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On Wed, 23 Aug 1995 Alan.Hunter@br*.ac*.uk* wrote:

> The diver's maximum depth was 93m and he left the bottom one minute ahead of
> schedule.  Ascent was calm and relaxed and all the stops were completed as 
> intended until 18 minutes into the Oxygen stop at 6m when he went into a 
> siezure and began to convulse.  He was given a controlled lift to the surface
> and the support divers began ressussitation immediately.

18 min at 6M?  Pretty short interval, and before the first suggested air 
break (25 min).  Wow.  

Is there any possibility that depth control was poor?  Were there large
swells causing 6m to be an average depth?  Could the diver have drifted
down?  (Sounds like there were other divers present, so a report on this
might be available.) Or is this just one of those statistical outliers
that emphasize the unpredictability of O2 CNS Tox? 

Nick Simicich - njs@sc*.em*.ne* - (last choice) njs@bc*.vn*.ib*.co*
http://scifi.emi.net/njs.html -- Stop by and Light Up The World!

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