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Dick, That was a cool post. I'll bet it cost considerably less money to do all that "deco" than to spend similar sessions in a chamber doing pretty much the same thing. I just hope his safeties are up to the task of saving his ass if the shit ever hits the toxicity fan. I love a "Scuba Changed My Life" Human Interest story. Drew (dmooney@cy*.ne*) So who changed my name to "346BD4FA.7041BB6B" ? Dick Barker wrote: > In message <346BD4FA.7041BB6B@cy*.ne*> writes: > > On the subject of the chamber, > > > > If any of you folks doubt the narcotic properties of O2: > > > > I recently had a chance to participate in three chamber rides in Houston, TX. > > The first time down, somewhere between 40 and 60' on pure O2, I got higher > > than > > a kite. Stupid. Made my widest nitrogen induced drool-faced grin look like a > > mere smirk. I'm talking silly. The attending nurse said she sees it all the > > time when I asked her about it later. > > > > john.r.strohm@BI*.co* wrote: > > > > > The guest speaker at the local dive club last night was Dr. Jeff Stone, > > > director of the hyperbaric chamber at Presbyterian Hospital here in Dallas. > > > His talk was about wound treatment using adjunct hyperbaric oxygen > > > therapy. > > > > > > One of his slides showed their standard treatment profile. A patient > > > typically does 10 treatments. > > > > > > 45 fsw. 30 min on 100%O2, 5 min air break, 30 min on 100%O2, 5 min air > > > break. O2 is given in a mask or in a hood. > > > > > > He even had the number on another chart: 2.4 ata ppO2 > > > > > > When I asked, he said they saw CNS oxygen toxicity hits about 1 out of > > > every 15,000 treatments. He added that a lot of chambers just kept the > > > patient on pure O2 at 45 fsw, but they did the air breaks specifically to > > > reduce the risk of CNS ox tox. > > > > > > This may or may not have any relevance to diving in water as opposed to in > > > a dry chamber. > > > -- > > > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > > > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > > > > > > > > -- > > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > > ------------- > Dick Barker dickb@es*.co* http://www.eskimo.com/~dickb/ > Are you qualified to join OFDA? http://www.eskimo.com/~dickb/ofda.html > San Juan Isl Dive Charter? http://www.eskimo.com/~dickb/starfire.html -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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