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Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1995 21:42:31 -1000 (HST)
From: Richard Pyle <deepreef@bi*.bi*.Ha*.Or*>
To: "John W. Chluski" <undersea@ga*.ne*>
Cc: Phil Pfeiffer <phil@es*.ed*>, techdiver@terra.net
Subject: Re: IWR (was "Stupid Aspirin")

> Maybe someone can answer the following question?  Were the existing IWR
> tables (specifically US Navy) developed through studies or were developed
> more out of necessity  --  bent diver and no appropriate means of surface
> recompression?  And over time a set of tables were developed to facilitate
> treatment.  These tables may have since been modified because of new
> relevent information.  Maybe these questions are answered in Rich's article
> which I'll read again.  

I don't know how the U.S.N. developed their method.  I believe the 
Australian method was developed as a merger between what was 
known/believed by hyperbaric medical experts, and what commercial 
Australian abalone divers were doing successfully in the real world.  The 
Hawaiian method was developed in the same way, except they were using 
what commercial Hawaiian diving fishermen were using in the real world.  
Basically, they're all WAGs with a touch of scientific wisdom and a heap 
of anecdotal evidence thrown in for good measure.

Aloha,
Rich

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