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HI Sergio, If you want sound, factual, research based answers and/or recommendations to this and any other question regarding DCS, you might try asking Dr. Michael Powell. Dr. Powell is the head of the Environmental Physiology and Biophysics lab at NASA, specializing in decompression problems associated with Extravehicular Activity. NASA spends more money on decompression research than all other organizations in the world, including the US Navy. In fact, Dr. Powell's research provides the basis for most of the US Navy's physiological studies and research. In 1969, Dr. Powell started working for the Ocean System Division of Union Carbide studying problems concerning decompression sickness. In 1975, Dr. Powell went to Seattle, Washington, to work with Merrill Spencer, MD, at the Institute of Applied Physiology and Medicine. In 1977 he took a leave to work in Germany for three years at the Institute for Aerospace Medicine in Bonn. He returned and remained at I.A.P.M. until 1989, during which time he directed the human-subject tests of the DSAT/PADI Recreational Dive Planner. He joined NASA at the Johnson Space Center in Houston in 1989. You can see that Dr. Powell has an extensive background in the effects of decompression on the human body. He is the foremost leading authority in this field and I would trust his opinion and advice above any other in matters of DCS. If you would like to have Dr. Powell publicly answering your questions, he regularly spends time at http://www.scubaboard.com You will most commonly find him posting in the Dr. Deco section of the forum. Cordially, Marie >-----Original Message----- >From: SRSCHIRATO@BK*.co* [mailto:SRSCHIRATO@BK*.co*] >Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 3:28 PM >To: trey@ne*.co*; mat.voss@t-*.de* >Cc: techdiver@aquanaut.com; sstraat1@ta*.rr*.co* >Subject: RES: DCS incident > > >Thanks for the reply. > >Does it mean that other factors such as hydration, inadequate deco profiles, >rest, etc, are not so relevant as a PFO or other kinds of heart and/or lung >situation? Would it be correct to say that any and all bubbles generated >during the dive, no matter Grade 1, 2, 3 or 4, would be filtered by the >lungs and would not cause DCS? > >Thanks, Sergio -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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