03:10 PM 4/1/97 PST, you wrote:
>Chris Parret wrote:
>
>> This morning i read the following article.
>> in days of old this was the kind of thing I looked forward to seeing on
>> this list instead of all the garbage that so often now fills it.
>> Take a look at what is coming down the line in the next 2-3 years...
>> 
>> 
>> REPRINT FROM:
>> PRESSURE, UNDERSEA AND HYPERBARIC MEDICAL SOCIETY
>> April 1997, Volume 26, Number 2
>> 
>> BIOCHEMICAL DECOMPRESSION: A Fundamentally New Approach.
>> Susan R. Kayar
>
>(And much deleted)
>
>Are you sure this isn't some sort of 'April Fools' type prank?  To
>start with, how good is the disolved gas exchange via your intestine
>wall?  The idea of swallowing a whole load of nitrogen-fixing bacteria
>prior to a dive to speed decompression sounds more than a bit far
>fetched.
>
>				My .02,
>				Mike Chalup
>
>

This is where the US Navy is spending their money.
It is Very Much for real.

Note that the goal of this research is not to do away with decompression
but to Reduce it by significant amounts and or to lower the associated risk
of DCS for recreational dives.

Christopher M Parrett
President

Abysmal Diving Inc.
Makers of Abyss, Advanced Dive Planning Software
6595 Odell Place, Suite G, Boulder, Colorado, 80301 USA

http://WWW.ABYSMAL.COM

Phone, 303-530-7248
Fax, 303-530-2808



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