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To: techdiver@aquanaut.com
Date: Fri, 02 Apr 1999 14:27:12 -0800
From: "Adri KC Haine" <darkangel@en*.co*>
Cc:
Subject: Re: Deep deco question
Organization: England E-mail (http://www.splendiferous.com:80)
But Jess, DECOM is all us common folk have, we don't have the shared knowledge
you Dive Gods have, and since we don't do dives requiring 8 to 16 hours of
deco, we probably don't need that knowledge either ;-)
Still, anything you care to share is more than welcome. Perhaps pearls for the
swine but one never knows, doesn't one? 

Flame away, I don't care either way

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Adri KC Haine

darkangel@en*.co*

"Killer factors in technical diving are complacency, attitude, oxygen
toxicity, exceeding personal limits, ignorance and complexity." 

Mike Menduno - EuroTek 95





On Fri, 2 Apr 1999 15:22:43    Jess Armantrout wrote:
>Oh, if DECOM help file says it, it must be correct.  I am sorry I questioned
>you.  And if DECOM generates tables that make the dive longer, that too must
>be correct.  What was I thinking.
>
>Try doing a few hundred dives that require one to eight hours of deco and
>dive with guys with colectively several thousand dives with decos ranging
>from one to sixteen hours of deco and I think you may find a different set
>of information.
>
>Trout
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Mike Rodriguez 
>To: Jess Armantrout 
>Cc: Cam Banks ; Techdiver Mailing List
>
>Date: Friday, April 02, 1999 12:38 PM
>Subject: Re: Deep deco question
>
>
>>At 05:31 AM 4/2/99 -0600, Jess Armantrout wrote:
>>
>>>>The purpose of deep-stops is to reduce the fatigue (generally
>>>>believed to be sub-clinical DCS) that is often associated
>>>>with deep/deco diving.
>>>
>>>
>>>no, it is for all symptoms of dcs.
>>
>>From the Decom help file:
>>
>>"Divers utilizing deep stops report a lessened degree of
>>fatigue."
>>
>>I agree that deep-stops reduce all symptoms of DCS, not just
>>fatigue; however, in my conversations with divers who use
>>deep stops, I've found that most use them to reduce fatigue,
>>not to reduce other DCS symptoms.  This seems to be because
>>fatigue is very common after diving, while more serious
>>DCS symptoms are rare.  Also, most of the divers I've
>>spoken to use conservative deco schedules rather than deep-
>>stops to help avoid DCS.  If they also use deep-stops, they
>>do so to reduce fatigue.
>>
>>So, in this context, I stand behind my original statement.
>>
>>>>Note that deep-stops have not been demonstrated to decrease
>>>>the incidence of DCS, however deep-stops will almost
>>>>certainly NOT INCREASE the incidence of DCS.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>yes, deep stops have been demonstrated to decrease the incidence of dcs in
>>>Richard Pyle and in the WKPP mixed gas exploration divers.  Failure to de
>>>them has been demonstrated to increase dcs in the same subjects.
>>
>>From the Decom help file:
>>
>>"The numbers are not in on any reduction of DCS
>>from this method. It will however NOT increase your rate
>>of DCS incidence."
>>
>>If there is newer information available, please point us to
>>it.  I'm very interested in reading it.
>>
>>>>Effectively, deeps-stops slow your ascent to prevent
>>>>sub-clinical DCS from beginning in your saturated
>>>>fast tissues yet keep your ascent fast enough to prevent
>>>>your slow tissues from loading up on N2/He.  In practice,
>>>>deep-stops add only a few (~5) minutes of deco time to
>>>>the typical tech dive.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>no, done correctly deep stops reduce deco time
>>
>>Generated by Decom:
>>
>>Deep stops = YES
>>Total deco time = *94*
>>Depth Time   DT
>>  200   30   30
>>  120    1   34
>>  110    1   35
>>  100    1   36
>>   90    1   37
>>   80    1   38
>>   70    3   41
>>   60    6   47
>>   50    7   54
>>   40   14   68
>>   30   20   88
>>   20   15  103
>>   10   24  127
>>
>>
>>Deep stops = NO
>>Total deco time = *90*
>>Depth Time   DT
>>  200   30   30
>>   80    3   37
>>   70    3   40
>>   60    6   46
>>   50    7   53
>>   40   14   67
>>   30   18   85
>>   20   15  100
>>   10   24  124
>>
>>-Mike Rodriguez
>>
>>
>
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