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Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 11:33:18 +0200
From: Josep Guarro <jep@re*.es*>
To: Michel Therrien <m.therrien@ne*.qc*.ca*>
CC: techdiver@aquanaut.com
Subject: Re: Deep stops - How Important?
The article you are referring to, could be this one:

Bubble stories and theories, by J.P.Imbert
Deeptech, issue 7 (winter 1997) pages 50-53

Josep Guarro



Michel Therrien wrote:

> .../... erased text
>
> J.P. Imbert (Comex) wrote an interesting article last year.  What he
> explained is that there are two types of bends:
> 1. the friendly bends : pain only (type I DCS)
> 2. the serious bends : neurological problems (type II DCS)
> 
> Type II DCS will be better avoid by taking into consideration bubble
> formation during ascent and by including deeper stops in the profile.
> 
> For type I DCS, Imbert suggested that the present decompression models are
> way too much sophisticated.  There is no purpose to have 32 tissue
> compartments (how many times did you get bent in the belly? ;-).  He
> suggested that a single tissue model would take care of that problem in his
> article.  Sadly, I can't find it back (too many magazines in my library and
> I don't remember which one it was).
> 
> Michel Therrien
>

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